Updated Mar 18 2025
The Department of Pediatrics Systems innovation, Quality improvement and Patient safety (SIQIPS) Working Group is excited to support clinical faculty considering promotion in the field of SIQIPS within the department.
Many clinicians in the Department of Pediatrics engage in activities beyond patient care, such as scholarly or administrative work aimed at evaluating and enhancing the quality-of-service delivery. This includes areas like systems innovation, quality/process improvement, and patient safety (SIQIPS). However, there is a lack of clear criteria for determining which SIQIPS efforts should be rewarded with promotions by both members of faculty and promotion committees.
With that in mind, new guidelines for promoting clinical faculty members based on their contributions to Systems Innovation, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety (SIQIPS) have been developed. And, these guidelines have been approved by the UBC Department of Pediatrics (DoP) Clinical Department of Pediatrics Appointment, Reappointment and Promotion Committee (C-DARP) and are now ready for implementation. The aim is to encourage faculty to pursue SIQIPS as a domain for promotion, set a bar for achievement and aid the promotions committee in a standard appraisal of clinicians in this field.
The SIQIPS Working Group has a threefold mandate:
– provide structured documentation forms for a physician’s scholarly activities.
– offer educational opportunities on how a physician’s activities would be reviewed by a promotion committee for career advancement.
– ensure that applicants and promotion committee members have a shared understanding of qualified SIQIPS activities and the merit criteria.
Resource documents for applicants considering promotion created by the SIQIPS Working Group are:
Briefing Note – SIQIPS_upd Feb 2024
Promotion Guidelines – Systems Innovation, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (SIQIPS) Clinical Faculty, upd_March 2024
Portfolio at-a-glance – SIQIPS Portfolio
SIQIPS – project worksheet for CV workshops
Other supporting materials:
Information forthcoming.
SIQIPS Working Group Members:
Dr. Mona Patel, MD, FRCPC, Division of Critical Care, Clinical Associate Professor, PICU Director of Quality & Improvement, Associate Head of Education, Department of Pediatrics, UBC
Dr. Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC, Clinical Associate Professor, Medical Lead, Division of Allergy
Dr. Sandesh Shivananda, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Neonatology
Department Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Process Committee (DARP):
Dina Panagiotopoulos, MD, FRCPC, Division of Endocrinology, Clinical Professor, Chair, C-DARP
Workshop dates:
Under development.
Thinking about advancing your career? Please contact:
Dr. Mona Patel
Dr. Tiffany Wong
Dr. Sandesh Shivananda
Dr. Dina Panagiotopoulos