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Issue No. 34 | May 2015
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| Ridge Meadows Division of Family Practice is an influential organization that provides leadership to achieve optimal health
for our community and provide support to our primary care physicians. Board of Directors: Dr. U Luitingh, Chair ~ Dr. F Villasenor, Vice Chair ~ Dr. V Bhatti, Treasurer ~
Dr. K Burns, Past Chair ~ Dr. A Neufeld ~ Dr. A Hassanali ~ Dr. W Tinney ~ Dr. R Vanukuru ~
Dr. R Tong |
May 2015
1. THIS SUNDAY May 31st Walk & Cycle Medical Community Spirit Family Event RSVP
2. Ridge Meadows Medical Community – In the News
3. Who is taking patients in Ridge Meadows? Find a Doctor website launch!
4. Join a GP Club I Old Docs Club coming up June 8th and Young Docs Club June 22nd
5. Division Project Update I Seniors, Member Education, CYMH and Acute Care
6. Next Grand Rounds: June 10th, 2015 “Hip Fractures”
7. UpToDate subscription renewed for Divisions of Family Practice members
8. Save the Date! Medical Community Summer Family BBQ I July 25th
9. Technology Solutions & Support & Your EMR from Doctors of BC
10. Pediatric Sports Medicine Symposium sponsored by Comox Valley Division June 13
11. A GP for Me June GP Survey Coming
12. Participate in the external review of upper gastrointestinal cancer guidelines for primary care providers in BC
1. THIS SUNDAY May 31st Walk & Cycle Medical Community Spirit Family Event RSVP
It is not too late to rsvp. 2015 Medical Community Spirit Walk/Cycle Family Event Fundraiser for Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation in honour of remembering our community’s passed physicians.
We are excited to have over 60 GPs, SPs, MOAs and families join us for this enjoyable event. A reminder that this year’s event is taking place along the dyke and roads in Pitt Meadows starting at Osprey Village.
Entry by donation to the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation. Cash, cheque and credit cards accepted.
Sunday, May 31st
South Bonson Community Centre - meet outside at Barnson View Road
10932 Barnston View Road, Pitt Meadows
10:00AM - Registration
10:30AM – Walk/cycle start
12:00PM – Lunch (2nd floor Bonson Community Centre)
2. Ridge Meadows Medical Community – In the News
http://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/304604331.html
3. Who is taking patients in Ridge Meadows? Find a Doctor website launch!
As part of our A GP for Me Physician recruitment and retention work we are pleased to announce the launch of a new Find a Doctor toollocated on the Division's web site. Working with our member’s respective practices, the Division will maintain a list of family doctors who are accepting new patients publically. Patients looking for a family doctor will be able to find the list at www.findadoctormapleridge.ca or www.findadoctorpittmeadows.ca . We are planning to market the Find a Doctor tool through a broad distribution of media, e news, flyers, business cards and/or postcards throughout the public and the medical community. This is a long awaited tool and a win-win for physicians who are looking to take on new patients as well as for people who are looking for a family doctor. Strategically we are also using this a recruitment tool to attract new GPs. As new GPs plan to arrive in our community to practice, they can start pre building a patient list and arrive ready to begin.
4. Join a GP Club I Old Docs Club coming up June 8th and Young Docs Club June 22nd
Old Docs Club
Seeking retired GPs and thinking about retirement GPs to join this club. The next meeting is Monday June 8th 2015 at 7:00am at White Spot Maple Ridge. Following that, The Old Docs Club will meet every 3 months on the second Monday at 7:00am on September 14th and December 14th. RSVP here.
Young Docs Club
This club welcomes GPs 40 years and younger (and of course anyone who feels they want to join are welcome! No age limit really) where the Division will set up and host dinner/drinks every quarter at Brown’s Social House at 7:00pm. No set agenda, but connecting. So have fun, and get socially and professionally connected. Seeking GPs to join this club. The first meeting is Monday June 22nd at 7:00pm; followed by Monday Sept. 28th and Monday December 14th.
RSVP here to receive updates!
New GP Mentorship Club
This club will connect a seasoned GP to a new to our community GP to mentor a variety of needs from legal, billing, audit, tests, education, general practice questions, EMR et al. This group will also get together socially as a group each quarter for dinner to connect.
Seeking GP Mentors I RSVP here if you have practiced in Ridge Meadows for over 8 years, we would love for you to join as a GP Mentor. You will be paid up to 4 stipend hours per month for your support.
Seeking new to our community GPs to join this club, so we can match you to a mentor. Anyone who needs support is welcome. RSVP here.
