Engagement Opportunities - Week of January 9

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Here are this week's new engagement opportunities.

If you don’t see opportunities in your region, it could just be that none were posted in the past seven days. Check the Engagement Opportunities page to see all 19 current opportunities, or contact the Engagement Leader in your region to learn more.

Click on a link below to go directly to the opportunities in your region:

Provincial Opportunities
Fraser Valley & Lower Mainland Region
Interior Region
Northern Region
Vancouver Island Region
External Opportunities

Or click on the button below to see all currently open opportunities:

Provincial Opportunities

Patient/Public Advisor, Research Cluster on Physical Activity and Health
Are you interested in the relationships between physical activity and health? If so, you’re invited to help shape a multidisciplinary research cluster that was formed to transform how physical activities are prescribed, practiced and monitored for promoting health.
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP
Open to: Patient partners across the province
Deadline: January 18

Member, Operations Delivery Committee (Public Wi-Fi Focus)
Ever found yourself wishing for wi-fi access while in a hospital? Well, wishes do come true! Help Providence Health Care improve the wi-fi experience for patients, residents, family and friends!
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP
Open to: Patient partners across the province
Deadline: January 19

Fraser Valley & Lower Mainland Region

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Member, Providence Health Care Ethics Advisory Group
If you have an interest in discussing complex ethical issues and feel that “what is the right action” is a question that should be asked when facing ethical dilemmas, the Ethics Advisory Group wants you!
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP
Open to: Patient partners in the Lower Mainland & Fraser Valley
Deadline: January 9

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Member, Providence Health Care Patient Flow Committee
We need your help to support our current work and plan for the new St. Paul’s Hospital! Help us reach our ultimate goal to ensure patients receive “the right care, in the right place, and at the right time.”
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP
Open to: Patient partners in the Lower Mainland & Fraser Valley
Deadline: January 13

Participant, New St. Paul’s Entrance Design and Experience Co-creation Workshop
Have you or your family received care at the current St. Paul’s Hospital and are interested in participating in a workshop to explore and consider the patient and visitor experience upon entry into the new St. Paul’s? Join us in an interactive workshop with the Emily Carr University of Art + Design in creating a series of ideas and recommendations to inform future designs.
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP
Open to: Patient partners in the Lower Mainland & Fraser Valley
Deadline: January 22

Patient Partners, Surgical Patient Education
Use your lived experience in surgery to help shape patient education through on-going feedback and patient focus groups. We are seeking patient and families to be involved in helping develop images for surgical patients to help understand their surgical journey!
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP
Open to: Patient partners in the Lower Mainland & Fraser Valley
Deadline: January 23

Working Group Member, Making Decisions about Life and Care – Residential Care
Do you value meaningful conversations to ensure that the wishes and preferences of residents and their family members are being respected in the care setting? If so, this project is for you!
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP
Open to: Patient partners in the Lower Mainland
Deadline: January 26

Interior Region

Participant, Unscheduled Surgical Procedure Process Workshop, Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital
Have you or a family member ever experienced the unfortunate need to have an unscheduled surgical procedure? Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital is looking to improve the patient experience, and needs the patient voice to do so. If you have an interest in helping to improve the process flow for a patient requiring an unscheduled surgical procedure, we need your input.
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP
Open to: Patient partners in the Interior region who access Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital
Deadline: January 17

Northern Region

Team Member, Building Patient Oriented Research Capacity, University of Northern BC and Northern Health
Become a health research team member and help other patient partners to get involved in health research!
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP
Open to: Patient partners in Terrace
Deadline: January 16

Vancouver Island Region

Patient Partner, Rural and Remote Quality Council, Island Health
Island Health’s Rural and Remote Quality Council is seeking patient partners to join their team to help ensure the patient voice is represented when quality initiatives are discussed and decisions are made. If you live in a rural or remote  area, read on and learn how you can get involved!
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP
Open to: Patient partners living within rural and remote areas of the Vancouver Island health region
Deadline: January 26

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