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In a video for the Burnaby Division of Family Practice, GPSC co-chair Dr Shelley Ross discusses what led her to practice general practice and maternity care in Burnaby. The video is one in a series that promote the city to doctors who may be interested in practising in the area. Other video participants include international medical graduate Dr Karendeep Gill, Burnaby GPs Dr John Rideout and Dr Lindsay McCaffrey. To watch the other videos in the series, click here.

To strengthen the interface between divisions and the GPSC, the committee welcomes a group of family doctors to represent the division voice from the five regions across BC.

Doug Hughes has been appointed as the new GPSC’s new Ministry of Health co-chair. Doug is the Assistant Deputy Minister for the Health Services Policy and Quality Assurance Division. Doug has worked with the provincial government for the past 28 years in various positions and has led policy development and service management for children and families, seniors, mental health and substance use, acute care, and services to people with disabilities.

Doctors Technology Office (DTO) is seeking physicians to join in a series of upcoming webinars on information management and information technology (IM/IT) related initiatives at the regional and provincial level. To support doctors in ensuring that there is more clinical input into IM/IT projects that affect doctors, these webinars are designed to create space for doctors to give feedback and be engaged by stakeholders.
 

Dr Nicholas Petropolis of the Fraser Northwest Division of Family Practice has been awarded an Above and Beyond Award by the Fraser Health Authority for his work with frail elders and residential care. Dr Petropolis is the recipient of the Best Collaboration Award, which recognizes collaborators form partnerships across disciplines to spark fresh insights that lead to transformational health care.

This week, the UBC’s Centre for Health Services and Policy Research at the Faculty of Medicine’s School of Population and Public Health (CHSPR) released a research paper that analyzes whether British Columbia’s primary care reform (initiated in 2002) has reached its aim of promoting full-service family practice through incentive payments and other practice support programs.  

Dr Shelley Ross has been recognized as an outstanding physician contributor in BC by Doctors of BC.

The Dr Cam Coady Award commemorates Dr Coady’s great love of medicine and ensures that his goals and objectives to achieve excellence in health care continue to be fostered.

The GPSC congratulates Dr Bob Burns on his retirement later this month. Dr Burns has served on the GPSC committee for nearly four years as a representative for the Vancouver Island Health Authority. The committee thanks Dr Burns for his contributions at the monthly GPSC meetings and at the Evaluations subcommittee. Dr Burns’ passion for high-quality and well-integrated primary care will be missed. Best wishes, Dr Burns!

Congratulations to Dr Fiona Duncan for being recognized as a family physician promoting positive change for patients, the health care system, and the profession in the Doctors of BC 2016 Annual Report.

Dr Duncan is representing family medicine provincially through the A GP for Me Working Group. She is also a Vancouver Division of Family Practice board member, a GPSC member, and a family physician.

In February, physicians and health care providers gathered for the first-ever Joint Collaborative Committees (JCCs) Showcase. The event was part of the annual BC Patient Safety & Quality Council Forum.

A number of local divisions of family practice showcased their work and shared stories with about 400 attendees.  Twenty-three representatives, including 14 physician members, from 11 local divisions were involved in the presentations, which included topics such as: