The Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum:
Awareness is growing of the severe impact of violence against medical staff on their physical and psychological safety. Providing a safe workplace for everyone is a priority at Island Health.
The Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum for Physicians and medical staff (PVPC-P) training program provides medical staff with strategies to prevent and deescalate violent situations in the workplace, and help keep you and your colleagues safe.
Components of this training include:
| Module | Time | Audience | |
| 1. | Learning Hub Online Pre-Requisite # 19664, Violence Prevention for Medical Staff Click link to sign-up. To be completed prior to your next reappointment, or advancement from provisional to active. Please keep record of completion. |
1.5 hours 1.5 MOC Section 3 Self-Assessment hours |
Required for all Medical Staff |
| 2. | PVPC-P Classroom (CURRENTLY PAUSED UNTIL MARCH 2024) #20615, Violence Prevention – PVPC for Medical Staff Classroom |
3.5 hours Compensated at non-clinical rate. |
Required for Medical Staff working in a higher risk environment*, including: 1. Emergency, Psychiatry, LTC & Neurology. |
*Medical and Academic Affairs and your Medical Leadership team will support all interested medical staff to complete the 3.5 hour classroom training.
For assistance in setting up a LearningHub account, please visit the LearningHub Support page. If you have an existing account and require changes to your account type or login email, please visit the PHSA help-site or contact LearningHub support.
We are working with our Occupational Health and Safety team to create a training calendar, and look forward to offering courses throughout the year. If you would like to set up a Department/Division/Location training session, please reach out to medstaffprograms@islandhealth.ca