VPSA’s Communications Committee ensures appropriate and timely communication with members about events, project submissions and other Facility Engagement Initiative milestones and activities. The committee’s physician members are VCH Medical Director LTC Dr. Marla Gordon and VPSA President and emergency medicine physician Dr. Ka Wai Cheung. VPSA’s Director of Operations Andrew Pinfold, Projects Manager Annapurna Chavali, Administrative Assistant Cindy Liang, and Communications Lead Jill Lunde round out the committee. Members are … Read More
VGH lunch spotlight: VGH Division of Rheumatology
VPSA’s monthly physician lunches are a popular place to meet and chat with colleagues. They are also an opportunity to get to know more about other departments and providers so we don’t operate so much in silos. A PowerPoint presentation prepared by VGH’s Division of Rheumatology played in the background during the lineup for the April lunch. Here’s a summary of that group’s highlights and accomplishments from 2024. The division … Read More
Substance Use Disorder Patient and Provider Experience Task Group funding pilot project
VPSA’s Substance Use Disorder Patient and Provider Experience (SUDPPE) Task Group wants to help empower and support Vancouver Acute and Vancouver Community staff to provide the best possible environment for patients with substance use disorder. To that end, the group is funding a pilot project to support initiatives that enhance the care environment. This first project builds on the work emergency physician Dr. Jessica Moe has been doing for several … Read More
VPSA recruitment and retention funding: Endocrinology uses funding for a Recruitment and Retention Retreat
Vancouver Acute and Vancouver Community Departments and Divisions can now apply for up to $3000 for recruitment and retention initiatives. Like their colleagues in other departments and divisions, VPSA endocrinologists are facing enormous HHR-related pressures. That’s why Dr. Marshall Dahl, head of the divisions of endocrinology at VCH, VCH and PHC, applied earlier this year for VPSA’s recruitment and retention project funding. With funding in hand to cover protected time … Read More
Planetary health initiatives in the VGH Emergency Department
This Tuesday—April 22—is Earth Day, a time to demonstrate support for environmental protection. The theme for Earth Day 2025 is Our Power, Our Planet. VPSA member and former VA/VC Medical Staff Planetary Health Committee member Dr. David Smith is one of our planetary heroes who is using his “power” to shape climate-medicine initiatives in the VGH ED. Dr. Smith was inspired by the UK’s Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s GreenED … Read More