FPSC is accepting applications for medical office staff to take the Panel Management for Family Practice program through the University of Fraser Valley. The Fall 2024 cohort is accepting applications until August 14, 2025. The program consists of five modules with a final quality improvement project implemented in-practice.
The Practice Support Program (PSP) is launching a new service offering focused on supporting family physicians through the phases of panel management in a group setting. These sessions will be specific to your EMR platform and teach the essentials needed to:
A new EMR orientation guide for Open OSP Oscar is now available to help doctors navigate EMR operations.
Recruiting coaches at Doctors of BC for the GPSC Practice Support Program (PSP) is now underway with positions slated to be filled by early fall 2022. It’s the next phase of transitioning PSP service delivery from the health authorities into one organization, an undertaking announced in fall 2021.
Latest update: May 31, 2022
Recruiting coaches at Doctors of BC for the GPSC Practice Support Program (PSP) is now underway with positions slated to be filled by early fall 2022. For more information read: “Update: Practice Support Program.”
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been felt across the world. Throughout its challenges and tragedies, the pandemic has also been a catalyst for positive effects.
For one clinic in a small town on Vancouver Island, the pandemic sparked the transformation in how it delivers care to its patients.
“Before COVID-19, my clinic was not offering any form of virtual care. All visits were in person,” tells Dr Ashraf El Karsh, a family physician in Qualicum Beach. “The pandemic changed everything, and we had to change as well –and move quickly.”
Physicians and family practice teams can now take advantage of Practice Support Program (PSP) clinical and practice management learning opportunities in new accessible, flexible, and practical formats. Interested physicians and teams can participate in group learning sessions (either virtually or in-person) and individual online learning sessions. These sessions can now be accessed based on immediate practice needs, including combining topic areas, helping to enable improvements that can benefit both patients and providers.
GPSC leaders are strongly encouraging family physicians who participate in the PSP services such as coaching or the Panel Management to enrol with the Health Data Coalition (HDC).
“As more physicians enrol, the Health Data Coalition will be able to generate a more robust picture of population health that will help physicians to identify and develop ways to improve patient care,” said Dr. Kathleen Ross, President of Doctors of BC.
New Westminster-based Dr John Yap remembers the exact date he and his four colleagues knew the way they provide care was about to change dramatically: Friday, March 13.
“We got official word to consider shifting to virtual care to help curtail COVID-19,” said Dr Yap. “The following Monday, we showed up to work as usual but as patients started cancelling their appointments, we realized we had to adapt, and quickly.”
For current information regarding the GPSC's Practice Support Program (PSP), please visit the PSP webpage.
As family practices expand in-person care as the COVID-19 restrictions ease, the GPSC’s Practice Support Program (PSP) can help the clinic develop a work safe restart plan, and also support physicians in transitioning their practices into a hybrid delivery model combining virtual and in-person care.