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On Demand STI Testing in Cranbrook

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Commitment: Short-term

Connection method: Hybrid

Open to Interior Region

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We are working on a project to improve access to sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing. Currently, individuals can visit a lab to test for syphilis and HIV without needing a doctor’s referral. Our goal is to expand this service to include testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea. This will allow people to get tested earlier and avoid unnecessary visits to clinics or emergency rooms.

To ensure the program is effective and user-friendly, we need your help as a patient partner. In this role, you would review patient materials, such as testing instructions and information sheets, and provide feedback on the testing process. Your insights will help us simplify and enhance the experience for everyone.

This opportunity involves participating in a few meetings (either in person or online) and reviewing materials, requiring approximately 5–10 hours over a couple of months. Your valuable input will help make this program accessible and beneficial for people across our communities.

Level of Engagement

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

Eligibility

  • Have access to technology and the internet to participate in the engagement opportunity
  • Comfortable using technology to attend online/virtual meetings
Patient Partners ARE NOT required to be PVN members to participate in this engagement opportunity.

Health Care Partner Contact Information

Alexis Ryley Manager Sexual and Reproductive Health, Population Health | Interior Health (778) 694-3253 Alexis.Ryley@interiorhealth.ca

From Our Community

Karla Warkotsch

Patient Experience Consultant – Interior Health

Karla Warkotsch

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.