Physicians are committed both to preventing illness and treating patients. This puts us in a unique position to be outstanding leaders of health care organizations. Leadership and talent development is a special interest of VPSA, which recently hosted the Physician Leadership Institute’s Talent Management for Exceptional Leadership workshop. Members quickly signed up to fill all the available spaces. The session was led by facilitator Paul Mohapel, whose research interests include … Read More
Human rights and universal access to treatment
In many ways, Dr. Jan Hajek personifies VPSA’s values: connect; collaborate; and care. As an infectious diseases specialist, he provides inpatient consultations at VGH and works in its tropical medicine clinic. He also cares for clients who inject drugs and have severe infections at the Community Transitional Care Team on the Downtown Eastside. In addition, Dr. Hajek lends his expertise part-time to medical staff in Gulu, Uganda—providing clinical care in … Read More
Energy management and its impact on resilience
We would never send a child to school with just a can of coke and a slice of cake in their lunch box, yet we think grabbing a coffee and donut for ourselves is OK. The reasons our energy levels are low are all around us but we ignore them and persist in putting other people’s needs before our own. That was a common theme expressed by the physicians attending … Read More
New and seasoned physicians connect at VPSA Meet & Greet
Ever thought how much easier your job is when you know the physician on the other end of the phone? Or how pleasant it is when you greet colleagues you recognize in the hall? When we join a department, there is a tendency to become “tribal”: to create bonds with those we work with the most and focus on that microcosm. But we joined more than our department and our … Read More