Congratulations to Dr. Tatiana Sotjindo and Ms. Sabrina Gill for their anti-racism and inclusion work at BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre (C&W).

The People of Colour Mentorship Program was developed to address diversity in leadership, and with seed funding from the HPIF, they began the process of creating a formalized mentorship program with C&W’s BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) staff. MORE

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Meet the 2022 UBC Dept of Pediatrics Pick Your Peak Team!

DID YOU KNOW?
– Stair climbing requires 8-9 times more energy expenditure than sitting.
– It counts as ‘vigorous’ physical activity and burns more calories per minute than jogging.
– You burn roughly 1.5 calories for every 10 steps.

The UBC Pick Your Peak Stair Challenge is an annual, fun, and inclusive way to encourage faculty and staff to move throughout the day.

This year’s Dept of Pediatrics team is staying healthy and supporting eachother virtually for this 4 week challenge.

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COVID-19 put a spotlight on the importance of outdoor play.

“We already know from many other studies that more outdoor play is better. What we are doing with PRO-ECO is focusing on how we can change the behaviours and practices of early childhood educators and families, to support more outdoor play in their centres, especially in the context of the pandemic,” says Dr. Brussoni, who is also a BC Children’s Hospital researcher. “Expanding the study will give us really important information so, at the end of it, we can come up with recommendations or guidelines that other child care centres can follow.”

– Dr. Mariana Brussoni, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Cross-posted from UBC Medicine. Read the full article.

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More about Dr. Voss:
https://www.bcchr.ca/cvoss
https://twitter.com/DrChristineVoss

More about Dr. Pike:
https://twitter.com/IanPike4
https://www.bcchr.ca/ipike

Congratulations All!

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To help mark #PrideMonth2022 this June, Dr. Moore shares her personal journey in ‘Speaking up about coming out: A pediatrician’s story about being queer in medicine.’ see: https://bit.ly/3Oh2N4v and https://bit.ly/3N44bGp

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On May 25, 2022, the UBC Faculty of Medicine celebrated the academic achievements and distinguished careers of faculty members. Recipients from across the faculty wore black gowns to mark their recent promotions to Professor, Clinical Professor or Professor of Teaching.
 
 
Margaret Colbourne, Clinical Associate Professor Emerita
For the past 37+ years, Dr. Colbourne has been affiliated with UBC/BCCH, first as a medical trainee, then as a Clinical Instructor in 1997 and promoted to Clinical Associate Professor in 2007. She had a major impact on the educational development and clinical care of both the subspecialty of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) and the Child Protection field. Nationally, she was a member of the first RCPSC PEM Examination Board and was awarded RCPSC PEM Founder designation in 2011. Dr. Colbourne also developed the Child Maltreatment Residency Training Program, served as the Resident Coordinator of the BCCH Child Protection Program, and was Medical Director, Child Protection Services.
 
 
 
 
 
Peter Wong, Professor Emeritus
Dr. Wong joined the Faculty of Medicine as an Assistant Professor in 1981 and was promoted to Professor in 1994. For 40 years, he was the Director of Diagnostic Neurophysiology at BCCH and was at the forefront internationally in the development of digital EEG and brain mapping and developed an exceptional EEG laboratory. He was Editor in Chief of the neuroimaging journal “Brain Topography” for several years. He received many honors, including: Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal 2003 for his service to the community; Honorary Professor Jichi Medical University (Japan) 2003, and Honorary Advisory Professor Shanghai Medical College Fudan University (China) 2004.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shelina Babul, Clinical Professor
UBC/BCCH career highlights for Dr. Babul include: appointment as a Clinical Assistant Professor in 2002; BCIRPU Associate Director 2007-present; Brain Waves Director 2009-present; and Clinical Professor in 2021. Her research includes sport and recreational evidence-based research and knowledge implementation, with a focus on concussions/traumatic brain injuries. She developed the online Concussion Awareness Training Tool utilized by medical professionals, coaches, parents, school professionals, athletes and those supporting survivors of partner violence both nationally and internationally. In 2019/2020, Dr. Babul was awarded the BC Hockey Service Recognition Award,
 
 
 
 
Angela Devlin, Professor
UBC/BCCH career highlights for Dr. Devlin include: appointment as Assistant Professor in 2004; Co-Lead Origins of Child Health Disease Group 2015-present; Graduate Advisor of the Human Nutrition Graduate Program 2019-2021; and Professor 2021-present. Her research program encompasses both discovery based mechanistic studies and clinical studies on the intersecting themes of nutrient metabolism and requirements during development and cardiometabolic disease prevention in children. She has also demonstrated commitment to trainee education with many of her trainees winning awards and becoming faculty themselves. Dr. Devlin won the CNS Award for Nutrition Translation in 2019.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Laura Sly, Professor
UBC/BCCH career highlights for Dr. Sly include: appointment as Assistant Professor in 2008; Director, CFRI (now BCCHR) Containment Level III Laboratory 2010-present; Associate Dean Academic, UBC Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies 2019-2022; and Professor 2021-present. Her research programs in basic and translational immunological research, particularly immunity in health and disease within the fields of gastroenterology, immunology, and signal transduction, improving quality of life for patients of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Dr. Sly has won a 2018 Crohn’s and Colitis Canada Research Leadership Award and the 2020 UBC DAA Award for Overall Excellence – Mid-Career.

