Gastrointestinal Advisory Committee (GIEAC)

Posted March 25, 2025

Closed April 22, 2025

Commitment: Long-term

Connection method: Virtual

Open to Provincial Region, Patient partners across BC

Posted March 25, 2025

The GIEAC serves as a forum to advise on and support successful implementation of deliverables within the annual GI Endoscopy Services Action Plan and align its work with the priorities outlined in the Commitment to Surgical Renewal; acting as an interface between stakeholders in the Ministry, patients, physician groups, and the Health Authorities (HA).

Level of Engagement

This opportunity is at the level of Collaborate on the IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation.

Eligibility

Willing & comfortable to share health care experiences in a group setting
Comfort with public speaking
Specific health care experiences [details below]
Previous committee/working group experience
Have access to technology and the internet to participate in the engagement opportunity
Comfortable using technology to attend online/virtual meetings
An interest in improving health care services
The time to participate in the engagement opportunity
Experience receiving a gastrointestinal endoscopy procedure (e.g., a colonoscopy, upper GI procedure)

Patient Partners ARE NOT required to be PVN members to participate in this engagement opportunity.

Health Care Partner Contact Information

Christina Tromp
Senior Policy Analyst, Surgical Services Branch | BC Ministry of Health
(778) 405-1883
christina.tromp@gov.bc.ca

From Our Community

Karla Warkotsch

Patient Experience Consultant – Interior Health

The question I like to ask health care employees is ‘Who is this for?’ and ‘Do we have the right people at the table?’ As a health care employee, I see how easy it is to fall into doing for, rather than doing with patients. The voices of the patient, family and caregiver are essential to ensure the patient is central to the direction and focus of the work being done.