Fostering Resilience: A Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) Retreat for Health Professionals

Fostering Resilience: A Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) Retreat for Health Professionals' is taking place at Hollyhock, Cortes Island, BC, Canada, May 18-23, 2018. Dr. Mark Lau, R.Psych. and Dr. Andrea Grabovac, MD, FRSPC, both certified MBCT Teachers and MBCT Mentors of the UCSD Mindfulness-Based Professional Training Institute, will be leading this retreat.

Please download the flyer here.

BC Rural Health Conference in Nanaimo May 11-13

The Rural Coordination Centre of BC is bringing its annual BC Rural Health Conference to Nanaimo on May 11-13. Rural and regional healthcare providers from across the province will gather to network with colleagues and participate in a wide variety of rurally-relevant CME and CPD, including plenaries, small group learning sessions, clinical snappers, and hands-on skills enhancement courses.

We would like to invite your Division members and their interprofessional team members to participate in this event. It’s a great opportunity to connect and learn, without having to travel off the Island!

The theme for this year is Provider Wellness. We will be presenting a pre-conference workshop (BCALM) as well as conference sessions on provider well-being, and are also offering complimentary massage, yoga, running, and meditation breaks between sessions.

Complimentary childcare during conference hours is available for the BC Rural Health Conference. Delegates are encouraged to bring their families and make a weekend of it!

Registration is now open, and earlybird rates have been extended to Monday, March 12. Physicians will be able to save up to $100 on conference fees if they register now. The conference is accredited for up to 12.75 Mainpro+ / MOC Section 1 credits.

Pathways Newsletter

Please find the latest edition of the Pathways newsletter attached. In this edition we identify the most commonly accessed resources on Pathways, review the newly added Medical Assistance in Dying area of practice, and show you how to quickly identify a specialist by searching through areas of practice in the search bar.  We also cover some of the new features we're hoping to add to Pathways in the near future. 

You can always find the most recent newsletter on the Pathways homepage, along with archived versions, should you wish to review them in the future.

Access to Telephone Interpreters for Oceanside GPs

The Oceanside Division of Family Practice is part of a pilot project beginning October 1st, 2017 for GPs in the Division.  The service will give members of the division access to on-demand phone interpreting services.

Our toll free number and access information are:
TFN: 1 844 350 8224
Access Code: 3899

Please see and print the following resources:
Quick reference access card,
List of languages,
Point-to-Language card
FAQs,

Should you have any compliments or complaints about the service, please email us at PLSQualityAssurance@phsa.ca

Tall Tree Concussion Program

Tall Tree Concussion Program is a new telehealth project located in Victoria inititated to help people suffering from persisting concussion-related issues.  They can provide the very best, most up to date rehabilitation and connect you with all of the services that you need from a single hub.  No wait-lists, no travelling all around town for well trained and experienced clinicians.

Divisions Dispatch

View the latest Divisions Dispatch here

Inside the March 6, 2018 issue
Read this issue

• PMH/PCN update: GPSC selects early adopter communities
• GPSC update: February GPSC meeting summary, GPSC newsletter now online
• Changes to CPSBC physician directory
• Register for SGP’s billing education workshop
• Funding for rural physicians to attend Rural and Remote Medicine Course
• Multi-division collaboration attracts new doctors to Vancouver Island
• Nominate physician representative to join Health Data Coalition (HDC) membership
• Registration open for Walk with your Doc
• Doctors of BC 2018 annual general meeting
• DTO technical bulletin: Preventing attacks to online services
• BC Summit on Surgical Improvement event report available
• Subscribe to Patients as Partners monthly bulletin
• Partner publications
• Divisions in the News

GPSC Summary

Please find the December GPSC meeting summary here. 

As always, the GPSC would like to hear from you. If you have any comments or questions, please connect with your GPSC/Community Liaison or through gpsc@doctorsofbc.ca.

Divisions in the News

See what is going on in other divisions around BC:

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