5. Division Project Update I Seniors, Member Education, CYMH, Acute Care , Residential Care and IT Strategy
Acute Care Project
As part of the Acute Care project to improve communication between family physicians and hospital-based physicians, the planning committee is facilitating a GP Breakfast learning session: “Demystifying the ER”. The committee will be sending out information soon about this session and a confirmed date which will take place near the end of June. This is an opportunity for family physicians to dialogue with ER physicians about some of the challenges of the ER and how we can work together to serve patients better. You will receive a one hour stipend and breakfast is included. If you are interested in receiving more information about this session please email tmiyashita@divisionsbc.ca
Child and Youth Mental Health
The first phase of the CYMH initiative was launched in May with three meetings of the Local Action Team. Participants included local physicians, specialists and highly committed community stakeholders. Two projects were chosen as a result of these meetings:
1. Journey Mapping and Partnership Development
2. Collaborative Care Model Pilot
Upon approval of the projects from Shared Care, Phase 2 will begin in June 2015 and conclude in March 2016. For more information on this project email lgraham@divisionsbc.ca
Seniors Project
The Division applied for Shared Care funding to begin a seniors initiative and was successfully awarded funding. The project’s main goal is to develop a collaborative care model that involves family physicians, specialists, home/community support and patients. This initiative kicked off in February with a stakeholder meeting to identify key challenges facing seniors care in our community. It is evident we have committed stakeholders and seniors that want to work with physicians to improve care and make a difference for our senior population. We look forward to updating you further as this project unfolds and launches in June.
Residential Care Initiative
The Residential Care Initiative is a provincial strategy to improve care of patients living in residential care by providing financial benefit and resources for physicians. Physicians must be willing to meet expectations such as being part of a rotating on-call group that will serve the residential care facilities, respond proactively to nursing issues, conduct meaningful medication reviews, be involved in case conferences, and complete documentation. If you are interested in joining this planning committee which will be approx. 3 meetings over the next four months, please click here or contact Dr Martin Milewski.
IT Strategy
The Division will soon be launching a clinic site visit program. If you have previously been a peer mentor through the former PITO program delivered by Doctors of BC and are interested in continuing to be involved in delivering EMR support to your peers, please click here. This Division will be facilitating an orientation meeting for all peer mentors to kick off this new program model. Details will be coming in the June digest for clinics wishing to book a support site visit.
6. Next Grand Rounds: June 10th, 2015 “Hip Fractures”
June 10, 2015
Speaker: Won Kim, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Topic: Hip Fractures
Contact Info: Dr. Michelle Strovski O: 604.463.5423 C: 778.896.1659 E: dr.strovski@rmurology.com
7. UpToDate subscription renewed for Divisions of Family Practice members
The GPSC has renewed the Divisions of Family Practice UpToDate subscription for another year. The new term ends May 31, 2016, and the possibility of a subsequent provincial contract will be explored this fiscal year. Access is open to all division members who are licensed general practitioners, while students and residents can access the resource through the student/resident site. Visit the Divisions of Family Practice website for information on how to register for and access UpToDate at no charge.
8. Save the Date! Medical Community Summer Family BBQ I July 25th RSVP
All members and families are invited to a Summer BBQ at the Bhatti's home, Saturday, July 25th, 5 pm - 8 pm. Watch for further details.
9. Technology Solutions & Support & Your EMR from Doctors of BC - CLICK HERE
10. Pediatric Sports Medicine Symposium sponsored by Comox Valley Division June 13
Sponsored by the Comox Valley Division of Family Practice, the Pediatric Sports Medicine Symposium is a non-profit event aiming to promote collaboration between specialists, general practitioners, and allied health providers, and to improve management of injuries in the young athlete. The event takes place at Mt. Washington Alpine Resort on Saturday, June 13, 2015. The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) has approved 7 MainPro M1 credits for event attendees. More details, including accommodation and registration information, are available at goplayoutside.ca.
11. A GP for Me June GP Survey Coming
In order to identify the impact "A GP for Me" has on your practice and reaching our goals of attaching more patients in Ridge Meadows, we need to gain an understanding of where we are at now. An online physician survey will be going out on June 12th and closes June 30th where your voice can be heard. We understand that you endure many surveys and we thank you kindly for your participation. You input is truly valuable to this entire project!
12. Participate in the external review of upper gastrointestinal cancer guidelines for primary care providers in BC
Who: The Family Practice Oncology Network (FPON)
What: FPON has developed guidelines on the prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of upper gastrointestinal cancer. These guidelines were developed as part of a guideline-adaptation process, and were based in part on guidelines developed by the BC Cancer Agency. The audience for these guidelines is community primary health care providers providing first contact or primary health care.
When: Please take 10 minutes to review the guidelines and then complete a short on-line questionnaire (3 multiple-choice questions) for each part.
Maintenance of Competency Credits: Members of The College of Family Physicians of Canada may claim Mainpro-M2 credits for this unaccredited educational program. This review is also eligible for 2.0 Mainpro-C credits through Linking Learning to Practice. Member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada may claim MOC credits by developing a personal learning project under Section 2: Planned Learning.
Where: The guidelines and questionnaires are available on line. Choose the “external review” tab at this link: http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/health-professionals/networks/family-practice-oncology-network/guidelines-protocols. Your unique respondent code is: ER1
Contact: Dr. Phil White, Medical Director, FPON (survivorship@bccancer.bc.ca)
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