Thanks to funding from Facility Engagement, the South Island MSA offers micro-grants to support physician-led, grassroots change in our facilities. Since 2014, physicians have been working with each other and with Island Health to make their workplace, relationships, and processes even better. Stories about completed projects are listed here, contact info@southislandmsa.ca for further project details.
| Date | Title | Departments/Divisions | hf:tax:project_type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | March 18, 2026 | Improving access to perinatal mental health services in the South Island | Family Practice, Family Practice Obstetrics, Midwifery, Psychiatry | family-practice family-practice-obstetrics midwifery psychiatry |
 | March 3, 2026 | Being prepared for a VGH Code Orange | Emergency Medicine | emergency-medicine |
 | February 12, 2026 | Developing a Vision of the Division of Geriatric Medicine | Geriatric Medicine | geriatric-medicine |
 | January 16, 2026 | Block Room at Victoria General Hospital | Anaesthesiology, General Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery | anaesthesiology general-surgery orthopedic-surgery |
 | January 16, 2026 | Opt-Out HIV Screening at RJH Emergency Department | Emergency Medicine, Hospitalist Medicine | emergency-medicine hospitalist-medicine |
| January 8, 2026 | Goals for Care and Admission Q&A Infosheet for ED Patients | Emergency Medicine | emergency-medicine |
| January 8, 2026 | Use of the Health Care Consent Act to Protect and Provide Care for Vulnerable Adults | Geriatric Psychiatry | geriatric-psychiatry |
 | December 4, 2025 | Screening for Perineal Dysplasia | Gynecology Surgery, Oncology, Otorhinolaryngology | gynecology-surgery oncology otorhinolaryngology |
 | December 4, 2025 | Using Virtual Reality as a pain and anxiety reduction tool for patients | Physiatry | physiatry |
| December 4, 2025 | Improving perioperative care with regional anaesthesia and block room at RJH | Anaesthesiology, Cardiology, Orthopedic Surgery | anaesthesiology cardiology orthopedic-surgery |
 | November 21, 2025 | Screening framework for patients with no primary care access | Cardiology, Family Medicine | cardiology family-medicine |
| November 21, 2025 | Neonatal perioperative surgical team collaboration | Anaesthesiology, Neonatology, Pediatric Surgery | anaesthesiology neonatology pediatric-surgery |
 | November 21, 2025 | Demedicalizing the End of Life – the M2 Project | Critical Care, Emergency, General Interal Medicine, Geriatrics, Hospitalist Medicine, Palliative Care | critical-care emergency general-interal-medicine geriatrics hospitalist-medicine palliative-care |
 | November 21, 2025 | Clinical and Microbiology Lab Collaboration Strategy to Improve Resource Utilization | Laboratory Medicine | laboratory-medicine |
 | November 21, 2025 | A Great Day in the OR | Anaesthesiology, Surgery | anaesthesiology surgery |
| November 21, 2025 | Refining the cardiac arrest algorithm for post-surgery patients | Anaesthesiology, Cardiac Surgery, Critical Care | anaesthesiology cardiac-surgery critical-care |
 | November 20, 2025 | South Island Liver Care Clinic – Addiction Medicine Care Pathway Development | Addictions Medicine, Family Practice, Gastroenterology, General Internal Medicine | addictions-medicine family-practice gastroenterology general-internal-medicine |
| October 30, 2025 | Long Term Care and Geriatric Psychiatry Collaboration to improve care for patients with behavioural challenges | Geriatric Psychiatry, Long-Term Care | geriatric-psychiatry long-term-care |
 | August 28, 2025 | Virtual Child Psychiatry Initiative | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | child-and-adolescent-psychiatry |
| August 14, 2025 | Targeted approach to blood pressure in intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) | Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery | critical-care-medicine emergency-medicine neurology neurosurgery |
| May 14, 2025 | Fostering Flourishing Project to Promote OR Wellness | General Surgery | general-surgery |
| May 14, 2025 | Saving on Downstream Costs in Implantable Loop Recorder Monitoring Through Reducing False Positive Alerts | Cardiology | cardiology |
 | May 14, 2025 | Better support for children and youth with eating disorders at VGH | Pediatrics | pediatrics |
| May 14, 2025 | Breast Surgery ERAS and regional anaesthesia project | Anaesthesiology | anaesthesiology |
