The VCH Medical Staff Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee invited VMDAS members to recognize and celebrate women at VCH, including cisgender women and trans women who drive change, inspire others and demonstrate leadership in advancing gender equity in the workplace or in health care. Here are your submissions. Dr. Mollie Carruthers, Lead, UBC Rheumatology Mentorship Program Nominated by Dr. Raheem Kherani “Dr. Carruthers has been an astute clinician and clinical … Read More
IWD event encourages members to organize for change
We stand on the shoulders of women physicians and their allies who have fought for gender equity. How to develop strategies for policy shifts in health care was the subject of the VCH Medical Staff Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee’s recent session: Accelerating Action: How to Organize for Change. The workshop, which was facilitated by Monique Nicholas from Women Transforming Cities, provided a step-by-step guide on ways to move ideas … Read More
VMDAS quarterly meeting report
The February 24th VMDAS quarterly meeting focused on two areas of interest to members. Dr. Shaqil Peermohamed presented information on VCH’s Firstline app, after which members of VCH’s People Safety Team and mPOSH talked about violence prevention. Firstline app: Fighting antimicrobial resistance There are estimates that by 2050 10 million deaths will be attributable to antimicrobial resistance. Canadian stats are no less overwhelming. Resistance to first-line antibiotics in 2018 was … Read More
Environmental and health impacts of your diet
We know what we eat affects our health as well as the health of our planet. Sustainable diets are promoted as one of the ways we can reduce our environmental footprint, but less is known about their impact on our health. In the first of its speaker series, the Vancouver Acute/Vancouver Community Medical Staff Planetary Health Committee enlisted University of Oxford Senior Nutritional Epidemiologist Keren Papier to discuss sustainability and … Read More
VPSA awards funding to five groups for commensality sessions
It’s well known that having a sense of community and connection is good for our physical, mental, and emotional well-being. That’s why VPSA is funding a six-month commensality group pilot program. Five applications were approved for this first round: three from the Department of Family Medicine; one from Neurology; and another from Psychiatry. Commensality groups have been shown to reduce physician burnout, decrease depression, and improve job satisfaction. Originally studied … Read More