2015 Internship Projects

Clinical Lead	Site	Title of Project
Andrea Brovender	Vancouver Coastal Health	Unanticipated admission to an ICU within 24 hours of elective surgery – patterns of deterioration and the effect of a dedicated perioperative anesthesiologist
Brent Parker and Janine Johns	Kelowna General Hospital	A Study of Preferences Regarding Perioperative Informational and Educational Resources for Patients Receiving Elective Surgery in the Interior of British Columbia
Anita Jansen-Verdonk	Chilliwack General Hospital	CGH: Improving Outcomes Through Evidence-Based Preoperative Patient Optimization
Kelly Mayson	Vancouver General Hospital	Optimal pain and fluid management in ERAS Program for radical cystectomies
Kim Macfarlane	Surrey Memorial Hospital	SMH: Improving Outcomes for Postoperative Orthopedic Patients Through Delirium Mitigation
Morad Hameed	Vancouver General Hospital	Emergency General Surgery: What are the targets and how do we meet them?
Erik Skarsgard	BC Children’s Hospital	Enhancing the Quality of the Patient and Family Surgical Experience with Telehealth
Jennifer Duda	Royal Jubilee Hospital	Island Health Surgical Services Web Based Patient Information Project
Tom Wallace	Royal Inland Hospital	Preoperative Nutritional Supplementation to Reduce SSI in Colorectal Patients
Kouroush Afshar	BC Children’s Hospital	Implementation of a 2% CHG wipe for Pre-Operative Cleansing in a Pediatric Facility
Richard Lewis	Lions Gate Hospital	Does a wound closure protocol reduce SSI after colon surgery?