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Congratulations to Dr. Nasir Jetha, 2021 award recipient of Silver Medal of Service from The Doctors of BC!

“Dr. Jetha has been involved in leadership roles at local, provincial and national levels. In addition, he worked with international agencies to improve health delivery in developing countries. In his retirement, he continues his philanthropic and voluntary activities. A well deserved award!” – Dr. Mumtaz Virji, Head, Division of General Pediatrics

Congratulations!

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In ordinary times, health professionals are at an especially high risk for developing stress-related conditions, such as: burnout, depression and anxiety.

Since November 2021, PHSA’s Psychological Health and Safety team and BC Children’s Hospital Center for Mindfulness and its collaborators have been busy making up a beautiful set of tools to support health care workers.

‘The Loving Kindness Card for Health Care Providers’ and ‘A More Mindful Hospital’ card deck are business card size and were designed to fit neatly into your pocket or ID lanyard.

Comprised of simple micro-practices these cards were co-created with input from several groups at the C&W worksite.

Did you know that Meditation has been scientifically proven to have positive mental and physical effect when practiced regularly? Some of the key benefits of meditation include:

· Help with anxiety

· Stress reduction

· Focussed attention

Request these resources today for yourself or to use for a team-building activity.

A More Mindful Hospital card deck

The Loving Kindness Card for Health Care Providers

READ MORE ABOUT THIS PROJECT: https://keltymentalhealth.ca/blog/2022/05/its-your-hand

QUERIES: psychhealthsafety@phsa.ca

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We will be featuring outstanding faculty all week to celebrate National Physicians’ Day.

Dr. Anas Manouzi

Dr. Anas Manouzi, Clinical Instructor and 2020-2022​ Hudson Scholar in Equity Diversity and Inclusion nominated by Dr. Laura Sauvé, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, BC Children’s Hospital, UBC & BCCH

What is your role? Please indicate the centre or clinic you work at.

I work as a Pediatric Emergency Physician at BC Children’s Hospital. I serve as the clinical lead for Health Equity and Anti-Racism within the ED. This work is supported through the Hudson Scholar program. I am also helping coordinate the response to the opioid-related overdose public health emergency.

What do you enjoy most about your role?

I enjoy teaching trainees under my supervision about concrete ways to advance Health Equity in their clinical practice. Simple things like adopting non-stigmatizing language, moving away from race-based medicine when making clinical decisions, or enquiring about financial barriers to afford essential medications allow us to become better advocates. Ever since I started my Health Equity and Anti-racism leadership role, I have been amazed by the support and engagement of my colleagues in the ED. I feel very lucky to work with a fantastic group of health professionals, non-clinical staff, and educators who understand the importance of this work and the impacts it has on patient care.

What prompted you to get into your area of health care?

The Emergency Department plays a unique social justice role in our society. The ED stays open 24/7, there are no waitlists or admission criteria. Anyone who comes to the ED will eventually get attended to, regardless of the perceived severity of their presentation. Unfortunately, our medical system fails to provide equitable care to those made most vulnerable by systemic discrimination. Being able to provide medical care to those who “fall through the cracks” and to advocate on their behalf is a determining factor in my decision to be a Pediatric Emergency Physician.

What would you say to someone interested in joining this line of work?

Racism and other intersecting forms of oppression are unfortunately pervasive within our institutions. Trying to change these rigid systems cannot happen by working alone. My advice: surround yourself with people who are not afraid to reflect on their own biases and to change their practices. In order to achieve social justice in health care, we must build coalitions.

What is your proudest accomplishment to date?​

Delivering my first Grand Rounds talk at the UBC Department of Pediatrics as a Hudson Scholar in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion was a very memorable moment for me. After completing my residency and fellowship trainings at BC Children’s Hospital, I felt very honored to have the opportunity to teach my mentors and colleagues about the dangers of race-based medicine and why Anti-Racism must be recognized as a required professional competency.

Dr. Eva Moore

Dr. Eva Moore, Clinical Associate Professor nominated by Sabrina Gill, BSN, Nurse Clinician Adolescent Medicine and Health, UBC & BC Children’s Hospital ​

What is your role?

Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine

Investigator, BC Children’s Hospital Research Foundation
Program Director, Subspecialty Residency in Adolescent Medicine, University of British Columbia
McCreary Centre Society, Board member
Juvenile Justice Special Interest Group, Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, member & group facilitator

Please indicate the centre or clinic you work at:

Eva is an Adolescent Medicine Specialist in the Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine Division. Eva currently works at these clinics:

Adolescent Health Clinic: I strive for a youth friendly practice, focusing on positive youth development and resilience, and health equity for adolescent who experience marginalization. As a specialized multidisciplinary pediatric team serves adolescents who experience chronic illness and psychosocial challenges such as mental health and substance use disorders.

Provincial Eating Disorders Program: I provide inpatient and outpatient consultation of children and adolescents in the mental health provincial program (tier 4) and assessment of new patients referred to the program with suspected eating disorders.

RICHER Program (Responsive Intersectoral Child Health Education Research, a social pediatrics program in inner-city Vancouver): As part of an interdisciplinary team with community consultation, serves the health of Vancouver youth adversely affected by social determinants of health. I built several regular clinics and provided consultation at weekly community meetings with allied health providers. I am on numerous community tables and initiatives to address health issues from a multi-leveled, intersectoral approach.

Pinnacle Program Alternative School: I serve as the onsite adolescent medicine consultant for 20 senior secondary school students involved with the foster care system and/or youth probations with severe behavioral and mental health school designations

What do you enjoy most about your role?

What I love most is hearing people’s stories and standing side by side with them on some of the most significant parts of their journey. I love seeing people find their path and to help them have the health that they need to enjoy what is most important to them. I love working with youth which is a time in their lives where they are changing rapidly and growing. I enjoy seeing them come into themselves.

My job allows me to have multiple roles, as an educator, a clinician, and a researcher.  I enjoy working with other that are passionate about youth and seeing them coming into themselves. Teamwork is important with me, and I love working with people from different backgrounds, professions, and who carry their own experiential journey which may be different from mine.

I am drawn to working with youth and families who are marginalized by our social structures. This is my commitment to social justice. I want to improve health equity and decrease health disparities for our most vulnerable populations. I aim to give all people a voice.

What prompted you to get into your area of health care?

I went into medicine because I loved science, critical thinking, and bringing an evidence base to my work. I was a chemistry major, but I found basic science to be too far removed from the impact of what we were working on.  I wanted to use my critical thinking skills for something that improved humanity.  My first job in health, as I was applying to medical school, happened to be working with youth in the inner city of Philadelphia. I came to love these young people and their sense of curiosity and energy as we explored the city together, taking on challenges of how to improve health care for teenagers. More then anything, I learned from them, and this was a foundational experience. During medical school, I was part of many health care teams, but I was most empowered by young people and seek to find a sense of belonging and to help them make the changes they want to see.

What would you say to someone interested in joining this line of work?

I would tell someone who wants to go into this field to follow their passions and to love the journey. Take the time that you need to explore what is important to you and what has meaning to you. It’s not about the destination, but instead the things you do along the way.

What is your proudest accomplishment to date?

I have many things to be proud and grateful for. One of things I hold in high regard is my relationships with my colleagues, and the teams that I get to be a part of. My colleagues describe as someone who is very mindful, compassionate and humble.  These connections with these colleagues, working together towards common goals are so valuable.

I’m proud that my role reaches beyond the walls of my institution and reaches young people in their schools and communities.  I have built partnerships and meaningful connections by engaging community leaders, indigenous partner, youth workers, government agencies and youth. It means so much to me when a youth worker or teacher calls me directly about a young person who needs help. For some of our youth, this is the only way they can establish trust in healthcare.

I have been involved in leadership and collaboration to create an urgent paradigm shift in how we care for adolescents with substance youth.  This includes multiple committees, presentations and research partnerships to bring an interdisciplinary and multi-layered approach to improving care for adolescents affected by substance use overdoses, now one of the leading causes of death for adolescents.

Specifically, this effort is to focus on increasing capacity of pediatricians and pediatric hospitals to care for youth with serious substance use, both in BC and across Canada. I have arranged my patient to be the first year in Canada to receive a life saving medication, Sublocade. This paved the way for more to follow and is an example of my advocacy and partner relationship and working towards best practice and evidenced based medicine for youth who are at risk of death due to opioid overdose.

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What is your role?:
Adolescent Medicine Specialist, Hudson Scholar in Equity Diversity and Inclusion | 2020-2022

Please indicate the centre or clinic you work at:
Oak Tree Clinic, Youth Health Clinic and the SPOCK/RICHER Specialist Outreach Program

What do you enjoy most about your role?
Interacting with children, youth and their families.

What prompted you to get into your area of health care?
Loved the challenge and reward of working with adolescents during a such a critical period in their development.

What would you say to someone interested in joining this line of work?
Go for it! You are so needed.

What is your proudest accomplishment to date?
Working towards practical and academic recognition of the various ways bias and racism can effect acute and long-term health outcomes for the children, youth and families that we serve.

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