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Deadline: Apply by
Commitment: Long-term
Connection method: Virtual
Open to Interior Region
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Do you want to help evaluate and improve the quality of care for Trauma patients throughout the Interior Health region? The Trauma Services Network is looking for patient partners to work with the Regional Trauma Council to identify and address areas for improvement to the system of trauma care.
The role of the patient partners are to participate in discussions with administrative partners and medical leaders to evaluate opportunities for improvement in current practices related to care delivery for patients who are significantly injured in the Interior Health region. Topics include efforts to standardize care, address equity in access, improve system processes, measure the effectiveness of care and support education for providers across our system.
This council meeting will take place four times per year, held the second Tuesday of March, June, September and December. Meetings are held virtually via Microsoft Teams on these dates between 3:00pm-5:00pm.
The ideal term will be for 2 years.
Interior Health has a Trauma Services Network to support quality improvement and system planning across to the whole region for patients who have been injured. Our scope includes injury prevention, pre-hospital care, hospital care and rehab, and follow-up for all trauma related patients.
Our Regional Trauma Council supports improvements to the quality, consistency and standardization of the trauma services within Interior Health by providing a venus for information sharing and addressing system challenges. Representation on the committee includes many operational and administrative leaders in Interior Health and physician leaders from around the region. Patient partners are an integral part of representation on this committee.
It is important to hear the voices of many perspectives in this work. This opportunity seeks to have an inclusive approach and encourages diverse representation from across the province including people from different ethnic, economic and social backgrounds.
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
- Specific health care experiences [details below]
- 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 • Open to patient partners from: the Interior Health region. • Experience either as a patient or family/care giver perspective with acute injury/physical trauma, which required hospital level interventions • Comfortable sharing aspects of your health care journey with a large group of health care professionals if desired. • Comfortable with discussions that may include details of patient injuries or circumstances related to the care of injured patients. This may be triggering to some partners. The council will make every effort to be sensitive in these discussions and partners may excuse themselves from certain aspects of the discussion. Opportunities to discuss concerns outside of council meetings will be provided regularly. • Please note: o The placement process for this opportunity may include an informal interview between the volunteer and the health care partner.
Health Care Partner Contact Information
Kyla Gowenlock Director, Trauma Services Network | Interior Health (250) 801-5762 kyla.gowenlock@interiorhealth.caInterested?
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