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EMPOWERING PATIENTS PROGRAM

Knowledge is power. To help you better understand how to optimize your health - both through your relationship with your doctor and in your day-to-day life - we created a speaker series called Empowering Patients.

These health talks are presented by Dr. Davidicus Wong, with support from Leona Cullen.


Upcoming Events:

October 16, 2025 (7:30

November 20, 2025 - The Patient-Doctor Relationship

December 18, 2025 - Making Sense of Symptoms & Screening Tests

January 29, 2026 - What You Should Know About Medical Ethics

February 12, 2026 - The Positive Potential of our Relationships

March 26, 2026 - What You Should Know About Lung Disease

April 23, 2026 - Making the Most of Your Hospital Stay


Previous recordings:

April 17, 2025 - 'What you Should Know About High Blood Pressure'

March 13, 2025 -  'What you Should Know About Healthy Eating'

February 13, 2025 - 'What you Should Know About Heart Disease'

January 16, 2025 - 'The Keys to Positive Change: Transforming our Bad Habits into Healthy Ones'

December 19, 2024 - 'Emotional Wellbeing & Resilience Practices'

November 14, 2024 - 'What you Should Know about Diabetes'

October 17, 2024 - 'The Patient-Doctor Relationship: Making the most out of each visit with your family doctor'

February 29, 2024 - 'Making Sense of Symptoms & Screening Tests'

January 18, 2024 - 'Making the Most of your Hospital Stay'

December 7, 2023 - 'The Positive Potential of our Relationships'

October 19, 2023: 'Healthcare is Self-Care'

April 13, 2023: 'What you Should Know about Medical Ethics'

March 9, 2023: 'What you Should Know about Lung Disease'

September 21, 2021: 'Healthy Physical Activity'


For more information, check out all Empowering Patients materials.

 

DOC TALKS!

Live webinars and recorded videos! Burnaby Doctors answering your questions on a variety of topics including:
  • From Surviving to Thriving During the Pandemic
  • A Talk Focused on Seniors and COVID-19 in Mandarin
  • A Talk Focused on Youth and COVID-19
  • A Talk Focused on Families with Young Chlidren During COVID-19
Topics added weekly! Click here to access the library and to sign up for upcoming webinars!
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