2014 Internship Projects

Clinical Lead	Site	Title
Garth Warnock	Vancouver General Hospital	Development of a Novel Morbidity & Mortality Conference
Susann Camus	Royal Columbian Hospital	Initiative to Reduce Surgical Site Infections at Royal Columbian Hospital through Identification and Implementation of Best Practices
Alex Seal	St. Paul’s Hospital	FOCUS Surgical Site Infection Reduction
Bryan Tighe	Penticton Regional Hospital	Investigating the Value of the NSQIP Risk Calculator
Jugpal Arneja	BC Children’s Hospital	Comparison of Surgical Complication Rates between NSQIP and Traditional Morbidity & Mortality Methodologies
Ron Collins	Kelowna General Hospital	Enhanced Recovery after Colorectal Surgery (ERACS)
Ericka Gergely & Dalbhir Jangra	Abbotsford Regional Hospital	Correlation between ARH Cultural Safety Attitudes and Surgical Patient Outcomes (NSQIP SSI)
Erik Skarsgard	BC Children’s Hospital	Strategy for Reduction in Surgical Site Infections: Examining Current Trends in Chlorohexadine Bathing Cloth Usage Among Patients
Erik Skarsgard	BC Children’s Hospital	Nutritional Status of Pediatric Surgical Patients
Jason Sutherland	Vancouver General Hospital	Measuring Patient Reported Outcomes for Elective Surgery
Cynthia Verchere	BC Children’s Hospital	Is it Safe to Re-Access Sodium Bicarbonate Bottles and Saline IV Bags for use in Minor Surgery and Tissue Expansion
Tom Wallace	Royal Inland Hospital	Assessing Utility of the NSQIP Risk Calculator to Predict Adverse Events in Patients Undergoing Major Surgery
Kelly Mayson	Vancouver General Hospital	Efficiency of Pain Management in an Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Program
Kelly Mayson	Vancouver General Hospital	International Surgical Outcomes Study (ISOS)