Upcoming Events

VPSA provides members with opportunities to connect at its various events. Check out these events to engage with your colleagues.

January 27: CST Townhall The CST Cerner clinical information system is coming to VCH-Vancouver. To help you prepare for go-live in 2020, the VPSA and VCH are cohosting this must-see event.

· See the CST Cerner clinical information system in action
· Ask your burning questions
· Get first-hand experience with CST workstations on wheels

Who should attend
· Acute inpatient care physicians
· Acute ambulatory care physicians · Inpatient mental health and addictions physicians
· VCH-owned and -operated long-term residential care physicians
 
Monday, January 27 from 5 to 7 pm
Sessional funding provided for VPSA members
Location:VGH Paetzold Auditorium
Jim Pattison Pavilion South, Level 1
RSVP by January 22 to vpsa.eventbrite.com

February 5: Breakfast with Leaders - Dr. Chad Kim Sing, Associate Vice President of Medicine, Quality & Safety As an Emergency Medicine physician, Dr. Chad Kim Sing is committed to delivering collaborative, timely, compassionate, high-quality care in a high-intensity environment. Over the past decade he has pursued his passion in medical leadership as a department head, medical director, and now associate vice president of medicine, quality and safety at VCH. Join us to discuss views on influencing, implementing, and innovating impactful and forward-facing organizational and provincial health system change.
 
Wednesday, February 5 from 7 to 8 am
Breakfast provided for VPSA members
Location:VGH Physician Hub for Engagement and Wellness
Jim Pattison Pavilion South, Level 2; next to Sassafras Café
RSVP by January 31 to vpsa.eventbrite.com

February 14: VGH Physician Appreciation Lunch No speakers. No presentations. Just the chance to come out, catch up, and meet with your physician friends and colleagues at VGH. Join us the second Friday of each month in the PHEW for these networking sessions.
 
Friday, February 14 from noon to 1 pm
Location: VGH Physician Hub for Engagement and Wellness
Jim Pattison Pavilion South, Level 2, next to Sassafras Café
RSVP: vpsalunch@gmail.com at least 48 hours in advance.

February 19: UBC Hospital Physician Appreciation Lunch No speakers. No presentations. Just the chance to come out, catch up, and meet with your physician friends and colleagues at VGH. Join us the second Friday of each month in the PHEW for these networking sessions.
 
Friday, February 19 from noon to 1 pm
Location: Koerner Brain Research Centre
First floor, UBC Hospital
RSVP: vpsalunch@gmail.com at least 48 hours in advance.

February 27: My Hospital Footprint
Part 2: Greening health care - One team-based quality improvement project at a time Dr. Jay Slater moderates this discussion with medical student Alex Yu and engineering student Iman Baharmand and their research measuring waste at Royal Columbian Hospital’s ICU. Also on the panel: Sarah Currie, a program lead with the Green+Leader Network that aims to improve the environmental performance of health care operations.
 
Thursday, February 27 from noon to 1 pm
Catered lunch
Location:VGH Physician Hub for Engagement and Wellness
Jim Pattison Pavilion South, Level 2; next to Sassafras Café
RSVP by February 20 to vpsa.eventbrite.com

March 1: Wellness event with Dr. Caroline Gérin-Lajoie, Vice President, Physician Health & Wellness, CMA After helping establish the physician wellness programs at Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Caroline Gérin-Lajoie says joining the CMA as vice-president of physician health and wellness is bringing her full circle.

Join her to learn about Strategies and Systems Change to Mitigate Physician Burnout. Learn more about physician health and wellness: the concepts; statistics; and how it relates to quality safety and health care economics. This will include a review of three dimensions: individual; culture; and system factors; and what we know works. The presentation will also include a glimpse of the Canadian Medical Association’s new Health and Wellness National Environmental Scan.
 
Sunday, March 1 from 6 to 8:30 pm (dinner from 6 to 6:30; presentation and discussion/Q&A from 6:30 to 8:30)
Location: VGH Physician Hub for Engagement and Wellness
Jim Pattison Pavilion South, Level 2; next to Sassafras Café
RSVP by February 25 to vpsa.eventbrite.com

April 19: Join the VPSA Wellness team for the 2020 Sun Run Calling all MD runners and walkers! Join our team and thousands of others who walk and run the 10K distance around our city. The Vancouver Sun Run is one of the largest road races in North America and tons of fun.

Early bird pricing: $49 (until February 14)
Regular fee: $59 (February 15 - March 18)
Race date: Sunday, April 19
Register: https://register.vancouversunrun.com
Team name: VPSA Wellness
Join your colleagues for a VISA-sponsored post-run team social.

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