Committees

Advisory Committee

Chair: Dr. Christiaan Avenant
Past Chair Dr. Sheila Rodger
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Purpose To represent the views of the medical staff. To ensure members are heard and have the opportunity to discuss and express their concerns. To assure the executive has direction from membership on diverse issues.
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Frequency Monthly (Excluding July, August, and December)

Members

Kurt Ritter Anesthesiology
Selina Boily Midwifery
Zaan Davies Division Representative
Jane Saunders Psychiatry
Martin Lipinski Emergency Medicine
Luc Beaudet Obstetrics & Gynecology
Jeanne Odendaal Pediatrics
Michael Jansz Internal Medicine
Yume Kohno Radiology
Dan Duta Surgery, Urology, ENT, Dentistry, Ophthalmology
Ricardo Velazquez Orthopaedics, DocBC Representative Assembly (rural
specialist representative)

Cowichan Collaborative Services Commitee

Content pending.

Cowichan Continuing Professional Development (CCPD) Commitee

Chair/RCME Lead: Dr. Martin Lipinski
Members: Dr. Kyle Phipps, Dr. Joachim Fuchs, Dr. Leon Van Der Watt and Dr. Teresa Elliott

Cowichan Continuing Professional Development (CCPD) Committee:

In July 2019, the JSC approved the Community RCME Program, resulting in physician-driven innovation in Community RCME. A few months later, our Cowichan Continuing Professional Development (CCPD) Committee formed so that decision making for the use of RCME funds will be done by our local physicians instead of the past process with Island Health. The application form (with funding criteria) is attached.
A request for RCME funds must first come to Paula Dunford, Community RCME Coordinator (email: ccpdpaulad@gmail.com), who will forward to the Cowichan CPD Committee members for review.

CCPD DOCUMENTS

New Hospital Steering Committee

Representative Dr. Tom Rimmer
The committees purpose includes to provide input, advice and guidance to the CDH Business Plan Project Team

Make decisions on issues that are brought forward by the Project Team

Advocate for the CDH replacement project, and serve as liaison about pertinent information with respect to portfolios, agencies, and organizations

Provide input, guidance and advice to support the most efficient, effective use of all team resources

Scope Includes:
Engagement of key stakeholder groups to involve them in the discussions about the future of care in the Cowichan Valley and identification of key issues for CDH (including examining the future delivery models for non-acute services)

Development of the scope of the preferred service delivery option stakeholder consultation and Communications strategy