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Regional Patient and Family Advisory Council

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Commitment: Long-term

Connection method: Virtual

Open to Fraser – Vancouver Coastal

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Fraser Health is actively recruiting to the Regional Patient and Family Advisory Council. This council meets monthly with Fraser Health leaders to promote and advance person-centred care and improve health care quality, safety and experience.

Share your experiences and ideas with leaders on Fraser Health priority projects to make sure your perspective is considered in service planning, delivery, and evaluation. Fraser Health values meaningful dialogue with the people they serve to support the transformation of health care.

Examples of engagement activities include:
– Quality Improvement Projects related to Violence Prevention, Sustainability and Emergency Preparedness, Essential Care Partners, Infection Control)
– Communication Strategies (patient education pamphlets, website content, social media messages)
– Staff education curriculum design
– Patient Experience Data review and analysis

The regional council meets virtually twice a month for 2 hours (1 meeting in December and no meetings in August). Meetings are on the 2nd and 4th Monday every month in the morning.

Level of Engagement

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

Eligibility

  • Willing & comfortable to share health care experiences in a group setting
  • Have access to technology and the internet to participate in the engagement opportunity
  • An interest in improving health care services
  • The time to participate in the engagement opportunity
Patient Partners ARE NOT required to be PVN members to participate in this engagement opportunity.

Health Care Partner Contact Information

Laura Klein Clinical Practice Consultant, Clinical Quality and Experience | Fraser Health (604) 613-6598 patient.engagement@fraserhealth.ca

From Our Community

Shannon Griffin

Leader, Patient and Family Centred Care in Fraser Health

Shannon Griffin

Recently, a PVN Patient Advisor asked healthcare partners, “What are we learning from patients, families, and others thus far during this pandemic?”. This is an excellent question and one to ask ourselves daily.