This education session is part of the Innovation and Development Commons Brown Bag Lunch series, a joint initiative between Northern Health and the University of Northern British Columbia to promote health research in the North. Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects 1% of the global population, and 8% of Canadians over the age of 65 years. AF […]
We’ve encouraged health care providers and patients to have “What matters to you?” conversations each and every day over the past year. Now it’s time to celebrate the genuine partnerships these conversations helped form on “What Matters to You?” Day on June 6! As we gear up for the celebration, we’d like to invite you to attend a lunch-time webinar where patients and health care providers will share their stories and experiences with starting conversations and building genuine partnerships. Join us to learn more about how “What Matters to You?” has impacted relationships between patients and care providers, and how it can be implemented within care!
Many of today’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and two-spirit (LGBTQ2S+) seniors have experienced a lifetime of discrimination based on their sexual orientation and/or gender identity and expression. Many LGBTQ2S+ seniors are feeling anxious about the increased vulnerability and loss of independence that can accompany aging. Many fear that they will need to hide their sexual orientation or moderate their gender expression in some way to receive quality health care care in primary care, home care and residential care settings. In this Quality Café we will look at some of the experiences of LGBTQ2S+ seniors and explore ways that we can provide more affirming and inclusive care.
Hello patient partners in the northern region, Happy Spring! We hope that you had an enjoyable and relaxing winter! We realize that we haven’t connected over teleconference with you in a while! We’ve put together a draft agenda based on new and exciting happenings with PVN and the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council. If […]
Healthcare Improvement Scotland is currently hosting an exciting line up of monthly WebEx sessions presented by an exceptional global faculty. Simply link in for free from your own desk, to learn from national and international leaders in quality improvement. This month’s session is with David “e-Patient Dave” deBronkart: patient voice advisor, cancer survivor and former high […]
Welcome to the Patient Voices Network! After signing up as a patient partner, everyone must complete an orientation in order to participate in engagement opportunities. This orientation will cover everything you need to know to be a patient partner, as well as answer any questions you may have. Please register below if you can attend […]
Welcome to the Patient Voices Network! After signing up as a patient partner, everyone must complete an orientation in order to participate in engagement opportunities. This orientation will cover everything you need to know to be a patient partner, as well as answer any questions you may have. Please register below if you can attend […]
Welcome to the Patient Voices Network! After signing up as a patient partner, everyone must complete an orientation in order to participate in engagement opportunities. This orientation will cover everything you need to know to be a patient partner, as well as answer any questions you may have. Please register below if you can attend […]
On October 2, Can-SOLVE CKD will host a special live broadcast discussion with Simon Denegri, an international expert on patient engagement in health research. Join Simon and a panel of Can-SOLVE CKD Network members for this exciting event. We will be sharing stories of our experiences with patient-oriented research and discussing topics such as: Democratizing […]
If you’re someone who loves all things research-related, Interior Health Research Week is the event you’ve been waiting for! The second annual Interior Health Research Week is taking place from September 24 – 28, 2018. Events listed are free and open to all, and will be available via WebEx or in-person. There are several patient engagement-specific workshops, […]
Welcome to the Patient Voices Network! Everyone must complete an orientation in order to participate in engagement opportunities. This online orientation will cover everything you need to know to be a member, as well as answer any questions you may have. Click here to register! Registered attendees will be sent instructions for joining the orientation […]
Welcome to the Patient Voices Network! Everyone must complete an orientation in order to participate in engagement opportunities. This online orientation will cover everything you need to know to be a member, as well as answer any questions you may have. Click here to register! Registered attendees will be sent instructions for joining the orientation […]
Welcome to the Patient Voices Network! Everyone must complete an orientation in order to participate in engagement opportunities. This online orientation will cover everything you need to know to be a member, as well as answer any questions you may have. Click here to register! Registered attendees will be sent instructions for joining the orientation […]
Welcome to the Patient Voices Network! Everyone must complete an orientation in order to participate in engagement opportunities. This online orientation will cover everything you need to know to be a member, as well as answer any questions you may have. Click here to register! Registered attendees will be sent instructions for joining the orientation […]
Welcome to the Patient Voices Network! Everyone must complete an orientation in order to participate in engagement opportunities. This online orientation will cover everything you need to know to be a member, as well as answer any questions you may have. Click here to register! Registered attendees will be sent instructions for joining the orientation […]
Welcome to the Patient Voices Network! Everyone must complete an orientation in order to participate in engagement opportunities. This orientation will cover everything you need to know to be a member, as well as answer any questions you may have. Please RSVP to Carol Stathers at cstathers@bcpsqc.ca or 778.516.3308 to get login information to join the […]
On April 11, the Council hosted a virtual kick off for“What Matters to You?” This kickoff featured incredible speakers, an overview of how the initiative began, and explained how you can spread the word and get involved. In case you weren’t able to attend, we’ve put together a recap of the event right here!
What Matters to You? is back for another year!
“What matters to you?” is a simple question that can have a big impact on care. When providers have a conversation about what really matters to the people they care for, it helps them ensure that care is aligned with patient preferences and provide more patient- and family-centred care.
We hope you can join us for the virtual launch of “What Matters to You?” in 2018!
If only the patient would take the prescribed medication, eat nutritious foods, lose weight, quit smoking – the list is lengthy. Many health problems, including some chronic diseases, result from intractable human behaviour. Rather than blame patient non-compliance, however, health care providers have come to recognize behaviour change as a complex challenge that involves not just the patient, but also clinicians and communities.
In this free, live web event from NEJM Catalyst, you’ll learn techniques for effective behaviour change, what changes are achievable for better health, and which barriers to target. Conversations about behaviour change begin with the principle that clinicians should not assume they know how to incorporate patients’ values into medical decisions. Behavioural science has yielded insights into how to increase the likelihood of sustained health – and why some changes are extremely difficult.
Assisting workers in achieving a safe and sustainable return to work after illness or injury has always been an appropriate goal of treatment. However, North American workplaces are increasingly challenged with how to address prescription and over-the-counter medication use by employees. This webinar will address different perspectives on safe workplace placement for patients with chronic pain who are using prescribed drugs.
Treatment of chronic pain requires “multimodal analgesia,” a management plan that often requires pharmacological as well as non-drug therapies, and very importantly large measures of clinician-guided patient self-management. This webinar will address the role and value of opioids, non-drug options and non-opioid drugs in managing chronic pain.
If you can’t make it to Quality Forum 2018, don’t worry! This month’s Quality Café will give you a peek inside the Forum so you can engage with it wherever you are. Stay tuned – more details to come! Click here to join this webinar on Wednesday, February 21 at 1200 PT. The password to join this Quality […]
Making an informed decision is something that everyone faces at one point or another. As a family caregiver, you may be asked by someone you care for to help them make an important decision about their treatment or living situation, you might have to make your own decisions about how to best support the person […]
The BC SUPPORT Unit Fraser Centre is launching a Patients Interested in Research (PIiR) group to support innovation, quality and impact of health research in the Fraser region. Patients, members of the public with experience of, or interest in, the health care system or a health issue, and family or friend caregivers, are invited to attend the launch via online video conference/teleconference. This inaugural meeting will help shape the direction of the group. In addition, the event will include information about patient-oriented research and associated opportunities.
In this webinar, participants will explore topics including grieving an expected loss, grieving the loss of the caregiver role, managing situations that trigger grief, understanding how grief can vary among family members, dealing with clumsy advice and finding a way forward. Participants will be introduced to two free online resources developed by the Canadian Virtual Hospice that can be accessed 24/7 from the comfort of one’s own home.
It’s a common problem: you know you have an incredible service, event or program, but it just isn’t getting the engagement it deserves. You’re using all the usual methods of communication and amplifying your message, but the right people aren’t getting connected. You’re turning the volume up but no one is listening. It’s time to […]
This webinar is part of “Safe Medication – Think Global, Act Local,” a global webinar series designed and facilitated by patient partners.
Unsafe medication is a leading cause of harm, most of it preventable, in health care systems across the world. The aim of this webinar is to arm participants with increased understanding and at least one practical idea and/or resource to advance safe medication.
Stay tuned – more details and registration information for this webinar coming soon!
In an instant, your whole world can change. Your family member suddenly can’t fully weight-bear, so you bend, you twist, you support and you somehow manage to protect them from injury – but what about you? Caring for a disabled or aging family member can be physically demanding, with caregivers often putting the needs of […]
Welcome to the Patient Voices Network! Everyone must complete an orientation in order to participate in engagement opportunities. The orientation will cover everything you need to know to be a member and answer any questions you may have.
Join us for a virtual celebration of Change Day across BC and beyond!
Local and international speakers will share their stories of creating change, engaging peers and spreading improvement ideas. Tune in to hear from them, ask questions, join the discussion and share YOUR Change Day BC stories and activities!
