Alum Hub

Welcome to the Alum Hub

This is a place to learn about PQI alums work and impact throughout the province. 

Did you know that we have over 700 physicians engaged in PQI Level 3 across the province!

Why alums and not alumni? Alumni traditionally referred to male graduates and more recently was expanded to include male and female graduates whereas alums is gender neutral and more inclusive.

• Alumnus - single male graduate
• Alumni - plural male graduates & plural all-inclusive graduates
• Alumna - single female graduate 
• Alumnae - plural female graduates
• Alum - single graduate, gender neutral
• Alums - plural graduates, gender neutral

  Connect (networking, community engagement, engaging with partners)

• WhatsApp group - 446 members, new channels for AI in Health Care, Patient Partners, Healthy Debate, Events, Community Agreement.
• April 2024 IHI London networking event - 20 participants.
• April 2024 JCC Pre-Forum Alums & Community Based Specialist mix & mingle - 46 participants.
• December 2024 HI Florida Canucks networking event - planning underway.
• Interior Health - Alum Summit being planned for Spring 2025.
• Island Health - Welcome Angelica Miller, new staff member working with alums.
• Island Health - Alum engagement sessions were held in Comox Valley (May), Parksville (September), and Victoria (October).

  Learn (advanced QI, provincial CPD, building skills and confidence)

Initial work started on a provincial CPD collaboration. 6 health authorities and PQI central working together to provide learning opportunities for alums across the province.

• Interior Health - Cohort Corner Fall 2024 (faculty orientation & development, OUD connections).
• Island Health - 19 alums attended Well-Planned Summit on June 26.

PQI Alums Webinar Series

• Working with Patient Partners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNMGO5WpiAg
• Team-Based Action Learning Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si5FBeI8f2Y  
• IHI Forum Learnings: https://youtu.be/Qm3rHblnEfo

  Teach (coaching, mentoring, PQI faculty)

• The Provincial Physician QI Coaching Program has been launched with 15 QI coaches from across the province trained in peer coaching. 
• Learn more here Provincial Physician QI Coaching Program.
• Interior Health - PQI Level 2&3 faculty expansion (2022: 6, 2023: 14, goal 20).
• Island Health - Expanding Alum Consult Service to other JCC funded projects (Shared Care, FE, HSR).

  Apply (spreading QI, publishing, QI work)

• 8 QI publications by PQI alums (6 in 2023, 2 in 2024).
• 15 QI presentations by PQI alums at conferences in 2024.
• 38 QI publications by PQI alums currently underway with support from PQI Central.

  Lead (physician leadership, HA leadership, DoBC committee work)

Although PQI is not a formal leadership training program, many PQI alums end up in formal and informal leadership roles after graduation. Our 2023 Provincial Alums Engagement Survey reports that:

• 77% (44/57) of respondents agree/strongly agree that PQI has positively affected their leadership abilities (formally or informally). 
• 53% (31/58) of respondents reported taking on a new or expanded leadership role after engaging in PQI. 
• Interior Health - Welcome 2 new physician advisors (SQI: Anders Ganstal, PQI: Jeffrey Poon).
• Island Health - Recruiting for additional physician faculty members.
• Fraser Health - Recruiting 2 Physician Leadership positions (1 supporting acute care and 1 supporting community based physician and new partnership with Shared Care).

We encourage all alums to consider leadership opportunities as a way to spread a culture of quality improvement and create positive change in the BC health care system.

Doctors of BC committee opportunities