North Island Hospital Surgical Expansion

Please see the latest Update and the draft Central Intake Referral form regarding the North Island Hospital - Surgical Services Expansion. 

More information about the North Island Hospital surgical expansion activities will be communicated throughout the following months. 

If you have any questions, please contact:  NIHSurgicalExpansion@viha.ca

Division Member's Meeting March 28, 2019 1800-2030

Where: Rim Rock Casino, dinner provided

What is on the agenda?

• Ian Arklie, driving assessments and safety
• Joanna Salken, Community medication reconciliation
• Julie Budkowski, Compass Program, BC Children's Hospital
•  Surjit Jhag, Adult Bathing program and ADS
• Krys Sciberras, MHSU Team seeking your feedback

Please RSVP to Ada.King@viha.ca 

Questions about the Physician Master Agreement or Vote?

A tentative Physician Master Agreement has been reached between the Doctors of BC and the provincial government.  Member physicians have received details about this tentative agreement through a letter from the president of Doctors of BC. Physicians will participate in a ratification vote on this tentative agreement before the end of March. 

If physician members have questions or if they want to arrange an information session about the tentative agreement, please contact: negotiations@doctorsofbc.ca.

If physicians members have questions about the ratification voting process, please contact  communications@doctorsofbc.ca.

16th Annual Pediatric Emergency Medicine Update

https://ubccpd.ca/course/PedER2019

May 3-4 (Fri-Sat) |UBC Robson Square| Vancouver BC
Target audience: pediatricians, emergency physicians, family physicians, allied health professionals & residents
Up to 12.5 MOC Section 1/Mainpro+ credits
Course content: https://ubccpd.ca/course/PedER2019#agenda
Register: https://events.eply.com/PedER2019

Highlights:

This year’s theme: Care of the Complex Child in the Emergency Department

• Breath: Status Asthmaticus | Dr. Claire Seaton
• Dazed and Confused: Managing Children with Advanced Directives in the ED: Clinical Challenges| Dr. Hal Siden
• Outbreak: Difficult Rashes | Dr. Joseph Lam
• Les Miserables: PEM Complaint Hotspots | Dr. Priya Bhangoo
• Nick of Time: Common Mistakes in Pediatric Resuscitations | Dr. Melissa Chan
• Sinister: Pediatric Oncologic Emergencies | Dr. David Dix

BC Emergency Medicine Network

Latest Resources

• Oral Opioid Analgesic Conversion Table Clinical Summary - Posted by Julian Marsden (Source: McMaster University National Pain Centre)
   
• Constipation (Pediatric) Patient Information Sheet - Posted by Garth Meckler (Source: Seattle Children's Hospital)
   
• Electrolyte Abnormalities Treatment Clinical Summary Authored by Shane Barclay (remstarbc.ca)

   

Fostering Resilience for Health Professionals

Drs. Mark Lau, R.Psych. and Andrea Grabovac, MD, FRCPC, both certified Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) teachers and MBCT Mentors of the UCSD Mindfulness-Based Professional Training Institute, will be teaching this 5 day retreat that focuses on training skills to cope with burnout and to increase resiliency.

Fostering Resilience for Health Professionals is a 5 day mindfulness-based retreat being held on May 31st - June 5, 2019 at Hollyhock on Cortes Island, BC. https://hollyhock.ca/p/753/fostering-resilience-for-health-professionals/

This opportunity is available to all registered health care clinicians, professionals and students, and their partners. The training provides detailed mindfulness meditation instructions, grounded in MBCT and Mindfulness integrated CBT principles, and addresses learning objectives such as developing mindfulness and equanimity at work and at home, and responding skillfully to warning signs of burnout.

The attached flyer contains additional details and registration links.

The 4th Annual UBC Heart Failure Symposium

https://ubccpd.ca/course/heartfailure2019
Jun 7-8 (Fri evening & Sat) | Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre | Vancouver BC
Target audience: family physicians, internists, hospitalists, cardiologists, allied health professionals, residents & students
Up to 8.5 Mainpro+/MOC Section 1 
Course content: https://ubccpd.ca/sites/ubccpd.ca/files/UBC-Heart-Failure-Symposium-2019-Brochure-asofFeb20_0.pdf
Register: https://events.eply.com/heartfailure2019

Highlights:

• Recognize different perspectives on current hot topics through 3 debates:
• Should Digoxin be used for AF Patients with HF?
• Should Every HF Patient be referred to HF Clinic?
• Should Cardiologist Manage Diabetes in HF Patients?
• Connect with your colleagues and enjoy dinner on the Friday evening