Sunday, June 8
The final day of the conference offers a high-impact lineup of rapid-fire lectures, covering critical updates in rural medicine, AI in healthcare, gender-affirming care, cardiac meds, diabetes management, and more. As we close out the weekend, join us for a fun, engaging activity and grab a lunch to go, ensuring you leave energized, inspired, and ready to bring new insights back to your practice.
7:45 AM - 8:45 AM Breakfast
8:45 AM - 10:25 AM Plenary Rapid-Fire Lectures
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Speaker: Dr. Catherine Textor – Prince George, BC
🩺 Learning Objectives:
Review current guidelines on using ASA in pregnancy for prevention of preeclampsia
Describe prenatal genetic screening options available during the first trimester
Outline diagnostic and treatment options for first trimester bleeding (it’s not always a miscarriage!)
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Speaker: Dr. Ingrid Corsio – Prince George, BC
🩺 Learning Objectives:
Define gender affirming care
Identify simple strategies to support trans, Two-Spirit and non binary patients in our practice/facilities
Share BC/Health Canada resources addressing gender diversity related misinformation
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Speaker: Dr. Daisy Dulay – Prince George, BC
🩺 Learning Objectives:
Identify first-line medications for patients with heart failure (HF) and/or myocardial infarction (MI)
Optimize initiation and titration of cardiac medications in the primary care setting using clinical guidelines and patient-specific factors.
Understand how long to continue key therapies, including when to re-evaluate or deprescribe.
Recognize common side effects and drug interactions to support safe prescribing and improve patient adherence.
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Dr. Andre van Wyk – Chilliwack, BC🩺 Learning Objectives:
Identify currently available AI-powered scribe tools and what they can reasonably offer in the primary care setting.
Examine how to change office workflows to effectively integrate AI technology while mitigating risks to accuracy, patient privacy, and the clinician-patient relationship.
10:25 AM - 10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Plenary Rapid-Fire Lectures
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Speaker: Kerrie Roberts - Prince George
🩺 Learning Objectives:
Demonstrate the most effective office-based rehab techniques and movement assessments to guide patient management.
Integrate key physiotherapy principles into patient education to improve adherence and outcomes in a rural primary care setting.
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Dr. Erin Martin – Prince George, BC🩺 Learning Objectives:
Summarize current antibiotic guidelines for appendicitis management.
Review the clinical factors guiding non-operative management of appendicitis.
Discuss evidence-based antibiotic use in early and uncomplicated diverticulitis.
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Speaker: Dr. Bill Ableson – Prince George, BC
🩺 Learning Objectives:
Review the various stimulant medications available for treating ADHD.
Navigate the Special Authority process for prescribing ADHD medications in BC.
Develop an approach for when stimulants are ineffective or poorly tolerated.
Develop an approach for when stimulants are ineffective or poorly tolerated.
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Speaker: Dr. Adam Sandell – Bella Bella, BC
🩺 Learning Objectives:
Understand how to get more done by working less hard
Learn an on-the-job CBT trick for when you’re wrung out
Appreciate how teams do better when they’re both kind and businesslike
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM Conference Wrap Up
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Details Coming Soon!
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Conference wrap up with the RCCbc team.
More details coming soon!
Grab & Go Lunch
Thank You & See You in 2026!
As we close this year’s BC Rural Health Conference, we extend our deepest gratitude to the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation for welcoming us to their territory and allowing us to gather, learn, and connect on their lands.
A heartfelt thank you to all speakers, participants, and partners who made this event possible. Your dedication to rural healthcare strengthens communities across British Columbia.
Safe travels, and we’ll see you in 2026!