Welcome to the Patient Voices Network! Everyone must complete an orientation in order to participate in engagement opportunities. The orientation will cover everything you need to know to be a member and answer any questions you may have.
Join this webinar, part of Alberta Health Services (AHS)’s Patient and Family Centred Care Week, to hear personal stories and experiences of compassion from a panel of patients, families and AHS providers. Hear their definitions and descriptions of why compassion matters and how they have practiced and benefited from compassion. Take this opportunity to ask questions and share your thoughts about why compassion matters.
If you’ve ever tried to explain neuroplasticity in a few sentences with your chronic pain patients then you know how challenging that can be. We need to be careful how we talk about neuroplasticity, self-management and catastrophizing with patients. Depending on the patient’s level of readiness and knowledge about mind-body therapies and psychosocial approaches, discussing […]
By participating in this webinar, which is part of Alberta Health Services’ Patient and Family Centred Care Week, you will learn about the movement to create mental health-friendly environments for patients, families and health care providers.
Join this webinar presented by Lisa Petermann and Diane Duncan from the Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit, to learn how to explain patient-oriented research – and why it’s worth engaging with – in your own words.
This webinar, part of Alberta Health Services’ Patient and Family Centred Care Week, will share patient and health care provider perspectives and experiences of compassion and will discuss how these findings generated an empirical model depicting the key domains and flow of compassion.
With rapid changes in access to health care information and health technologies, managing your chronic disease is becoming more collaborative and patient-centred. The Reaching Out with Arthritis Research (ROAR) public forum features a group of researchers from Arthritis Research Canada who are at the forefront of these changes. Updates on current research will be presented in a relaxed and informative series of talks for people with arthritis and those who care for them.
Welcome to the Patient Voices Network! Everyone must complete an orientation in order to participate in engagement opportunities. The orientation will cover everything you need to know to be a member and answer any questions you may have.
If you have used health care in BC, and have great ideas on how the system can be improved, join us for a lively discussion with Jami Brown, one of the Patient Voices Network’s Engagement Leaders, about possibilities available through the Patient Voices Network and how you can get involved today.
Welcome to the Patient Voices Network! Everyone must complete an orientation in order to participate in engagement opportunities. The orientation will cover everything you need to know to be a member and answer any questions you may have.
Stemming from a history of colonialism and ongoing racism in Canada, Indigenous people continue to experience many harms when trying to access health care. This presentation will take a closer look at where and how these harms tend to occur in the system, and what we can start doing as individuals and organizations in response. Drawing on lessons learned from the San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training program, this webinar will unpack the ways anti-Indigenous racism and stereotyping show up in health care settings and share insights on responding to racism and discrimination through Indigenous cultural safety approaches.
Think about a situation you have faced in your caregiving role where you ended up feeling resentful and unhappy about the way it ended. Perhaps you feel like you were taken advantage of, violated, not respected and/or not heard. If this is resonating, sign up for this webinar from The Caregiver Network to hear how to handle it differently and improve your assertiveness next time.
Chronic pain is very common in older adults and is often under-recognized and under-treated. Treatment of pain in the elderly is complex, as multiple other variables must be considered, including the patient’s cognition, medical issues and medications. This webinar will give practitioners some practical tools to help them in the recognition and treatment of pain in the geriatric population.
This free symposium will address arthritis-specific issues in the Interior of BC. All patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers are encouraged to come and learn more about arthritis care and pain management.
Get ready for Change Day, coming up on November 17! In this webinar, we’ll be hearing from some more Change Ambassador Network superstars, getting all the details on Change Quest, and talking about Join, Like & Share a Pledge Week. Don’t miss it!
Mindfulness Based Interventions (MBIs) are emerging as promising treatments to reduce physical and emotional distress among adults and childre with chronic pain. This webinar will provide an overview of why mindfulness approaches are thought to help with chronic pain, citing both research and clinical examples, and describe an eight-week mindfulness group program specifically adapted for adolescents with chronic pain.
This “back-to-school”-themed session will be presented by student leaders from the IHI Open School chapters at UBC, UBC Okanagan and the University of Northern British Columbia. They’ll share how post-secondary students can develop and practice their quality improvement skills while in school, and highlight resources and opportunities for hands-on experience.
Welcome to the Patient Voices Network! Everyone must complete an orientation in order to participate in engagement opportunities. The orientation will cover everything you need to know to be a member and answer any questions you may have.
