Dr. Nathan Hoag saw a great opportunity for multi-disciplinary collaboration: Transgender surgical care has been available, but in a limited and specialty-focused capacity. By bringing together a team of physicians from plastic surgery, gynecology, urology, psychiatry and family practice, Dr.… Continue Reading
An anticipated vacancy in palliative medicine was the trigger for the Palliative Care Physicians to define what it means to be a PCP in Victoria. Dr. Douglas McGregor and Dr. Leah MacDonald sought SIFEI funding to enable the group of… Continue Reading
There are times when a trauma patient is brought to hospital but not admitted to ICU or other surgical specialties. For over 20 years the Victoria General Hospital has been mandated to design and run a proper trauma MRP (Most… Continue Reading
Usually, when anesthesia is administered in the operating room, only one patient can be treated at a time. With a block room, which is a designated space to administer regional anesthesia, parallel processing can be used. Multiple patients can receive… Continue Reading
Due to the fragmented nature of sexual medicine provision on Vancouver Island, an interdisciplinary working group was struck to create a framework for care, align team members, and streamline processes. Dr. Nathan Hoag received a South Island FEI Engagement grant… Continue Reading
Like many FP OBs, Dr. Telen Harper knows that the safe and effective management of labour and delivery requires seamless collaboration among primary care providers, midwives, obstetricians, pediatricians, anesthetists, and nursing staff. With growing evidence to support alternative practices in… Continue Reading
When Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH) was designated the site for suspected and confirmed COVID patients in southern Vancouver Island in early March, teams of physicians and allied health personnel scrambled to decant the hospital, going from a census of 115%… Continue Reading
Rooming-in is the standard of care for healthy babies born at Victoria General Hospital, meaning that they stay in the same room as their mother for the duration of their hospital stay. Babies born to mothers with opioid use disorder… Continue Reading
Approximately 800 cardiac surgery cases are done each year at Royal Jubilee Hospital and it is standard for the anesthesiologist to perform an intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE). However, when the TEE shows an interesting finding which poses significant diagnostic challenges,… Continue Reading
How do you improve your management of critical medical emergencies, if you don’t face them often? This challenge faces most medical departments. Many have pointed to the value of simulation to enable staff and clinicians to practice their skills in… Continue Reading
