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On June 19 and 20, family doctors and various Ministry of Health, health authority, and Doctors of BC representatives gathered for the GPSC Spring Summit, which focused on progress and future steps toward establishing the patient medical home in BC. Keynote speaker Dr Paul Grundy, IBM’s Chief Medical Officer and Global Director for Health Care Transformation, kicked off the event, sharing his perspectives on the international emergence of patient-centred medical homes as the foundation for primary care transformation.

On June 19 and 20 in Vancouver, the GPSC’s is hosting a two-day networking event for partners who are working together to transform BC's system of primary care. The Spring Summit will bring together divisions staff and lead physicians to discuss and plan work for the patient medical home model. For more information on the event, visit: gpscevents.ca.

Congratulations to GPSC co-chair Dr Shelley Ross for being recognized as a change maker for family medicine. 

As an Alumna of the UBC Faculty of Medicine, Dr Ross received the UBC Medical Alumni Association’s 2017 Honorary Medical Alumni Award, which recognizes faculty members who make significant contributions as committed clinicians, teachers, mentors, or administrators.

From delivering more than 300 babies to advocating on national platforms, Dr Ross influences change through her commitment to improving family medicine. 

After North Peace Division of Family Practice developed plans to embed health care teams within three local clinics, community engagement was paramount.

Read the full article on the BC Medical Journal's website.

BC doctors can access learning and support tools to help patients manage chronic pain, to comply with the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons opioid prescribing standards, and to help address substance use issues in their own communities. These include:

Doctors are invited to attend Doctors of BC’s 2017 Annual General Meeting and Convention on Saturday, June 3 at the Pan Pacific Hotel (300-999 Canada Place, Vancouver).

The summary report from the GPSC Fall Summit, which took place November 28-29, 2016, is available online in a new web-based interactive format.

Nearly 300 of BC’s primary health care leaders attended a two-day event in Richmond earlier this week for the GPSC’s Summit: Moving Forward Together.

Attendees included physicians and staff from Divisions of Family Practice, and representatives from the GPSC, Doctors of BC, Ministry of Health, and health authorities. As partners in the A GP for Me initiative, they celebrated their collective achievements and discussed their shared learnings.

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.