Being a caregiver takes a lot of energy. Join this webinar with Patricia Boham, Ph.D., RN, and caregiver as she shared short, user-friendly exercises that she has developed to help you recognize how your busy mind is taking you away from your quiet, wise self, and from the person you are caring for, and you.
There are many examples of evidence-informed decision making (EIDM) among public health professionals and organizations in Canada. However, these stories aren’t always shared within the public health community. The National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT) seeks to address this gap with an interactive, peer-led webinar series featuring a collection of EIDM success stories […]
Inadequately treated acute pain can lead to an amplification of the pain system known as central sensitization. Recognizing and treating central sensitization can lead to less unnecessary tests and referrals and improvement in patient’s symptoms. In this webinar, you will learn how to recognize central sensitization and how to manage it using medical and non-medical interventions.
Join the next meeting of the Providence Health Care Knowledge Translation Community of Practice! Alina McKay, PhD Candidate, UBC School of Population and Public Health, will share some of the lessons learned from her work with the Making Research Accessible initiative on plain language summaries for sharing research findings with a variety of audiences. Location: Dining […]
KidsGrieve2 Q&A connects families, professional and volunteers with expert advice on supporting children and youth who are grieving a death or an expected death. In this public web forum, Andrea Warnick, a national children’s grief expert, answers your questions.
This webinar highlights a patient-oriented research team’s project to address a gap in osteoporosis care identified by patients and health providers. Dr. Sonia Singh brought together a group of leaders, health care providers and patients from Fraser Health to develop a health care model that would prevent additional breaks in patients admitted to hospital with an initial fracture. Results were so impressive that local decision-makers have found a way to fund the program on a permanent basis.
Aligning patient engagement with process improvement Engaging the patient voice is key to establishing a patient and family-centered health care environment. When health care teams are empowered to create partnership opportunities with patients and families they improve and transform the delivery of care. Presenter Ellen Noel will share her in-depth clinical knowledge, offer coaching tips […]
A webinar designed and facilitated by patient partners When things go from bad to worse, everyone has a role to play to ensure patient safety. Family members are a vital part of the healthcare team and are often best positioned to recognize the sometimes subtle, yet very important changes in their loved one’s condition that […]
Join the Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care (IPFCC) for a free webinar to learn about partnerships in research and how to navigate their new Toolbox, an online resource of strategies, tools, and lessons learned for research partnerships with patients and families.
Did you know? The Health Care in Canada (HCIC) survey measures and reports on what health care providers and the public think about important health care issues. Results of the 2016 HCIC survey are now available. Among its key findings: Canadians believe wait times for health care services are getting worse. More than 50% of Canadians […]
Did you know? Nearly half of Canada’s healthcare budget is spent on seniors aged 65 and older as a result of the impact of chronic diseases and frailty on their health. Frailty is a geriatric syndrome associated with poor quality of life and increased reliance on healthcare resources. Current healthcare services between primary care and community […]
Learn how patients and the public can make meaningful contributions as partners in health research and how the BC SUPPORT Unit is striving to get patient engagement right.
This inaugural BC SUPPORT Unit webinar will provide an introduction to both patient-oriented research (what is it and what are the implications for the research I undertake?) and to the Unit (what is it, who’s involved and what can it do for me?).
In this session, you’ll learn how to organize your data in clear, visual formats that help your audience understand what you are trying to say, and ensure that your take-home messages are received. Presenters Danielle Simpson & Jennie Aitken will show you how to use the principles of effective data presentation to communicate difficult concepts, and translate data into decisions from the unit to provincial levels. No prior experience with data analysis is required to benefit from this session!
Do you struggle with the confidence to ask questions and assert yourself in difficult discussions? Being a family caregiver means mastering communication. If you’re not there, that’s fine! This webinar will help you.
Learn about self-management support in First Nations communities in this webinar presented by Bernice Johansen.
Learn about evaluating the patient experience in this webinar presented by Kathy Reims.
Learn about the social determinants of health in this webinar presented by April Lawrence and Jenny Spring.
Learn about evaluation and self-management support in this webinar presented by John Lester.
Learn about quality improvement for self-management support integration in this webinar presented by John Lester and Bruce Hobson.
This interactive session will explore leading patient- and family- centred practices and delve into 3 of these interrelated practices – family presence and participation in care (open visitation); bedside transfer of accountability; and the use of whiteboards – through first-hand experience from one organization, Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance.
Patients for Patient Safety Canada is offering an interactive webinar for patient/family representative in programs, groups, networks and/or organizations working to improve quality and safety in health care at any system level.