| May 14, 2025 | Four cardiology projects strengthen each other | Anaesthesiology, Cardiology, Critical Care Medicine | anaesthesiology cardiology critical-care-medicine |
| April 2, 2025 | Mock Code Orange Drill in the ED | Emergency Medicine | emergency-medicine |
 | August 13, 2024 | ER Discharge Resources | Emergency Medicine | emergency-medicine |
| July 29, 2024 | Sustainable Pediatric Leadership Initiative | Pediatrics | pediatrics |
| April 18, 2024 | Complex Patient Committee | Gastroenterology, Hospitalist Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry | gastroenterology hospitalist-medicine neurology psychiatry |
| January 24, 2024 | Outpatient Clinic Medical Office Assistance | Physiatry | physiatry |
 | January 24, 2024 | Phase 2: Peer Facilitated Group Support for Postpartum Depression and Anxiety | Family Practice Obstetrics | family-practice-obstetrics |
| January 24, 2024 | Pediatric topics for patients and providers | Pediatrics | pediatrics |
| January 24, 2024 | Inpatient Asthma Support | Pediatrics | pediatrics |
| January 24, 2024 | ED Simulation Initiative – Final Project Wrap Up | Emergency Medicine | emergency-medicine |
| January 24, 2024 | Management of Controlled Substances in the OR | Anaesthesiology | anaesthesiology |
| January 24, 2024 | Cardiac Short Stay Improvements, and the importance of Change Management | Cardiology | cardiology |
 | January 24, 2024 | Improving Island Health email use for Physicians | Family Practice, IT | family-practice it |
| November 13, 2023 | Updating the OR Checklists | Anaesthesiology | anaesthesiology |
| November 13, 2023 | Cardiogenic Shock Team | Cardiology | cardiology |
| November 13, 2023 | Demedicalizing the End of Life | General Internal Medicine, Hospitalist Medicine, Palliative Care | general-internal-medicine hospitalist-medicine palliative-care |
 | November 13, 2023 | Development of an Island Health Robotic Urology Surgery Program | Surgery, Urology | surgery urology |
| November 13, 2023 | Surgeries for Disadvantaged Patients | Plastic Surgery, Surgery | plastic-surgery surgery |
 | November 13, 2023 | Form 21 Communication Process Improvements | PES, Psychiatry | pes psychiatry |
| November 13, 2023 | Pediatric Complex Care | Pediatrics | pediatrics |
 | November 9, 2023 | The Saanich Police Shooting: Completing the Story | All | all |
| June 21, 2023 | Inter-Departmental Impact Review of the Primary Care Crisis on Specialty Physician Experiences | Family Practice, Specialists | family-practice specialists |
 | April 18, 2023 | Climate Conscious Deprescribing Initiative | Internal Medicine, Pharmacy | internal-medicine pharmacy |
| December 12, 2022 | Spinal Cord Protection for Thoracic Aortic Surgery | Anaesthesiology, Cardiac Surgery, Vascular Surgery | anaesthesiology cardiac-surgery vascular-surgery |
 | October 13, 2022 | Adult Psychiatry Services and Behavioural Supports in LTC | Long-Term Care, Psychiatry | long-term-care psychiatry |
| October 6, 2022 | LTC Wound Care | Long-Term Care, Physiatry | long-term-care physiatry |
| August 10, 2022 | Neuromuscular Pediatric Clinic Review | Pediatrics | pediatrics |
| August 4, 2022 | GEM Team Refresh | Geriatric Medicine, Geriatric Psychiatry, Hospitalist Medicine | geriatric-medicine geriatric-psychiatry hospitalist-medicine |
 | July 7, 2022 | Pulmonary Function Test Lab Service Improvement | Respirology | respirology |
| March 28, 2022 | General Internal Medicine Strategic Planning | General Internal Medicine | general-internal-medicine |
 | March 11, 2022 | Clinical Ethics Lunch and Learns – Meeting a need during COVID and beyond | Ethics | ethics |
| March 3, 2022 | Microdose Suboxone Initiation from Acute Care | Addictions Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, Hospitalist Medicine | addictions-medicine emergency-medicine family-practice hospitalist-medicine |
 | March 3, 2022 | Penicillin Allergy Delabeling in Pregnancy | Immunology | immunology |
 | March 3, 2022 | Development of Victoria Prostate Cancer Supportive Care Program Modules | Radiation Oncology, Urology | radiation-oncology urology |
| March 3, 2022 | Toxidrome Guideline for Agitated Youth | Emergency Medicine, Pediat | emergency-medicine pediat |
| March 3, 2022 | Adult and Geriatric Psychiatry Engagement and Outreach – Phase 2 | Geriatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry | geriatric-psychiatry psychiatry |
| October 21, 2021 | Peer-facilitated group support for women with postpartum depression and anxiety | Family Practice | family-practice |
 | September 30, 2021 | COVID Ward | Hospitalist Medicine, Internal Medicine | hospitalist-medicine internal-medicine |
| September 30, 2021 | Regional Anesthesia Program | Anaesthesiology | anaesthesiology |
| September 30, 2021 | Mental Health Service Delivery for Marginalized Elderly/Frail Populations | Geriatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry | geriatric-psychiatry psychiatry |
| September 30, 2021 | Pain Management and Opiate Safety Working Group | Anaesthesiology | anaesthesiology |
| September 30, 2021 | Rapid Delabelling of antibiotic allergy among children | Pediatrics | pediatrics |
 | September 30, 2021 | Current and Future Issues for GI Department and Related Specialties and Allied Health | Gastroenterology | gastroenterology |
 | September 30, 2021 | Cardiovascular Allied Health Teaching Project | Cardiology | cardiology |
| September 30, 2021 | Interdisciplinary In Situ Simulations | Emergency Medicine | emergency-medicine |
| September 30, 2021 | Networking to Nurture Physician Relationships Across Departments | Emergency Medicine, Family Practice | emergency-medicine family-practice |
 | September 30, 2021 | Women in Leadership | Family Practice Obstetrics, Leadership, Pediatrics | family-practice-obstetrics leadership pediatrics |
| September 30, 2021 | Building a shared vision for a Bladder Care Clinic at Royal Jubilee Hospital | Gynecology, Obstetrics, Urology | gynecology obstetrics urology |
| September 30, 2021 | Developing a process for remote access to Echo | Cardiology | cardiology |
 | September 30, 2021 | Addictions Medicine and Palliative Care | Addictions Medicine, Palliative Medicine | addictions-medicine palliative-medicine |
| September 30, 2021 | Presurgical Resilience Optimization Project (PROP) | Anaesthesiology, Family Practice, Orthopedic Surgery | anaesthesiology family-practice orthopedic-surgery |
| September 30, 2021 | Improving Adoption of Dictation Software for Emergency Physicians | Emergency Medicine | emergency-medicine |
 | September 30, 2021 | Enhancing Specialist Care for Patients with Decompensated Liver Disease | Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine | gastroenterology internal-medicine |
| September 23, 2021 | South Island Integrated Breast Cancer Care Program | General Surgery, Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology | general-surgery medical-oncology radiation-oncology |
| June 24, 2020 | Streamlining Access to Perinatal Ultrasound | Family Practice Obstetrics, Gynecology, Obstetrics, Radiology | family-practice-obstetrics gynecology obstetrics radiology |
| June 24, 2020 | Conquering CPRS | Physiatry | physiatry |
| June 24, 2020 | Early Pregnancy Loss | Maternity, Obstetrics | maternity obstetrics |
| June 24, 2020 | Bereavement and MAiD | Family Practice, Hospitalist Medicine | family-practice hospitalist-medicine |
| June 18, 2020 | Pediatric Interdisciplinary In Situ Simulation Program | Pediatrics | pediatrics |
| June 18, 2020 | Hospitalist Trauma Ward Co-Planning | Hospitalist Medicine | hospitalist-medicine |
| June 18, 2020 | Updating Pre-Printed Order Sets | Hospitalist Medicine | hospitalist-medicine |
| June 18, 2020 | Monthly TEE Case Review | Anaesthesiology, Cardiology | anaesthesiology cardiology |
| June 18, 2020 | Development of the Victoria Enhanced Recovery Arthroplasty (VERA) program | Orthopedic Surgery | orthopedic-surgery |
| June 18, 2020 | Improving the care of neonates exposed in utero to opiates | Pediatrics | pediatrics |
| June 18, 2020 | Hospital at Home Project | Hospitalist Medicine | hospitalist-medicine |
| June 18, 2020 | Reducing Pharmaceutical Costs in ER | Emergency Medicine, Pharmacy | emergency-medicine pharmacy |
| January 16, 2020 | Development of a Complex Comorbidities Clinic | Internal Medicine | internal-medicine |
| January 16, 2020 | High Complexity Care Team | Family Practice, Hospitalist Medicine | family-practice hospitalist-medicine |
| January 16, 2020 | Early Psychosis Order Set | Psychiatry | psychiatry |
| January 16, 2020 | Point of Care Ultrasound | Hospitalist Medicine | hospitalist-medicine |
| January 16, 2020 | Mock Code Blue | Emergency Medicine | emergency-medicine |
| January 16, 2020 | Worksafe BC Re-allocation in ER | Emergency Medicine | emergency-medicine |
| August 16, 2019 | Palliative Care-Cardiology Collaboration | Cardiology, Palliative Medicine | cardiology palliative-medicine |
 | August 16, 2019 | Engaging the Echo Lab Personnel on how to Enhance Workflow and Productivity in the Echo Lab | Cardiology | cardiology |
| August 16, 2019 | Urgent Pediatric Access Clinic | Pediatrics | pediatrics |
| August 16, 2019 | Pediatric Resilience Project | Pediatrics | pediatrics |
| August 16, 2019 | Vested Team Attendance and Process | Hospitalist Medicine | hospitalist-medicine |
| August 16, 2019 | Specialist Presentations at Hospitalist Rounds | Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Geriatric Psychiatry, Hospitalist Medicine | cardiology emergency-medicine geriatric-psychiatry hospitalist-medicine |
| August 16, 2019 | A compassionate approach to detecting and treating skin cancer among the institutionalized elderly | Island Health, Medical Oncology | island-health medical-oncology |
| August 16, 2019 | COPD Order Set Development | Hospitalist Medicine | hospitalist-medicine |
 | August 16, 2019 | Vancouver Island Thoracic Surgery Oncology Program | Thoracic Surgery | thoracic-surgery |
| August 16, 2019 | Development of the South Island Hospitalist MAiD Service | Hospitalist Medicine | hospitalist-medicine |
 | August 16, 2019 | End of Life Care: Serious Illness Conversation Guide | Palliative Medicine | palliative-medicine |
 | August 16, 2019 | ERCP Service Improvement and Follow-up | Gastroenterology | gastroenterology |
| April 11, 2019 | Palliative Physicians’ Association Agreement Development | Palliative Medicine | palliative-medicine |
 | April 11, 2019 | Acupressure Workshop for Labour and Delivery Team | Family Practice, Maternity, Obstetrics | family-practice maternity obstetrics |
| April 11, 2019 | ER Dermatology Referrals | Dermatology, Emergency Medicine | dermatology emergency-medicine |
| February 6, 2019 | The Pregnancy Journey: Supporting Women who use Substances | Addictions Medicine, Family Practice, Maternity, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Psychiatry | addictions-medicine family-practice maternity obstetrics pediatrics psychiatry |
| February 6, 2019 | Trauma Patient Management – Education and Planning | General Surgery, Hospitalist Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, Thoracic Surgery | general-surgery hospitalist-medicine orthopedic-surgery thoracic-surgery |
 | January 18, 2019 | Designing a Multi-Disciplinary Clinic at the BCCA | Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Urology | medical-oncology radiation-oncology urology |
| January 18, 2019 | Hospitalist Morbidity and Mortality Rounds Program Development | Hospitalist Medicine | hospitalist-medicine |
| January 17, 2019 | Gastroenterology Central Access and Triage Referring Physician Education Evening | Family Practice, Gastroenterology | family-practice gastroenterology |
| January 17, 2019 | South Island Urologic Care | Urology | urology |
 | January 17, 2019 | Transgender Surgical Care on Vancouver Island | Family Practice, Gynecology, Plastic Surgery, Psychiatry, Urology | family-practice gynecology plastic-surgery psychiatry urology |
| January 17, 2019 | Paracentesis Process Improvement | Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, Palliative Medicine, Radiology | emergency-medicine internal-medicine medical-oncology palliative-medicine radiology |
| January 17, 2019 | Comparison in surgical approaches to varicose veins | Family Practice, General Surgery | family-practice general-surgery |
 | December 14, 2018 | “Screenagers” – A Family Event | Emergency Medicine, Physician Wellness and Social Committee | emergency-medicine physician-wellness-and-social-committee |
 | December 14, 2018 | Vancouver Island Interdisciplinary Sexual Medicine Working Group | Family Practice, Gynecology, Psychiatry, Urology | family-practice gynecology psychiatry urology |
 | April 18, 2018 | Thomas Splint Educational Video | Emergency Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery | emergency-medicine orthopedic-surgery |
| April 17, 2018 | In-School mental health initiative for young children | Pediatrics | pediatrics |
| April 17, 2018 | IBD Clinical Rounds | Gastroenterology | gastroenterology |
| April 17, 2018 | Integration of General Internal Medicine into the Cardiology unit | Cardiology, Internal Medicine | cardiology internal-medicine |
| April 17, 2018 | Smoking cessation program for Crohn’s disease patients | Gastroenterology | gastroenterology |
| April 17, 2018 | Vancouver Island IBD Forum | Gastroenterology | gastroenterology |
