February 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.
Integration of SEAT with FEMS
ACTION: Register for training webinar February 3rd at 9am
We are pleased to announce that the integration of the Site Engagement Activity Tracker (SEAT) online submission form with FEMS was completed as of January 31st. The integration will help reduce the amount of time required to submit SEAT (only one place to log in and enter information) and improve your user experience when entering SEAT data. All SEAT submissions, including the next April 15th submission (for quarters 3 and 4) will now be submitted via FEMS.
Please remember you will only be able to see your own site’s activities within FEMS – to find information on other site engagement activities, you will continue to do so via the SEAT database.
Thank you to all the MSA project support staff who assisted in name matching engagement activity titles between systems to migrate over data. Upon logging in to FEMS, you will see all the SEAT data that we were able to migrate over, depending on your permission levels in FEMS.
Reminder that we will be holding a SEAT > FEMS integration training webinar on February 3rd at 9:00AM for project staff responsible for updating SEAT, please register here>. The session will be recorded for those that are not able to attend.
You will also find some additional resources available here: SEAT Overview> and SEAT FAQs>.
If you have any questions, please contact your EP or seatsupport@doctorsofbc.ca
Annual Review/Site Reporting and Review Process (SRRP)
ACTION: Online submission packages are due on March 31, 2022.
To complete the online submission form, please use the unique log in details for your site provided by email last fall. If you have any issues logging in, please contact engagement@doctorsofbc.ca.
SRRP resources are provided here for quick reference: Instructions File and Training Webinar
The FE Initiative understands that capacity of participants may be limited due to time spent preparing for and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. If your site does not have the capacity to complete the activities of the review, please reach out to your Engagement Partner (EP) who can assist.
Doctors of BC Health Authority Engagement Survey Report
Last fall, Doctors of BC carried out its sixth annual Health Authority Engagement Survey, an important tool for informing our advocacy work on behalf of BC physicians. This week, the comprehensive Report of 2021’s survey results is now available for physicians and MSA executives and support teams to read.
As well as challenges, members also shared potential solutions, which can be read in the report linked above. Doctors of BC encourages MSA support teams and executives to share this information with their respective groups, to raise awareness of Doctors of BC’s continual efforts to engage our members, and to ensure they have the chance to read their colleagues’ thoughts. Doctors of BC aims to create programs and policy that reflect the needs of physicians across BC, and the Health Authority Engagement Survey is a major element of this important work.
Any questions, or to enquire about a presentation of the survey results, please email advocacy@doctorsofbc.ca
FCE Knowledge Sharing Newsletter
On Wednesday, January 26th, FCE released its Knowledge Sharing Newsletter, focused on Physician Wellness.
Please feel free to send the linked copy to any MSA members who may not have received it. The newsletter, as well as other regional sharing news items, are also available on our website.
If you have any questions, please contact engagement@doctorsofbc.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 January 2022 session on Physician Wellness and Omicron/Pi/Rho as well as FE Project Management 101 is included.
If you have any questions, please contact engagement@doctorsofbc.ca
Did you know...? The Saxons called February “Sol-monath” which means “cake month” because they would offer cakes to the gods during February.
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Facility Engagement is an initiative of the Specialist Services Committee, one of four joint collaborative committees that represent a partnership of the Government of BC and Doctors of BC.
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