VPSA’s Vancouver Community members work in several different sites, providing care to some of our city’s most vulnerable citizens: patients often living in poverty with complex diagnoses including HIV, mental illness, and substance use issues. Many of them gathered June 6 at Three Bridges Community Health Centre to meet with VCH President and CEO Mary Ackenhusen. This was the first time a VPSA session was held at a Vancouver Community … Read More
Addressing gender inequities in medical leadership
In its ongoing work to identify and overcome barriers preventing women physicians from assuming more leadership roles in VCH Vancouver Acute and Vancouver Community, the Vancouver Physician Staff Association (VPSA) hosted an Appreciative Inquiry on April 17. VPSA members and VCH leaders gathered to build on the work of an earlier inquiry and a networking event and Physician Leadership Institute workshop. “We’re here today because we’re passionate about diversity in … Read More
UBC Hospital physicians meet with VCH CEO
UBC Hospital (UBCH) physicians work in a unique environment and cover diverse specialties in Koerner Pavilion, Purdy Pavilion, Detwwiller Pavilion, and the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain. Physicians from these distinct communities came together on April 3 for VPSA’s Breakfast with Leaders session with VCH President and CEO Mary Ackenhusen. It was an opportunity for those attending to talk with top leadership about many pressing issues. UBCH Urgent Care Centre … Read More
Rebuilding trust: VCH president and CEO addresses physicians’ concerns
“We have to prove ourselves and earn back trust.” Those comments came from VCH President and CEO Mary Ackenhusen when she was the guest at the Vancouver Physician Staff Association’s (VPSA) October Breakfast with Leaders session held at GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre. Ms. Ackenhusen noted it’s challenging to engage physicians given their schedules and also acknowledged that VCH leadership needs to be more mindful of an entrenched belief that there … Read More