For questions or to connect with physicians about projects listed below, contact pass@providencehealth.bc.ca.
PASS is not currently accepting applications for new individual projects. All medical staff will be notified of any future Expressions of Interest for individual Engagement projects through our regular communication channels.
From 2017 to 2022, approximately 60 individual physician-led projects have been funded by PASS, through the Facility Engagement program. Each project has been aligned with one of our strategic priorities. This has included special intakes for COVID-related projects in 2020 and vision-supporting projects for the New St. Paul’s Hospital in early 2021.
Projects are listed below, grouped under their primary strategic priority.
Prior to re-organizing the priorities to the current categories, projects were organized in the following groups:
Ongoing Projects:
West End RACE 2.0 – Dr. Jeff Pike
Creates discrete networks of primary care providers linked with a formal network of specialists from PHC. One of the main deliverables is to implement a shared charter complete with relationship-building activities.
Innovation Collaboration & Creating Partnership: A Proposal – Dr. Alan Rabinowitz
Creates discrete networks of primary care providers linked with a formal network of specialists from PHC. One of the main deliverables is to implement a shared charter complete with relationship-building activities.
SPH 10C Multidisciplinary Case Rounds Pilot – Dr. William Connors
Reviews historical and educational cases in the Urban Health Infection Unit at SPH (UHIU-SPH/10C) to obtain clarification of patient care plans and in the long run to build a framework of the ideal multidisciplinary rounds.
State of Art Teaching and Learning Through Simulation at SPH – Dr. Jeanne Macleod
A simulation committee with representatives from different departments and governance structure, enables physicians groups who wish to develop simulation programs can get together and collaborate – and create a culture of learning innovation at SPH.
Multidisciplinary Team Engagement – Dr. Jeanne Macleod
A sustainable Simulation Program promotes team building, encourages multidisciplinary learning, improves patient care, and fosters better relationships between departments.
Connecting the dots: Improving health service delivery for individuals with a substance use disorder at St. Paul’s Hospital through interdisciplinary collaboration – Dr. Seonaid Nolan
Opportunity for key service providers within SPH to meet in-person, contribute feedback regarding the current system of care for patients with a substance use disorder at SPH and identify opportunities for improvement.
Completed Projects:
2019
Data Science for Doctors – Dr. Dan Holmes and Dr. Janet Simons
Introduces physicians to basic data handling and visualization, and provides tools to facilitate reproducible research using the R statistical programming language. Click here for final report.
Data Science for Doctors, February 1st – 2nd 2019, at Doctors of BC.
Decreasing departmental costs through price awareness – Dr. David Agulnik
Engages hospital administration to make the true cost of the disposable supplies/products on a per-use basis visible to hospital staff, to create less waste and/or find lower cost alternatives. Click here for final report.
Development of a high-fidelity mannequin for E-CPR (ECMO-facilitated CPR) simulations – Dr. David Agulnik
Modification of a CPR mannequin to enable high fidelity simulations for a cutting-edge complex procedure in which ER physicians and surgeons perform ultrasound guided cannulation of both femoral vessels while CPR is being done. Click here for final report.
Enhancing the Continuum of Stroke Patient Care – PHC – Dr. Evan Kwong
Facilitates interaction and engagement between front-line physicians who are involved in the care of stroke patients at PHC, and with PHC and VCH, around the efficiency, timeliness, and complexity of patient-centered stroke care, rehabilitation, and complex discharge needs. Click here for final report.
