A videoconferencing initiative started by Northern Interior Rural division doctors is improving access to care for patients in northern BC. The Robson Valley Virtual Medicine project—a collaboration between the Northern Interior Rural division (NIRD) and Northern Health—uses videoconferencing technology to connect two neighboring rural emergency departments, enabling physicians who share on-call duties to see patients immediately without needing to travel from one hospital to the other.

Campbell River emergency room physician Dr Jeffrey Beselt is the recipient of the 2018 Canadian College of Health Leaders’ Celebrating the Human Spirit Award.  The award recognizes the meaningful contributions of individuals or teams who provide health services for acts of caring and compassion that go above and beyond the call of duty, inspire others, and have a profound and lasting impact.

GPs from a number of divisions across the province are recipients of the BC College of Family Physicians’ 2018 awards, including the:

Advance care planning conversations are key to ensuring that patients receive end-of-life care that aligns with their needs and beliefs. Recognizing this, Fraser Northwest division has been working with Fraser Health for the past four years to implement an effective and reliable method of transferring this information between doctors’ offices and facilities.  

Many divisions across BC are actively working to counteract burnout and develop stronger social connection between members.

The summary report from the FPSC Fall Summit, which took place November 28-29, 2016, is available online in a new web-based interactive format.