Bob Bluman has been envisioning, developing and delivering continuing professional development (CPD) for over 35 years, merging his experience as an educator, clinician and forward thinker. In leading UBC’s Division of CPD he has forged partnerships, translated scientific discoveries to the point-of-care and rejected cookie-cutter approaches to adult learning. Each year UBC CPD develops and…
Dr. Marsden completed his medical degree at Queen’s University in 1988 and obtained a Canada Emergency Medicine qualification from the College of Family Physicians at UBC. He has been a member of the Emergency Department at St. Paul’s Hospital (“SPH”) since 1992, was appointed a Clinical Instructor in the UBC Department of Family Practice in…
Annemarie Taylor has been instrumental in building and strengthening a culture of patient safety across British Columbia and Canada. Her focus for over 10 years has been to support health care providers in making health care safer for patients in BC. Annemarie accomplished this by implementing a provincial safety event reporting and management system using…
Contact: Dr Sanjiv Gandhi, Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Sugery, BC Children’s Hospital, PHSA, sgandhi@cw.bc.ca Description: Under the leadership of Dr. Gandhi, the BC Children’s Hospital Cardiac Surgery department eradicated the waiting list, more than halved the blood donor product exposures and reduced the pediatric intensive care unit stay by more than half for all cardiac surgery patients. Nominated…
Contact: Dr. Andrew Penn, Director of the Stroke Rapid Assessment Unit (SRAU), Victoria General Hospital, Vancouver Island Health Authority, apenn@mac.com Description: 20 years for quality: from the web-based Stroke Guidance System to a Stroke Rapid Assessment Unit, Victoria General Hospital has become an influential component of Vancouver Island’s regional stroke strategy. Dr. Penn’s exemplary leadership and commitment to…
According to the person who nominated Claire Mackelson for this award, “Every program within Vancouver Island Health Authority wants ‘a Claire.’” Claire is a nurse by training and has significant cardiac care experience within the UK and Canada. She recently led the development of an Integrated Quality Management System for Cardiac Services in the Vancouver…
Dr. Michael Noble is an ardent leader for medical laboratory quality in a health system where most care decisions are based on medical laboratory information. His accomplishments span four decades and speak for themselves. In 1983 Michael established the first pan-Canadian medical laboratory quality assessment program, named Clinical Microbiology Proficiency Testing (CMPT). CMPT soon became…
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