Fraser Health Cultural Diversity and Communication Learning Session

Surrey Memorial Hospital - meeting room 2 (Barham) 13750 96 Avenue, Surrey, BC, Canada

Fraser Health is hosting a cultural diversity and communication learning session and you are invited! The learning session will include concepts that recognize the healthcare environment's diverse, cross-cultural nature and address the practical skills necessary for effective communication in the healthcare system. This event is voluntary and is first come first served – 20 seats are […]

Chilliwack & Fraser Cascade Transition & Resource Fair 2018

Chilliwack Secondary School 46361 Yale Road, Chilliwack, BC, Canada

The goal of the Transition & Resource Fair is to provide youth and young adults with special needs and their families with information on education, community services, health, housing, transportation, recreation, employers and job-related services and programs that are available to assist them in planning for their future.

Free

Celebrating and Appreciating Our Patient Family Partners (Providence Health Care)

Mount St. Joseph's Hospital 3080 Prince Edward Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Providence Health Care invites their Patient Family Partners to a social gathering to celebrate and appreciate their work. This event is part of Patient and Residence Experience Week (April 23-26, 2018). Meet other Patient Family Partners, network with Providence Health Care staff and leaders, and share what matters most to you about this work!

Free

Conversations That Matter

Webinar

Join us for a “What Matters to You?” webinar focused on sharing our new “Conversations That Matter” resource! This resource provides tools for providers, patients, families and caregivers, to support them in having meaningful conversations about care. This is a learning- and skills-based webinar open to anyone who wants to improve their communication skills and […]

Free

Early Onset Heart Disease: What’s In Your Genes?

Life Sciences Centre 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Why are between 500-1,000 people in BC diagnosed with premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) every year? And why are their close relatives up to 10 times more likely to develop atherosclerotic CVD? These are questions the public forum on the Study to Avoid Cardiovascular Events in British Columbia (SAVE BC) research program seeks to answer. Tara Sedlack, the […]

Free

Fraser Health Research Week

Surrey, BC

Fraser Health's 13th annual Research Week features interactive workshops, panel discussions, keynote speakers, presentations by Fraser Health researchers, and much more. Click here to view the interactive poster. All Research Week events are free, and the following events are open to the public: Close to Practice: Research at the Point of Care Thursday, June 7 […]

Free

Community Discussion on New Opportunities in Primary Health Care

MOSAIC 5575 Boundary Rd, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join the BC Health Coalition in a discussion about new primary care initiatives happening in BC, and hear about a community governed and interdisciplinary team approach to primary health care delivery to meet the needs of immigrants, refugees and older adult immigrants. Light refreshments provided. There is limited seating. To RSVP, please email Kari Kesslar at k.kesslar@shaw.ca.

The How-To of Embedding “What Matters to You?” — Webinar

Online

Join us for this practical, skills-based "What Matters to You?" webinar! It will be a how-to guide on preparing patients and family members for "What matters to you?" conversations, encouraging health care providers to ask the question, and rallying community members to lead the initiative. Speakers include Maggie Breslin from The Patient Revolution, Lara Gurney […]

Canadian Patient Safety Week

Online

Canadian Patient Safety Week is a national, annual campaign that started in 2005 to inspire extraordinary improvement in patient safety and quality. As the momentum for promoting best practices in patient safety has grown, so has the participation in Canadian Patient Safety Week. Canadian Patient Safety week is relevant to anyone who engages with our […]

Free

Marion Woodward Lecture: Strategies and Tools for Putting Patients First

UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Mounting evidence demonstrates that engaging patients and the public as partners in healthcare decisions at both individual and community levels leads to better outcomes. However, patients and the public are not adequately engaged across a spectrum of health services. Dr. Dawn Stacey will discuss evidence-based strategies and tools for supporting active patient and public involvement […]

Free

Get to Know Local PVN Members in Kelowna

Pulp Fiction Coffee House 1598 Pandosy Street, Kelowna, BC, Canada

Come drink some coffee and meet other PVN members to share your experiences, ask your questions, connect with like-minded people and make new friends!