Events

This year’s Quality Forum is once again a three-day event and will include a variety of sessions on topics related to improving quality across the continuum of care. You can look forward to a selection of full-day pre-Forum sessions on June 6, as well as the annual pre-Forum evening event, Health Talks. The main Forum programming on June 7 & 8 will feature a mix of content, including plenary speakers, workshops, focus sessions, rapid fire presentations, storyboards, field trips and more.

The Canadian Alliance for Social Connection and Health (CASCH) Social Prescribing on Vancouver Island Community of Practice holds a monthly meeting every third Friday of the month from 3:00pm to 4:00pm (PT). Previous topics of this meeting include What is Social Prescribing? and How do you identify clients? If you are interested in joining a future meeting, email Alexis Palmer-Fluevog (alexisp@sfu.ca).

Quality Cafe: Creating an Effective Aim Statement to Drive Improvement Efforts Event Date and Time Organizer Location

The Finding Your Way in Teamwork: Team Coaching Principles Workshop is a two-hour long virtual education session for members of interprofessional rural BC health care teams on the eight elements of high-functioning teams. When teams are able to cultivate these elements they are more able to create a positive work environment, rekindle joy in their work, optimize their team’s performance, and increase the quality and safety of care for patients.

Are you or someone you know interested in learning more about Team Mapping and/ or PACC mapping? Join us for a lunch and learn session on October 12 from 11:30am – 12:15pm to find out more! We will: introduce Team Mapping (what it is, when its useful, how it works), PACC mapping (what it is, when to use it how it works), and provide an overview of ISU resources to support the implementation of Team-Based Care in clinical settings and in communities. Anyone who wants to attend can send us a quick email at isu@familymed.ubc.ca or join via the Zoom link.

Join us on October 19 for the kick off to Season 4 of Team Up! where we will hear about the work that is happening around patient perspectives on the communication of team-based care. Members from UBC Innovation Support Unit, along with patient partners will share their experiences and highlight some key learnings from their current learning cycle, with the goal to inform patient communications around primary care transformation and team-based care.

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The capability to lead improvement is vital to advancing quality in the health care system. This workshop introduces health care professionals to foundational quality improvement principles and practices required to...

This 90-minute information session will introduce participants to UBC Health’s Gateway to Team-Based Care project, a multidimensional initiative that focuses on educating health professionals in team-based care with a newly developing primary care clinic at the UBC Vancouver campus. The Gateway to Team-Based Care will support learners from across the health disciplines to work and learn in a team environment with collaborative interprofessional education—envisioned as a cornerstone to support team-based education across British Columbia.

Quality Team Coaching for Rural BC (QTC4RBC) is a coaching program that empowers teams to regroup and reconnect with their purpose and take steps toward building their desired team culture and advancing their chosen goals. When healthcare teams are able to rekindle joy and meaning in their work, they are more able to create a positive work environment, optimize their team’s performance, and increase the quality and safety of care for patients.