Staff and public information for the Vancouver General Emergency Department
Congratulations to our own Dr. Jill McEwen for being awarded the CAEP President’s Award. This is CAEP’s most prestigious award, and receiving this is a recognition of the incredible and numerous contributions Dr. McEwen has made to CAEP and Emergency Medicine more generally, both nationally and internationally, over many years of service. All winners can be seen here.
The VGH Emergency Department Health Workplace Initiative took top spot for their team efforts to combat violence in the emergency department. As you would expect in any busy ED, staff often face difficult situations and aggressive or violent patients. A multi-disciplinary team was formed two years ago to improve workplace health and safety for staff and patients. Congratulations to the winning team of Parm Hari, Michelle de Moor, Barbara Casson, Lori Korchinski, Dr. Chad Kim Sing, Dr. Heather Lindsay, Susan Harrison Salt, Lori Quinn, Lara Gurney, Scott Maher, Alexia Simeoni, Sarah Turner, David Pledger, Cathy Bennett, Jill Phillips, Stacy Sprague, Simone Riml, Melanie Johannson, Ester Eidse, Chris Fornelli, Gail Allison, Kelly Frankson, Tracy Norman, Lori Benning and Jaime Gallaher.
Congratulations to our own Dr. Corinne Hohl, who was recently awarded a UBC Killam Research Fellowship. This prestigious award (only 10 were awarded across all the departments at UBC) allows faculty members to pursue full-time research while on study leave.
This award will be formally celebrated during a ceremony on April 17th at the Chan Centre. Check out the details at this link from the Faculty of Medicine:
http://www.med.ubc.ca/four-faculty-members-win-ubcs-2017-faculty-research-awards/
The Noni MacDonald Award recognizes an article in the Paediatrics & Child Health journal that has positively affected paediatric medicine. This year’s prize goes to the lead author, Dr. Jeff Brubacher of the article published in the May 2016 issue of the journal, titled “The impact of child safety restraint legislation on child injuries in police-reported motor vehicle collisions in British Columbia: An interrupted time series analysis”.
Congratulations to all of the People First Winners!
Award of Excellence in Innovation:
Award of Excellence in Teamwork and Collaboration :
Award of Merit in Teamwork and Collaboration :
Congratulations to DEM faculty members Dr. Jeff Brubacher and Dr. Kendall Ho for each being granted one of the 11 inaugural 2017 Health Professional-Investigator Awards from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR). This success is a major achievement, both for Drs. Brubacher and Ho, and for the DEM as a whole. The MSFHR Professional-Investigator Award provides funding to support exceptional health professionals focused on answering questions derived from their practical experience and clinical expertise.
Dr. Brubacher was recognized for his study titled: “Health related quality of life following road trauma: An emergency department inception cohort study”.
Dr. Kendall Ho was recognized for his study titled: “TEC4Home: Telehealth for emergency-community continuity of care connectivity via home monitoring”.
The recipients of this award represent health professions ranging from emergency physicians to midwives and psychologists across BC. More information on this award, and well as a full list of the 11 recipients, is available on the MSFHR website.
VCH released their list of People First Award winners. Many of our colleagues were nominated and selected for awards in multiple categories. Congratulations to everyone who was recognized!
Congratulations to Dr. Kendall Ho for receiving the 2016 Canadian Health Informatics Association Clinician Leadership award!
This award recognizes a clinician who has shown leadership in Canada in advancing the use of health Information Communication Technology (ICT) and informatics or telehealth in clinical practice resulting in improved provider and patient experiences and outcomes.
This award was presented on June 7th at the National eHealth conference banquet. Please click the following link to read more on the award and view the list of Canadian Health Informatics Awards Gala (CHIA) winners: