BCEHS is now officially a division of the Provincial Health Services Authority
The Emergency and Health Services Commission (EHSC) is now officially a division of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA). The Emergency and Health Services Amendment Act, 2013 completed its final reading in the legislature. This means that the newly named British Columbia Emergency Health Services (BCEHS), formerly EHSC, will have an even closer alignment to […]
Drs. Wan and Vu Receive Air Medical Physician Seed Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Wilson Wan (a Resident in the UBC RCPS-EM training program) and DEM Faculty Member Dr. Eric Vu for receiving a 2013 Air Medical Physician Seed Grant! This competitive grant was awarded for their study submission titled: “Characterizing Care of Sepsis Patients Requiring Critical Care Transport in British Columbia”.
Drs. Barclay, Cheng and Abu-Laban Awarded Grant to Study DTUs in Fraser
Congratulations to Drs. Neil Barclay, Amy Cheng, and Riyad Abu-Laban who were recently awarded a competitive Fraser Health Authority Seed Grant for a project titled “Effect of a Diagnostic Treatment Unit (DTU) on Emergency Department Length of Stay and Inpatient Admissions”. This study will comparatively evaluate the DTUs of both the Royal Columbian Hospital and […]
2013 VGH Emergency Medicine Research Newsletter
Take a look at this years Vancouver General Hospital’s Emergency Medicine’s Research Newsletter! Read about the exciting things that have occurred such as Awards & Grants, Research Activities, Research Policy, Publications and Abstracts & Presentations. Click here to download a copy for yourself!
2013 Research Day
April 10th, 2013 | Visiting Professor: Dr. Terry Klassen from The University of Manitoba
Dr. Afshin Khazei wins the UBC Innovation in CME/CPD Award
Congratulations to Dr. Afshin Khazei on winning the UBC Innovation CME/CPD Award! This award comes with a plaque, a $1000 prize and a notification in the BCMJ, the FoM newsletter, the UBC CPD Calendar and the UBC CPD Website.