Sunday April 24, 2016
Fellowship Programs, Welcome Reception & Pre-Registration
**Please note: All members are eligible to take courses 201 or 301. The 101 or 201 course are not pre-requisites.
Monday April 25, 2016
Conference Day 1
- 7:00AM Health Walk: Carol Jeffs
- 7:30AM Breakfast & Registration
- 8:30AM Welcome & Introductions:
Margaret Kennedy & Brenda Warren (Conference Co-Chairs)
- 8:45AM Keynote Speaker – Linda Edgecombe
Breaking Busy – Finding Peace in the Chaos
(Best Selling Author & Award Winning Hall of Fame Speaker and Humorist)
- 10:00AM Health Break
- 11:45AM Sponsor Presentation – Scotia Bank
- 12:00NOON Lunch
- 1:00PM Concurrent Sessions – Rapid Fire Format
Click here for Concurrent Sessions Speaker Bios
Testing the Waters – Collaborative Marketing of Physicians Vacancies
Pamela Clark – Marketing Consultant, HMBC
Kristen Vaughan & Chastity Saudino
A Second Perspective – Impact Analysis: Large Scale Quality Improvement
Marlene Young
- 2:00PM Challenges & Innovation in Physician Recruitment – Dr. Granger Avery President-Elect, Canadian Medical Association
- 3:00PM Refreshment Break
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3:15PM Shift or Get off the Pot – Simple Truths about Energy & Engagement in Crazy Times Linda Edgecombe
- 4:15PM Closing Remarks
- 5:30PM Bus departs Four Seasons Hotel for Grouse Mountain
- 9:45PM Bus departs Grouse Mountain for Four Seasons Hotel
Tuesday April 26, 2016
Conference Day 2
- 7:00AM Health Walk: Carol Jeffs
- 7:30AM Breakfast & Networking
- 8:30AM Sponsor Presentation – Doximity
- 8:35AM Update from Medical Council of Canada Pierre Lemay; Director, Repository & Registration Centre
- 9:45 Health Break
- 10:00AM Emotional Intelligence in Physician Recruitment Dr. Apu Chakraborty; Post Graduate Education Program, Department of Psychiatry, UBC
- 11:00AM CASPR AGM, Awards & 2017 Conference Announcement
- 12:00NOON Lunch
- 1:00PM Concurrent Sessions – Rapid Fire Format
Click here for Concurrent Sessions Speaker Bios
Recruiting Medical Students & Residents
Dr. Cathy MacLean; Chair of Family Medicine, Memorial University
Collaboration in Physician Recruitment
Jennifer Scrubb, BC Division of FP
John Mabbott, Health Match BC
Wayne Heide, Manitoba
Jill Cappa, Ontario
- 2:00PM Developing Your Public Narrative, Christina Krause
- 3:00PM Door Prizes & Conference Close
As we get closer to the event, announcements will be made to access speaker content from the website in advance for the main sessions, so watch for these. You can conveniently load this information to your laptop or tablet. Fellowship 201 & 301 content will be available on USB’s upon registration only to those who have registered for the fellowships.
The concurrent sessions are confirmed with a “rapid fire” format that is sure to be interactive and engaging. Take your pick of one each day and let us know your selection by April 15th by emailing Melissa Allen at Melissa.Allen@viha.ca
