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No-cost access to UpToDate for Community-based Specialists

Posted on Dec 22, 2021

Community-based specialists with no active hospital privileges now have free access to UpToDate.

  • A subscription-based online clinical decision support resource available via desktop or mobile
  • Provides clear clinical guidance to complex questions with the latest evidence and best practices 
  • More than 10,000 peer-reviewed topics in 21 specialties from international and Canadian authors
  • Drug information, medical calculators, and patient information sheets

Get access to UpToDate

Community-based specialists who cannot access to UpToDate through a health authority can apply here on the DivisionsBC website.

  • Apply here.
  • Your application will be reviewed within two weeks.
  • You will receive an e-mail with further information on how to create your account and get started with UpToDate.

Have questions or need support?

  • See UptoDate information on the Divisions website
  • Frequently Asked Questions (for community-based specialists)
  • Or contact sscbc@doctorsofbc.ca 

 

About UptoDate Access and Funding

Funding for community-based specialist subscriptions is provided by the Specialists Services Committee (SSC), who is partnering with the Family Practice Services Committee (FPSC) to expand access to UpToDate as of January 2022. 

Free subscriptions to UpToDate have also been made available by health authorities to specialists with active admitting privileges and by the FPSC to family doctors through their local division of family practice, and have now been expanded to community-based specialists.

The FPSC and SSC are two of four Joint Collaborative Committees that represent a partnership of Doctors of BC and the BC Government.

 

 

 

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