Medical Staff News
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Resident Doctor Appreciation Week (February 9–14): Island Health Celebrates Our Resident Doctors
Resident doctors play a vital role in delivering care and represent the future of our health care system. Medical residency is a demanding and formative period that cannot be fully captured in a few sentences. It is a time of intensive learning, long hours, and a deep commitment to patients and their families.
PQI Launches Dyad Partnerships to Strengthen Clinical-Operational Leadership
Looking to sharpen your Quality Improvement (QI) skills, expand your clinical network across the Island, or take on a care gap that has been bothering you for years? Physician Quality Improvement (PQI) has expanded it’s training to operational leaders who co-apply with a physician to co-lead a QI project in their shared care areas.
Climate Change & Planetary Health e-Learning Now Available
Climate change is no longer a distant issue. It is already shaping the health and safety of our communities, and the way we deliver care across the Island Health region.
Medical Director, Quality for Research and Innovation
The Medical Director, Quality for Research and Innovation provides collaborative medical leadership to ensure strategic, visionary, and sustainable work in the areas of both Research and Innovation at Island Health.
Ethics + DBT Skills for Moral Distress Learning Resource Now Available
A new learning resource, Staying Aligned: Ethics + DBT Skills for Moral Distress in Healthcare, is now available on the Ethical Practice Learning Resources intranet page.
Medicine on the Islands: Updates, Skills & Networking 2026
Please join us this April for Medicine on the Islands: Updates, Skills & Networking 2026—a truly inter-island community conference designed for all health-care professionals practicing on Vancouver Island and beyond. In-person.
INVITATION: Town Hall for Staff & Medical Staff
Join us for our next hybrid virtual and in-person Town Hall on Friday, February 6, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Physician Quality Improvement (PQI) Training Applications Now Open
Looking to sharpen your Quality Improvement (QI) skills, expand your clinical network across the Island, or take on a care gap that has been bothering you for years? Physician Quality Improvement (PQI) has two training opportunities for Medical Staff in 2026–27, with options for both “curious explorers" and “ready to lead" clinicians.
Ambulance Paramedics and Ambulance Dispatchers Bargaining Association Strike Vote Announced
The Ambulance Paramedics and Ambulance Dispatchers Bargaining Association (APADBA) announced on January 27, 202 that an official strike vote will be taken February 2 - 15, 2026.
The Weight of the World: Coping During Uncertain Times
Many in our Island Health community, including staff, clients, patients, and residents, may be struggling with tragic events both globally and locally.