Thank you to the 43 members who not only attended the Member Pulse Check on September 25, 2019, but fully participated with the various questions and polls. We heard what’s important to you – what has value and how … Read More
Construction begins on Richmond’s Community Health Access Centre
New home for SCSP hub for mental health and substance use, as well as home and community programs now underway. As Richmond continues to grow, so does our need to offer services and programs in the community that patients … Read More
You Have Been Heard
In the early morning of June 12th, 29 RH physicians from various departments gathered with all 7 of VCH-Richmond’s senior leaders to talk and listen to each other in a world cafe style format. Pictured above L to R: Dr. … Read More
Did you know you’re 40% less efficient when multitasking??
Our brains weren’t designed to multitask because of the strain and added energy required. The nature of physician work is just that… multitasking… all day and every day. The CMA recently reported a 30% burnout rate amongst Canadian physicians. … Read More
PHSA’s Mobile Medical Unit provides training to Richmond staff
By: Jodi Kortje, Director, Emergency, Critical Care, and Medicine On April 29 and May 1, the Emergency department held an Applied Disaster Medicine Course with PHSA’s Mobile Medical Unit (MMU)— a state of the art mobile facility and a … Read More
Not all meetings have to feel like a waste of time…
Meetings can be engaging, with everyone leaving feeling like their time was well spent. This is exactly how our physician members and guests felt after giving up their Saturday to participate in the Physician Leadership Institute course on Facilitating … Read More
VCH-Richmond Update: Message from Richmond’s new VPs
In March, Vivian Eliopoulos (VP Vancouver-Richmond Acute), Laura Case (VP Vancouver-Richmond Community), and Dean Chittock (VP Medicine, Quality, and Safety), joined the Richmond leadership team. After spending time on the units and with various teams across the Community of … Read More
Lower Your Stress Levels. Build More Life Balance. And a More Ideal Practice.
If you think back to your medical education, no one prepared you to prevent or mitigate burnout. In fact, medical training conditions you to assume one or all of the following roles and no one showed you the ‘off’ … Read More