Opportunities to Engage
Upcoming Events
Monday, May 12: 12 noon - 1:30 pm - Why Civility Matters in a Complex World
Good teams save lives.
Feeling valued and respected as part of a team matters. When teams work well, patients have better outcomes, and so do we.
Hear more on the impact of civility on provider well-being and quality patient care. Dr. Chris Turner is an emergency physician in the UK who helped start the Civility Saves Lives organization. Dr. Yann Brierley works at Vernon Jubilee Hospital where he equipped medical staff with education and skills to reduce stress caused by uncivil behaviour.
Attend via Zoom.
Register here by May 8.
Open to all VCH medical staff and invited guests.
Tuesday, May 20: 12 noon - Physician Appreciation Lunch at UBC Hospital
Join us for lunch in the EOC Room or grab a box and go.
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Monday, May 26: 5 - 7 pm - VMDAS Quarterly Meeting
Join us at 5 pm for dinner and 6 pm for the meeting.
Dr. Chad Kim Sing, Interim VP Medicine and Rose Harrison, EC, Medical and Academic Affairs will discuss VP Medicine portfolio transformation. Dr. Fahreen Dossa, Regional Medical Director, Wellness, will address physician wellness. Dr. Charlene Lui, President, Doctors of BC will also speak.
If you are unable to attend in person, please join us virtually.
Register here by May 21 to qualify for a DoorDash voucher that is valid for 48 hours only.
Thursday, May 29: 6 - 7:30 pm - WISE Journal Club: Gender Bias in Physicians' Online Reviews
Guest speaker Dr. Diana Valencia, a pediatric ENT fellow, will lead the discussion on whether patients perceive physicians differently in online written reviews based on physician gender. We will discuss a JAMA Network Open original investigation.
The Women in Surgery in ENT (WISE) Journal Club started in the Division of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. The group meets quarterly and is open to all health-care providers interested in equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Attend in person or online. Register here by noon on May 26.
Address and Zoom details will be shared upon registration.
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We would like to recognize our VCH Vancouver Community physicians and medical staff with the opportunity to network and socialize with colleagues.
Rose joined VCH in April 2024. Since then, she has been working with the VP of Medicine to integrate and unleash the talents of over 3,400 medical staff members across a vast urban and rural geography, seeking to align medical staff and leaders to enable and realize health-system performance improvement in every domain.
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We're recruiting!
Several of VPSA's task groups and committees are seeking new members. Sessional funding is provided. Read on if you would like to ensure strong physician voices at the table.
- Community Building and Wellness Task Group is seeking one member. This committee focuses on building the VPSA physician community both via networking events and through a focus on wellness and physician resiliency-building activities. Meetings are the third Tuesday of the month beginning at 6 pm.
- Engaging Physicians in Indigenous Cultural Safety Task Group is seeking one member. The group engages medical staff in the co-creation of education resources and learning opportunities around Indigenous cultural safety
principles and how these can be effectively implemented. A monthly commitment of up to 2 hours is required. - Substance Use Disorder Patient and Provider Experience Task Group is seeking one member. This committee helps empower and support Vancouver Acute and Vancouver Community staff to provide the best possible environment for care for patients with substance use disorder. A monthly time commitment of 1 hour is required for meetings (every second Monday of the month at 11 am).
- Communications Committee is seeking one member. This committee ensures appropriate and timely communications with medical staff about events, project submissions and other Facility Engagement Initiative milestones and activities.
A monthly time commitment of 1 to 1.5 hours is required for meetings (60 minutes, every third Thursday of the month, at 9:00 am), events, and
responding to emails.
Apply here for any of these opportunities.
Small Steps Big Idea funding available
VPSA's Small Steps, Big Idea funding provides $1,000 to $5,000 to selected applicants to develop concepts that meet VPSA criteria.
Contemplating a larger scale project that doesn't fit with these budgetary constraints? We may be able to accommodate you. Please contact projects@vpsa.ca.
Check out our process, which begins with a letter of intent from VPSA physician members. Visit this link for more information.
Other VPSA funding opportunities
VPSA is currently offering two other streams of funding that your department or division head can apply for:
- Wellness champions funding (see here for examples of previously funded projects). Applications are accepted on a quarterly basis. There is currently funding for four more groups; projects submitted before the quarterly deadlines may be considered before the deadline on a case-by-case basis.
- Retention and recruitment funding (see here for an article with examples of funded projects)
Do you have ideas that would fit? Talk to your department or division head and encourage them to apply or contact VPSA Operations Director Andrew Pinfold.