RN position available for placement
Are you interested in adding a Registered Nurse to your Patient Medical Home team? The PCN has one full-time RN position for placement in 2024/25. To express interest, please contact Stan Bersenev at [email protected].
ICYMI: Perinatal care resources for family physicians
During our maternity care provider shortage, keeping first-trimester care knowledge up to date is essential for all who are responsible for providing it (longitudinal and WIC FPs). Check out these resources: • First-Trimester Care algorithm for longitudinal and WIC FPs: Use the early pregnancy algorithm for guidance from dating to tests, screening, and billing. Also […]
Event: LTCI Learning Series | Palliative Care Approach in Long-term Care
Learn more about Palliative Care at this Vic-SI event with Dr. Amy Tan. Open to all FPs. Date: Tuesday, November 12 Time: 5 – 6:30 pm Location: Zoom View invite Register here
Event: TONIGHT!! – Bites ‘n Banter with your peers
Come chat and catch up with your colleagues! Hosted by board directors Drs Margaret Manville and Steve Goodchild. Date: Thursday, October 24 Time: 5 – 7 pm Location: Penny Farthing Pub View invite Register here
Event: VDFP AGM
Join us for our top event of the year, featuring a keynote from Len Pierre, owner and CEO of Len Pierre Consulting, on Two-Eyed Seeing (2ES): 2ES is about learning and adopting Indigenous knowledge and values in frameworks of professional philosophy, policy, and practice. Explore similarities and/or differences between western and Indigenous worldviews and enhance […]
Newsflash October 10, 2024
This edition includes important Island Health updates on Imaging service and our November AGM, resources to limit doomscrolling, and much more. Read it here.
Important changes to Imaging services
Island Health has recently implemented changes to reduce the backlog of imaging referrals: (1) A new requisition for CT, X-Ray, Ultrasound, Breast Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, or Angio exam (also on Pathways) (2) Patients can now be added to a CT cancellation list. (3) More targeted eGFR requirements – read memo (4) Transition of select CT head/spine […]
Meet the Practice Support Program coaches for Victoria family physicians
FPSC’s Practice Support Program (PSP) offers customized services to help your practice become more efficient, create more time for proactive patient care and for adopting the patient medical home attributes. Meet the four coaches who support Victoria-based physicians. They’re only an email away! Niru Puri: [email protected] Niru brings over 30 years of experience in healthcare. […]
Divisions Dispatch October 3, 2024
The latest provincial Divisions Dispatch includes updates on new clinical pathways and tools for anxiety and eating disorders, the review of the cervical cancer screening guideline, cultural safety resources, webinars, and more that will not be duplicated in the Newsflash. Read it here
ICYMI: Do you have space for an additional FP in your community office?
We are seeing an increase in the number of FPs looking to relocate to Victoria to start longitudinal practices in traditional community office settings. If you own a community office and have space to welcome a new colleague in the foreseeable future, please contact Helen at [email protected] or 250-507-5494.
