Division Summer Social - June 8, 2018

The ODFP Board of Directors and staff take great pleasure in inviting you and your partner or guest to a fun-filled evening at Rotary Park in Qualicum Beach from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
We hope you will all join us for an enjoyable evening with great food, mingling, entertainment and the chance to win one of three exciting door prizes!!
Please make sure to RSVP by email to: oceansideadmin@divisionsbc.ca.

A Memorial for Dr. (Ronald) John Hancock

A Memorial for John Hancock
Sunday, June 3rd at 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Parksville Community and Conference Centre
132 East Jensen Ave, Parksville, BC

The Board and staff of ODFP would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family of Dr. John Hancock.

New Community Medical Director for OHC

(Sent on behalf of Dr Ben Williams, Interim Executive Medical Lead for NRGH and Marie Duperreault, A/Executive Director, Geography 2.)

April 27, 2018
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Drew Digney will be the Community Medical Director for Oceanside effective May 1, 2018.

Dr. Digney brings a wealth of experience in medical leadership to this role. Most recently, Dr. Digney served as the Executive Medical Director, Portfolio 2 (Nanaimo, Oceanside, Alberni-Clayoquot; Renal, Trauma, Oncology Services and Emergency Quality). Prior to this, Dr. Digney worked in a variety of leadership positions.

Dr. Digney practices as an emergency physician in urgent care at Oceanside Health Centre and in the emergency departments at NRGH and WCGH.

Dr. Digney will be supported by Raylene Hooton who can be reached at 250.951.9549 x39549 or by email at Krista.Hooton@viha.ca

We would like to express our profound thanks to Dr Andre de Wit for acting as interim Medical Lead for Oceanside Urgent Care and Support Clinic, while recruitment for a Medical Director was underway. Dr. de Wit’s efforts and dedication has been greatly appreciated at Oceanside and we are thrilled he will continue to practice as an Urgent Care physician at OHC. Dr. Digney will assume his new responsibilities while Dr. de Wit continues in his leadership role related to the Electronic Health Records.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Digney to his new role and thanking Dr. de Wit for his contributions at Oceanside.

Locum Available

There is a locum in the Oceanside area who is currently available for the following dates:

October - the entire month is currently open

December 2018
First two weeks --weeks of 3rd-7th and 10th - 14th

January 2019
First two weeks - 7th - 11th and 14th - 18th

Please contact Sharon Todd to arrange coverage for any of the above dates.

Survivorship Care Post Treatment for Prostate and Breast Cancer Event

The Prostate Cancer Supportive Care (PCSC) Program for Vancouver Prostate Centre will be presenting the upcoming Survivorship Care Post Treatment for Prostate & Breast Cancer 2018 event on September 29 in Vancouver.

This conference is geared to all physicians and allied health providers dealing with survivorship issues of breast and prostate cancer patients after initial diagnosis and treatment.
The purpose of this seminar is to review selected issues of relevance to survivors of breast and prostate cancer and to address how the primary care, family physicians, and allied health providers can help recognize and/or mitigate issues of importance relevant to these populations of cancer patients.

Survivorship Care Post Treatment for Prostate & Breast Cancer
https://ubccpd.ca/course/survivorship2018
Sep 29 (Sat) | JW Marriott Parq Vancouver | Vancouver BC
Target audience: health professionals in primary care, family physicians, general practitioners in oncology, allied health providers, residents, & medical students
Up to 4.75 Mainpro+/MOC Section 1
Register:https://www.eply.com/survivorship2018

Influenza and Emerging Respiratory Pathogens team at the BC Centre for Disease Control

My name is Kaitlyn and I work as a project coordinator with the Influenza and Emerging Respiratory Pathogens team at the BC Centre for Disease Control. A main focus of our program is managing the Canadian Influenza Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network (SPSN) for influenza surveillance and vaccine-effectiveness (VE) monitoring. The Canadian SPSN is the only network in Canada to monitor how well the annually-revised influenza vaccine provides protection using community-based physicians in four provinces of Canada, including BC.  Each year, findings are shared with provincial and national  expert committees to inform public health response and recommendations and contribute to the WHO bi-annual vaccine strain selection for northern and southern hemispheres.

We are continuously looking to grow our BC sentinel network and recruit new family physicians to participate in vaccine effectiveness monitoring  throughout the flu season. By including more physicians in our network we are able to increase the power of our analyses and improve our understanding of vaccine protection, ultimately improving the health of millions of vaccine recipients each year.  We have previously posted about our network in the Vancouver Division of Family Practice newsletter and received a lot of positive interest.

I have attached a flyer if you would like to learn more. You can also visit our website http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/influenza/sentinel-network-spsn

R3 pilot

There will be a R3 position created this year in Nanaimo.  UBC CCFP-EM St Paul’s based program is offering a one time, 1 year re-entry opportunity, in a Nanaimo-based pilot experience from Aug 1, 2018 - Aug 1, 2019.    Core rotations will mirror those offered at St. Paul’s, but with an increased rural/ dual practice exposure.  Academic sessions will be provided locally and in conjunction with the home program.  Successful completion of the year will allow the candidate to write the CCFP-EM qualifying exam.  Application criteria: practicing BC physician; completed a family practice residency in good standing; has shown interest and commitment to providing care in non-urban settings.  This is a PGY III Position with corresponding salary, benefits and expectations in terms of call and service provision.  If interested, please send required documents, as outlined on the UBC Enhanced Skills website http://postgrad.familymed.ubc.ca/enhanced-skills-program/admissions to Dr. Tina Webber by May 15th

Tina.webber@ubc.ca.  Interviews will be conducted in person or by telephone, with selection by June 1st, 2018.

Geriatric Intensive Course

Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the Geriatric Intensive Course run by the UBC Division of Geriatric Medicine is now available online! Thank you to Drs. Ian Bekker and Janet Kushner-Kow for their efforts in facilitating access to the videos for this course. 

The videos are available at:

http://geriatrics.med.ubc.ca/review-course-2018.php

or under the tab “Review Course 2018” on the UBC Division of Geriatric Medicine website. http://geriatrics.med.ubc.ca/

To open each video just click on the title link for the video of interest.

Cycle of Life Tour

TEAM PROGRESS
$10,647 RAISED TO DATE!

Our 2018 team of 10 cyclists ride in memory of family and friends to raise much-needed funds for the very important services of Oceanside Hospice. Our previous teams were very successful.  Each of us has committed to raising $500.00 but our team goal is much higher - $12,000! Oceanside Hospice Wheeler cyclists ride for a special person; often someone who received care from our hospice or whose family was supported through their grieving for a loved one. This year several of our team are from the Craig Bay Chain Gang who will ride in honour of lost member cyclist, Johnnie Johnston, a hospice volunteer whose family requested donations in Johnnie's name go to Oceanside Hospice.

Make your donation here at the secure Cycle of Life Tour website

Divisions in the News

See what is going on in other divisions around BC:

https://www.divisionsbc.ca/provincial/inthenews