BCRS Membership
Enhance Your Radiology Career
We are the non profit organization representing radiologists in British Columbia, and we are also the official Section of Radiology. Together, this means we operate at the policy and political level on your behalf, manage and negotiate radiology fee structures in the province that directly affect your practice and your income.
Benefits of BCRS Membership
- Ability to directly shape advocacy priorities
- Voting rights on key directions impacting practice and compensation
- Participation in committees and working groups
- Access to leadership tracks
- Discounted section-3 accredited CME
- Member-only networking opportunities
- Exclusive member only pricing on monitors
Advocacy
Promoting the voice of radiology through strategic planning, general meetings, public awareness, and negotiating with stakeholders.
Continuing Medical Education
Keep your training up to date with a stream of high-quality live and on-demand courses tailored to your subspecialty and schedule, delivered by leading Canadian and internationally recognized radiologists. Online, on-demand, Section 3–accredited programs are available to BCRS members at a discounted rate.
Practice Support
Guidelines, protocols, fee codes, scholarships and career advancement opportunities to help you excel.
Protecting Your Economic Interests
BCRS is focused on the issues and opportunities that create the best value and return on investment for our members. Your membership fees go directly towards supporting initiatives to help your practice flourish.
How We Help
Represent radiology at all tables where compensation is involved.
Make fee allocations, submit new fee items, and liaise with MSP.
Advocate for capital and operational funding at the Provincial and Health Authority level to ensure best-practice service delivery.
Complete management of radiology fee codes and billing policies, new and existing.
Protecting Your Professional Interests
BCRS lobbies and influences a wide range of stakeholders to protect the interests of the profession, taking patient-focused and radiologists as solution providers approaches to achieve success.
How We Help
Take concerns and initiatives to the appropriate government bodies.
Ensure that the voice of radiology is heard at all the right tables.
Advocate on behalf of all radiologists regardless of practice settings.
Regularly communicate with other Provincial and National radiology associations to provide members with insights into emerging political and health policy initiatives.
Our Radiology Family
From scanning your first image to teaching the radiologists of the future, BCRS has a collection of tools and resources to help you succeed at every stage of your career.
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Regular Member |
$1,550.00 |
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First Year in Practice |
$775.00 |
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Reduced Practice |
$775.00 |
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Retired/ Professionally Inactive (Practicing Radiologists Working < 50% of Their Usual Workload) |
$100.00 |
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Fellow |
No Charge |
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Resident |
No Charge |
Who do We Talk to?
We advocate on behalf of Radiologists with stakeholders in all major sectors.
Government
Political
Bureaucratic
Health Authorities
Professional Associations
College of Physicians & Surgeons of BC
BC Patient Safety & Quality Council
Allied Health Associations
Industry
Educational Partners
Corporate Sponsors
Media outlets
General Public
Imaging Saves Lives
Who do We Work with?
We form strategic partnerships with other organizations and associations in the field.
Ministry of Health
Doctors of BC
Specialists of BC
Provincial Radiology Quality Improvement System (RQIS)
Data Review and Validation Committee (DRVC)
Privileging Dictionaries Advisory Committee
BC Medical Quality Initiative (BCMQI)
Medical Imaging Advisory Committee
College of Physicians & Surgeons of BC
Diagnostic Accreditation Program (DAP)
How to Join
Visit the Doctors of BC
Membership Portal
To become a BCRS Member, first you will need to fill out the appropriate application form found on the Doctors of BC website. This is the first step in the membership process.
Join BCRS and we strongly recommend you also join CAR
During the second phase of your Doctors of BC application, you will be able to select Radiology as your Section, where the options to join BCRS are listed.
Receive your
BCRS membership
Shortly after your application is completed, we will send you a welcome email. If you are a new member, you will receive an invitation and instructions to activate your online member account.
Join the BCRS Today
Please note: Doctors of BC new BCRS memberships are sent to BCRS one month after you register.
Exclusive Member News
From the development of position papers, to important media releases, to other timely strategic communications, BCRS is your one stop source for all the latest issues and opportunities related to the practice of Radiology in BC.
Get Involved
Take part in the advancement of Radiology in BC.
Meetings
Two meetings per year – Spring (GM) and Fall (AGM)
Networking
Opportunity to meet with executive and colleagues and exercise your membership rights.
About BCRS
The British Columbia Radiological Society (BCRS) is a non-profit organization that represents the Radiologists who practice in the province of British Columbia. The BCRS supports its membership to advance the art and science of radiology within the province. Specifically, the BCRS promotes:
- The highest quality diagnostic imaging and interventional radiology services for the residents of British Columbia through advocacy, education and multidisciplinary;
- Ethical and educational standards of the profession;
- Occupational welfare and interests of all practicing radiologists.
BCRS Executive Council
The Executive Council of the BCRS performs many vital functions for all BC radiologists. We represent radiologists at negotiation and arbitration tables. We see to it that the voice of radiology is heard at the Specialists of BC meetings. We make fee allocations, submit new fee items, and liaise with MSP. We attempt to expand the role of community imaging clinics to ensure they remain viable. We take concerns and initiatives to the appropriate government bodies. We have a great impact on radiology in BC.
If you are a radiologist in BC, we represent your interests and we have materially benefited you in the recent past. If you are a member, thank you! If you are not, make this the year you join the BCRS and get involved in your future. We need your support in our ongoing efforts on your behalf. You can surely add to what we do.
