CDMS AGM Annual General Meeting
Thursday, September 23rd via Zoom
CDH Replacement Project info session
Video link and Q&As for staff, medical staff and volunteers
Thank you to all who joined us at our very first Zoom webinar on May 27, and to everyone who submitted questions & feedback via Zoom and Sli.do!
In case you missed it, a recorded version of the session is available here:
https://vimeo.com/555896222 Password (case-sensitive): NewCDH
We’ve compiled the Q&As (see attached PDF) and the results from our polls are in! 92.5% of our attendees found the info session helpful. Going forward, our polls indicate your top 5 choices for future internal updates include Zoom info sessions, direct emails, a staff intranet page, the CDH Friday Bulletin and The Weekly. We will take this away and focus on these communication channels for now and will let you know as soon as our staff intranet page is available.
For those hoping for different information, please email newcdh@viha.ca and let us know what would be most helpful to you.
On behalf of the Cowichan Valley leadership and CDH Replacement Project teams, we appreciate your feedback and look forward to sharing more updates with each of you, and with the communities, in the months and years ahead.
Video link and Q&As for staff, medical staff and volunteers
Thank you to all who joined us at our very first Zoom webinar on May 27, and to everyone who submitted questions & feedback via Zoom and Sli.do!
In case you missed it, a recorded version of the session is available here:
https://vimeo.com/555896222 Password (case-sensitive): NewCDH
We’ve compiled the Q&As (see attached PDF) and the results from our polls are in! 92.5% of our attendees found the info session helpful. Going forward, our polls indicate your top 5 choices for future internal updates include Zoom info sessions, direct emails, a staff intranet page, the CDH Friday Bulletin and The Weekly. We will take this away and focus on these communication channels for now and will let you know as soon as our staff intranet page is available.
For those hoping for different information, please email newcdh@viha.ca and let us know what would be most helpful to you.
On behalf of the Cowichan Valley leadership and CDH Replacement Project teams, we appreciate your feedback and look forward to sharing more updates with each of you, and with the communities, in the months and years ahead.
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New RTVS Pathway Now Available for Rural Health Providers
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Medical Staff
Covid 19 Testing
Island Health staff call 1-833-737-9377 to access COVID-19 testing.
You can get your island health test results at:
https://www.islandhealth.ca/our-services/virtual-care-services/myhealth
You can get your island health test results at:
https://www.islandhealth.ca/our-services/virtual-care-services/myhealth
Culturally Committed
CDMS Members who would like to join the Culturally Committed program but did not attend the Jared Qwustenuxun Williams workshop --
you can use the promo code GILASKASLA2021 to receive a 10% discount on an annual membership.
https://www.culturallycommitted.com/membership-benefits
you can use the promo code GILASKASLA2021 to receive a 10% discount on an annual membership.
https://www.culturallycommitted.com/membership-benefits
Mental Health & the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dr. Rachel Grimminck
has provided her slide deck from the discussion held on
May 13th
has provided her slide deck from the discussion held on
May 13th
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GENDER AFFIRMING CARE:
Dr. Patricia Seymour
Did you miss this Feb 17th presentation?
You can view the recording and chat here!
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NgvZvzmNO3wQXxxrpI-zfgQrKGvN3p7B
You can view the recording and chat here!
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NgvZvzmNO3wQXxxrpI-zfgQrKGvN3p7B
Cowichan Community of Practice Group
An additional opportunity for support for racialized/PoC or those self-identifying as PoC. This is a local group meeting more regularly for discussion, learning and shared experience. CDMS will fund the organization of a few facilitated group meetings. If you are interested, please contact rsimmons@cowichandoctors.ca for further information that can be provided from Dr. Maki Ikemura as sessions are planned.
News & Events
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MSA JCC Sessional Rate Adjustment
The Physician Services Committee has approved that physicians of both groups - family and specialist physicians - who participate in quality and system improvement activities on behalf of the Joint Clinical Committees will be compensated at the same rate of $158.97 per hour for their participation, retroactive to April 1, 2019.
New Visitor Policy: A patient centered approach that recognizes:
1. Family members are essential partners in care and play an important role in well-being, comfort, quality of life, healing and/or recovery.
2. While we need to limit visits as an important precaution to ensure the safety of all, the risks of loneliness and isolation must be considered, as well as the potential impacts on Indigenous people and their families who may have past experiences of racism and discrimination in health care environments.
3. We must balance the need for safety with the need for connection between individuals and their families; our goal is to implement a fair and consistent approach to essential visit decision making across all care settings.
The attached form can help guide staff and physicians through this process.
2. While we need to limit visits as an important precaution to ensure the safety of all, the risks of loneliness and isolation must be considered, as well as the potential impacts on Indigenous people and their families who may have past experiences of racism and discrimination in health care environments.
3. We must balance the need for safety with the need for connection between individuals and their families; our goal is to implement a fair and consistent approach to essential visit decision making across all care settings.
The attached form can help guide staff and physicians through this process.
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Special thanks to the CDMS, Beaver House Fudge and The Fishbowl Café!
For anyone who has ever worked within Cowichan you will know that the effective relationships between Physicians and Staff of collegiality and collaboration is palpable. This was highlighted again on the 14TH Sept when, even on a rainy day, the kindness and care that the team has for each other shone through! The staff at Cowichan District Hospital received a special gift of appreciation. The Cowichan District Medical Society (CDMS) along with Beaver House Fudge who is a local business in the Cowichan Valley and The Fishbowl Café, another local business brought sweet joy to the site.
Staff were able to choose from a few different flavours of fudge and also received a card for a free 16oz beverage at The Fishbowl Café. The CDMS wanted to let staff know they were grateful for their service and their ability to work effectively together in order to serve the Community.
You can’t get sweeter than fudge and a coffee or hot chocolate and the staff very much appreciated the generosity of the society and the extension of care from both the community businesses and the society.
Staff were able to choose from a few different flavours of fudge and also received a card for a free 16oz beverage at The Fishbowl Café. The CDMS wanted to let staff know they were grateful for their service and their ability to work effectively together in order to serve the Community.
You can’t get sweeter than fudge and a coffee or hot chocolate and the staff very much appreciated the generosity of the society and the extension of care from both the community businesses and the society.
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