Victoria Divisions of Family Practice

Welcome to your MOA corner!

Last updated: March 2024

THE VICTORIA DIVISION WEBSITE HAS MOVED, PLEASE VIEW OUR NEW MOA CORNER HERE.

 

Feedback from community MOAs and Office Managers, via the MOA Network Working Group, guided the development of this page.  

We hope you will visit this site often as it expands to include additional resources and information.

What is the MOA Network?

The MOA Network will support the evolving needs of MOAs working in Victoria PCN member clinics through a combination of clinical and professional development supports, resources, and ongoing engagement and education opportunities.

Membership 

Although the Network's target audience is MOAs working in physician-owned family practices of the Victoria PCN, we welcome the participation of MOAs from UPCCs, CHCs and other government-funded clinics . 

Eligibility 

  • Be an MOA or Office Manager
  • Work in a clinic that is part of the Victoria PCN 

Member Benefits

 

Member benefits

 MOAs working in physician-owned Family Practice clinics  MOAs working in UPCCs, CHCs, or other government-funded clinics
Connect with other MOAs working in the Victoria PCN X X
Access online resources  X X
Attend education/training events X X *
Have a say in Network supports and offerings

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* MOAs working in physician-owned clinics will receive priority RSVPs to events.

Upcoming Events

Mindfulness for MOAs: Cultivating compassion, joy, and meaning amidst the chaos

Date: Wednesday, January 17 (CANCELLED: TO BE RESCHEDULED)

Time: 6:00 - 8:30 pm (dinner provided)

Location: Hotel Grand Pacific, 463 Belleville Street

In this 2-hour presentation Dr Mark Sherman will introduce mindfulness as a practice of waking up in our work and lives through the use of presence and compassion. We will explore stress reactivity and response, learn a little bit about our brains and how we can self regulate, and have the opportunity to practice accessible tools to use in the midst of the challenges and blessings of the important work that we do. 

Dinner will be served from 6:00-6:30 pm, with the presentation taking place between 6:30 - 8:30 pm. Attendees will be paid $25/hour for the two-hour education portion. 

Limited seating, please register here (include "February MOA event" in the title). 

  • Please note: MOAs working in physician-owned clinics will receive priority RSVPs to events.

Navigating interactions with difficult people

Date: March 18, 2024 

Time: 6:00 - 8:30 pm (dinner provided)

Location: Hotel Grand Pacific, 463 Belleville Street

Difficult people are everywhere! They act as road blocks to productive engagement, forward movement, and task completion. This interactive session provides participants with the necessary skills to self-regulate, defuse defensive behaviour, and be assertive without landing as aggressive.  Special attention will be paid to:  

  • Knowing how to communicate with difficult people while keeping your cool.
  • Setting limits on objectionable behaviour.
  • Bringing out the best in even the most difficult people.

Dinner will be served from 6:00-6:30 pm, with the presentation taking place between 6:30 - 8:30 pm. Attendees will be paid $25/hour for the two-hour education portion. 

Registration to open soon.

Resources

Doctors of BC - Business Pathways

HealthLink BC

For Patients

Event resources

  • None available at this time.

Contact Us

We welcome your continued support and ideas for your MOA Corner.

Please email Alyssa Beurling at abeurling@victoriadivision.ca with the subject line 'MOA Network'.

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The Divisions of Family Practice acknowledge that we work on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many different Indigenous Nations throughout British Columbia.

Acknowledging that we are on the traditional territories of Indigenous communities is an expression of cultural humility and involves recognizing our duty and desire to support the provision of culturally safe care to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people in BC.