The PHC Physicians and Surgeons Society (PHC-PASS) and Medical Staff Association, in collaboration with Providence Health Care, are supporting medical staff in building a strong, unified voice and community to enhance our workplace and improve patient care.
With funding from the Specialist Services Committee Facility Engagement initiative, meaningful opportunities are available for medical staff to participate in engagement activities across PHC.
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Promoting meaningful medical staff engagement to make Providence Health Care an organization of clinical, research and teaching excellence to best serve our patients and families and transform health care.
What is Medical Staff Engagement?
Engagement is…
- A process for making better decisions that incorporate the interests and concerns of affected medical staff while meeting the needs of the organization.
- An opportunity to strengthen relationships, share information, and build mutual understanding and consensus around shared priorities.
Why engage?
Strong engagement among physicians, medical staff, and health organizations supports high quality health care, improving patient outcomes and lowering costs.
At Providence, we are engaging to:
- Unify and build a collective voice and strong community.
- Get to know and connect with our colleagues, and take care of our well-being.
- Have a voice in PHC plans and decisions about our workplace and patient care.
What is Facility Engagement?
Facility Engagement is a BC-wide initiative of the Specialist Services Committee, one of four joint collaborative committees of Doctors of BC and the Government of BC.
As part of the Physician Master Agreement, its goals are to:
- Improve engagement within and amongst medical staff.
- Improve MSA and health authority engagement.
- Enhance the MSA collective voice in health system planning and decision making.
Each Health Authority across BC including Providence has signed a Memorandum of Understanding and has agreed on key areas for medical staff consultation in Facility Engagement.
Active engagement includes:
- Gathering medical staff input
- More meaningful participation in health authority decision making impacting medical staff workplace and patient care
- Partnership for quality and cost-improvement opportunities
Facility Engagement Governance Structure
How are medical staff engaging?
Medical staff with privileges at PHC facilities –physicians, nurse practitioners, midwives and dentists – are invited to participate in a variety of ways. 
Leading Engagement at PHC
• Quick Read: PHC PASS Orientation
At PHC, Facility Engagement funding and activities are managed by the Providence Health Care Physicians and Surgeons Society (PHC PASS), a non-profit association that operates under direction from our Medical Staff Association – the elected body of the medical staff.
PHC-PASS and our MSA work hand-in-hand to plan engagement activities that align with priorities set out by members.
Contact: pass@phc.ca here
Engagement funding supports medical staff activities, events, and projects, physician leader roles, and medical staff advisors in four Strategic Pillars.
ENGAGEMENT IN ACTION
Medical Staff Strategic Pillars
> Pillar Team Activities
> Quality Pillar
> Learning Pillar
> People Pillar
> Partnerships Pillar
Medical Staff Wellness
> Workplace wellness supports
> Making stress leave less stressful
Planetary Health: Promoting sustainability in clinical practice
> Providence & Partners: Taking Action (physician projects)
OUR IMPACT
Medical Staff Engagement at PHC: Highlights
2024/25 PHC-PASS Directors Report
PHC-PASS Legacy Booklet
> Engage: Building our medical staff voice at PHC
Stay connected
ENGAGEMENT WORKING GROUP: PASS+MSA
PASS-MSA Working Group
An Engagement Working Group oversees Facility Engagement activities at PHC by soliciting your ideas, proposing and providing input on issues, and organizing opportunities that align with and address top engagement priorities identified by medical staff.
The Working Group meets the second Tuesday of every month from 4:30-6:00 pm. It comprises physician leaders and medical staff representative from both PASS and the Medical Staff Association Executive Committee (MSEC) as follows.
MSA-PASS Executive Team
Dr. Victor Leung, Infectious Diseases Physician and Medical Microbiologist
- President
Dr. Emile Woo,General Surgeon - Outgoing President
Dr. Clementine Tang, Pediatrician - Vice President
Dr. Mike Fazio, Pediatrician - Treasurer
Ms. Heba Al-Nashef, Midwife - Member at Large
Dr. Fred Rydz, Internal Medicine Physician – Member at Large
Dr. Hooman Sadr, Orthopedic surgeon - Member at Large
Dr. David Wilkie, Urogynaecologist - Member at Large
Providence Health Care Leaders
Dr. Dan Kalla, Emergency Physician - Senior Medical Director Medical Affairs
& Engagement Strategies
Dr. Julia Raudzus, Psychiatrist - Senior Medical Director Clinical Operations & Quality, Operational Readiness
Dr. Charles Lo, Anesthesiologist - Medical Director, NSPH, Transition
Team Subject Matter Expert
Dr. Vishal Varshney, Anesthesiologist, Medical Director, CSRC
Dr. Harpreet Chauhan, Psychiatrist - VP Medical Affairs
Monique Radlein - Executive Director, Medical Affairs
PASS Strategic Pillar Leads
Dr. Lik Hang Lee, Pathologist
Discover, Learn and Innovate for Impact
Dr. Ana-Luiza Sayao, Neurologist
Inspiring People and Teams Pillar
Dr. Trina Montemurro, Anesthesiologist
Quality, Safety and Value Pillar
Dr. Grace Li, Physiatrist
Partnerships Pillar
Doctors of BC
Jeevanjit Sangha - Regional Advisor & Advocate, Doctors of BC
Tamilyn Smith, Engagement Partner, Facility Engagement
