August 2022

The monthly E-News shares provincial program information and updates about the Facility Engagement (FE) Initiative. This information will be of interest to Medical Staff Association (MSA) support teams, so please feel free to forward the newsletter to your MSA executives as needed. 

FE Financial Reporting Deadline

REMINDER: Financial reporting deadline was July 31, 2022.

MSA physician societies are required to reconcile their financials quarterly at minimum to ensure accurate financial reporting and budgeting. This also ensures that the FE program has accurate information on program spending. 

Physician societies only are requested to provide the following documents within 30 days of the end of each quarter.

• Balance sheet.
• Income statement from your accounting software*.  

*If you are using QuickBooks, the external financial system report is called the Profit and Loss Report and for Sage users it is called the Balanced Income Statement.

• Please send the above documents to engagement@doctorsofbc.ca ASAP
• For additional reconciliation support, please refer to the Facility Engagement website.

If you need an extension or require further support, please contact engagement@doctorsofbc.ca.

Physician Wellness Network Fall 2022 Gathering

The Physician Wellness Network (PWN), hosted by the BC Physician Health Program (PHP), will hold their first event via Zoom on September 21, 2022 at 3:00-5:00pm.

The PWN’s Fall 2022 Gathering aims to introduce the mandate of the network to its members, provide an opportunity for network members to connect, and feature physician speakers who will share how they started physician wellness initiatives in their communities. Featured speakers will be:

• Dr. Fahreen Dossa and Andrew Pinfold – Vancouver Physician Staff Association
• Dr. Ian Schokking and Dr. Firas Mansour – University Hospital of Northern BC Prince George
• Dr. Tandi Wilkinson – Kootenay Boundary Division of Family Practice

This event is open to PWN members only.

The PWN is a network of representatives from non-profit organizations with a professional responsibility for physician wellness or who provide wellness and support services for physicians and medical learners. If you would like to be a member of the PWN, please register here.

Please note that up to 2 representatives from each organization may be PWN members.

You will receive Fall 2022 Gathering registration info upon network registration.

If you have any questions, please contact engagement@doctorsofbc.ca.

Reminder to Change FEMS Administrators

As a reminder, MSA administrative roles in FEMS come with the ability to make changes to most settings, including the adding and changing of budgets, approval and declining of claims and expenses, as well as system wide changes for the MSA. 

As a result, the FE provincial office recommends that all current MSA administrators check that these privileges are up to date on a regular basis and to remove or add anyone necessary.

To access this information, please follow these steps (screenshots below)

• Log into FEMS,
• Click in the top right section where your name is and click Accounts and Settings
• Click Physician Societies/MSAs
• Click on your MSA
• Use the edit button to change these settings, located at the bottom of the page

College of Physicians and Surgeons Library Resources

Did you know that CPSBC has a clinical library that serves all independently practicing physicians in the province?

Physicians have free access to the CPSBC library, including new clinical information resources to support medical decision making, and so much more! 

Information on the types of resources and tools available can be accessed via this linked library resource document.

Please feel free to pass this amazing resource on to your members, or if you would like to have a small presentation at an upcoming MSA meeting, please reach out to Karen MacDonell, Director of Library Services at kmacdonell@cpsbc.ca.

PM Helpdesk Lunch and Learn Library

The FE provincial office, in conjunction with the PM Helpdesk Consultant, Erica Kjekstad, have created a library document of all of the past lunch and learn sessions from 2021.

The 2022 library document is now live and will continue to be updated each month with current information.  The June 2022 session on Provincial Knowledge Sharing, as well as Advanced Site Administration is included.

If you have any questions, please contact engagement@doctorsofbc.ca