It's great to see the impactful work being done at the Port Alberni Birth Related Cardiovascular Health Clinic (BiRCH) which is part of the Spreading Quality Improvement (SQI) project that started in Campbell River by Dr. Jennifer Kask (Cohort 7).

Check out their feature in The Weekly!

Shoutout to Dr. Kelly Cox (Cohort 7) on joining the Executive Medical Directors leadership team. Congratulations Kelly on your new role as Executive Medical Director, Nanaimo Acute and Community, and Cancer Centre! 

Congratulations to Dr. Marie-Noelle Troittier Boucher (Cohort 4) and her team on the recent published quality improvement initiative in Paediatrics & Child Health journal. The initiative focused on enhancing asthma management in a pediatric inpatient unit by implementing an asthma care bundle. 

The article published in Oxford Academic can be found here.

JCC Conference Registration - Keep your eyes on your inbox! 

Registration opens this week for the 2025 JCC Conference. Seats fill fast, we will send the registration information by email as soon as it's available. 

We hope to see a strong Island Health Alum showing. 

Upcoming Changes to Group Medical Visit Fees in 2025

Many of our PQI Alums are leading or supporting Group Medical Visit (GMV) initiatives—if that’s you, this update may be relevant. This article outlines important billing changes coming January 1.

Read the full post from Doctors of BC

Want to Publish Your QI Project?
 

A provincial QI Writing Workshop is coming up on Thursday, August 14 for those who’ve collected data, completed PDSA cycles, and have a manuscript draft nearly ready.

To check if you're eligible and request an invite, contact the provincial team at quality@doctorsofbc.ca.

If you’re interested but don’t quite meet the criteria—or if Doctors of BC isn’t able to support you at this time—the Island Health Alum Program may be able to help you get workshop-ready. We can offer mentoring, feedback, and writing support to help you prepare for a future opportunity.

📩 For local support, contact Shruti.Kaushik@islandhealth.ca

Registration open for Perioperative Clinical Action Network (PCAN) Summit 2025

The PCAN Innovation Project Showcase will be held in Vancouver on the evening of November 2, 2025, and the Full Day PCAN Summit on November 3, 2025. This is an opportunity to engage with leading clinical, policy and quality improvement experts in perioperative care. 

Register here

Registration open for the 2025 World Congress of Prehabilitation and Perioperative Medicine

Abstract submissions are open until August 1st. Early Bird rates available if you Register by August 30. 

This event runs from November 3-5th, 2025, in Vancouver. 

Learn more here

Want to connect more with fellow PQI Alums?

South Island Alum Champion, Alicia Power has created a WhatsApp group "QuPID"!

Click here to join the Alum group

Do you have something you'd like to share?

We are always interested in hearing about the work you're doing and what we can share with our community. If you have a shoutout, story, opportunity, or any comments you'd like to share with the PQI community, please email us at pqi@islandhealth.ca.