The British Columbia Medical Journal is a peer-reviewed general medical journal covering scientific research, review articles, and updates on contemporary clinical practices written by British Columbian physicians or focused on topics likely to be of interest to them, such as columns from the BC Centre for Disease Control and the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia.

In January 1963, in response to continued decreasing advertiser support, the BCMA took over the journal completely.

Jerry Wong has been the cover artist for the British Columbia Medical Journal since 1982.

[5] Till 1967, the British Columbia Medical Journal welcomed article submissions from student authors, and each year awarded a prize of $1000 for the best article written by a medical student in the province of British Columbia.

The prize honored John Henry MacDermot (1883–1969), who became the editor of the Vancouver Medical Bulletin at its formation in 1924, remaining at the helm until 1967, when he retired.