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Upcoming Events
Morbidity and Mortality Rounds are coming back to CDH!
Next rounds:
Date TBD
Preamble:
M&M Rounds might be more aptly named, L&L Rounds (Love and Learn Rounds).
The intention of these rounds is to support each to learn from adverse outcomes and near misses.
As a general rule, 95% of adverse outcomes are related to system problems, rather than individual performance issues.
These rounds are an opportunity for us to give direct feedback to the health authority about the quality and safety or our system.
Rounds are confidential, providers and patients are not to be named.
Section 51 of the BC Evidence Act prohibits the disclosure of information and documentation collected as part of a hospital's quality of care review.
Compensation and CME credits:
CDMS will pay .5hr session time for attendance plus up to $50 reimbursement for food.
M&M rounds can be claimed as non-accredited CME credits.
We hope you can attend! We are planning to host these rounds q 2 months.
Sincerely,
Your CDH medical leads
Date TBD
Preamble:
M&M Rounds might be more aptly named, L&L Rounds (Love and Learn Rounds).
The intention of these rounds is to support each to learn from adverse outcomes and near misses.
As a general rule, 95% of adverse outcomes are related to system problems, rather than individual performance issues.
These rounds are an opportunity for us to give direct feedback to the health authority about the quality and safety or our system.
Rounds are confidential, providers and patients are not to be named.
Section 51 of the BC Evidence Act prohibits the disclosure of information and documentation collected as part of a hospital's quality of care review.
Compensation and CME credits:
CDMS will pay .5hr session time for attendance plus up to $50 reimbursement for food.
M&M rounds can be claimed as non-accredited CME credits.
We hope you can attend! We are planning to host these rounds q 2 months.
Sincerely,
Your CDH medical leads
NOW ACCREDITED!! PHYSICIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY 2022 WEBINAR SERIES
Please join Dr. Mamta Gautam, MD, MBA, FRCPC, CPDC, CCPE, CPE psychiatrist at The Ottawa Hospital, in a series of five virtual psychological safety webinars aimed at promoting psychological safety in health care teams.
- Bullying in Healthcare - May 31 @ 5:30-6:30pm
- Owning Your Mistakes - June 21 @ 5:30-6:30pm
- Reaching out to Colleagues in Distress - September 27 @ 5:30-6:30pm
- Giving and Receiving Effective Feedback - October 25 @ 5:30-6:30pm
- Achieving Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - November 22 @ 5:30-6:30pm
To register for the series or individual sessions please RSVP to advocacy@doctorsofbc.ca
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2022 Speakers’ Series – “Quit Multiplying by Zero” with Dr. Mamta Gautam
October 18, 2022 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm; via Zoom
October 18, 2022 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm; via Zoom
The South Island MSA, Victoria Division of Family Practice, South Island Division of Family Practice and Saanich Peninsula Physician Society are delighted to welcome Dr. Mamta Gautam, an internationally renowned psychiatrist, consultant, certified coach, author and speaker. Dr. Gautam will explain what she means by “Quit Multiplying By Zero”:
Stress is an inherent factor in medicine. In the past 24 months, as we deal with COVID-19, we have faced unprecedented challenges in healthcare, dealing with much uncertainty and complexity. Healthcare workers, our chief resource at this time, are experiencing significant, and possibly enduring, psychological distress. This presentation helps to define and normalize these concerns, understand stress and how to recognize when it turns into distress. We will look at how the healthcare team can best reintegrate to move forward together optimally, to offer mutual support, positive role modeling for learners, and optimal patient care. We will define a framework, the 5 C’s for Resilience, and offer practical strategies to help colleagues to implement this and manage their stress effectively, both in their professional and personal lives.
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
https://www.southislandmsa.ca/event/2022-speakers-series-quit-multiplying-by-zero-with-dr-mamta-gautam/
Stress is an inherent factor in medicine. In the past 24 months, as we deal with COVID-19, we have faced unprecedented challenges in healthcare, dealing with much uncertainty and complexity. Healthcare workers, our chief resource at this time, are experiencing significant, and possibly enduring, psychological distress. This presentation helps to define and normalize these concerns, understand stress and how to recognize when it turns into distress. We will look at how the healthcare team can best reintegrate to move forward together optimally, to offer mutual support, positive role modeling for learners, and optimal patient care. We will define a framework, the 5 C’s for Resilience, and offer practical strategies to help colleagues to implement this and manage their stress effectively, both in their professional and personal lives.
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
- Discuss the key stressors in practicing during the COVID-19 crisis
- Define and understand stress, distress, burnout, compassion fatigue.
- Discuss health as a product of individual, cultural, and system level factors; and that we need to ‘quit multiplying by zero’.
- Discuss what can occur within the healthcare team and in the workplace to support each other during this time.
- Learn and implement the 5 C’s Framework to manage their stress effectively.
https://www.southislandmsa.ca/event/2022-speakers-series-quit-multiplying-by-zero-with-dr-mamta-gautam/
DO NO HARM
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CDH Replacement Project
info session
In case you missed it, a recorded version of the May 27, 2021 session is available here:
https://vimeo.com/555896222
Password: (case-sensitive): NewCDH
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.
https://vimeo.com/555896222
Password: (case-sensitive): NewCDH
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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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, 2021
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GENDER AFFIRMING CARE:
Dr. Patricia Seymour
Did you miss this Feb 17th, 2021 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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Who to contact with questions:
From the IHealth team:
From the CDMS Team:
If you need support moving forward a specific concern // want to arrange a group learning session or strategic engagement for your group // Have questions and you’re not sure who to ask?
Reach out to cdmsleads@cowichandoctors.ca OR Executive/Advisory Members
From the IHealth team:
- Contact your IHealth Site Physician Lead, Dr. Ryan.Gallagher@islandhealth.ca , working as the liaison between the site Medical Staff and the IHealth team.
- For further physician support or discussion, Dr Eric.Shafonsky@islandhealth.ca , Associate Chief Medical Information Officer
- Routine questions may be sent to the IHealth project team at IHealthClinDocProject@islandhealth.ca
From the CDMS Team:
If you need support moving forward a specific concern // want to arrange a group learning session or strategic engagement for your group // Have questions and you’re not sure who to ask?
Reach out to cdmsleads@cowichandoctors.ca OR Executive/Advisory Members
- For help forwarding and following up on concerns/ sharing feedback.
- Accessing FEMS support for IHealth learnings or strategic meetings.
- CDMS website: https://www.cowichandoctors.ca/
- CDMS SLACK
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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
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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