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 - 520 members, multiple channels for focused discussion and learning.
Learn (advanced QI, provincial CPD, building skills and confidence)
The Specialist Services Committee's (SSC) Physician Quality Improvement Initiative (PQI) brings to you a UBC CPD-accredited webinar series. The Physician Alums Webinar Series (PAWS) is a webinar series designed for graduates of PQI, allied health professionals, partners in health care, QI enthusiasts and others. The PAWS webinar series is a collaboration between the six regional health authorities (Northern, Interior, Fraser, Vancouver Coastal, Island Health and Provincial) and PQI. PAWS aims to support ongoing professional development and foster a community of practice among PQI alums. Each webinar focuses on topics relevant to health care quality improvement, featuring expert speakers who share insights, methodologies, and case studies.
The UBC CPD is fully accredited by the Continuing Medical Education Accreditation Committee (CACME) to provide CPD credits for physicians. This activity is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by UBC CPD. You may claim a maximum of 1.0 hours (credits are automatically calculated). This activity meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by UBC CPD for up to 1.0 Mainpro+® Certified Activity credits. Each physician should claim only those credits accrued through participation in the activity.
Want to join the PQI Alums Webinar Series? Learn more and register.
If you missed a session, you can view the recording below.
PQI Alums Webinar Series
- Everything Is Better With Mayo! What we saw at the Mayo Clinic: Lessons from a living QI culture
- Show, Don't Tell – Infographics for Health Care
- Introduction to Whole System Quality
- From Connection to Impact: What we learned about social capital in the QI alum community
- Embedding Environmental Sustainability into QI
- Indigenous Cultural Safety in Quality Improvement
- The Relational Work of Spread and Using Data to Engage
- Working with Patient Partners
- Team-Based Action Learning Series
- IHI Forum Learnings
- Penicillin Delabelling
- Quality Planning
Teach (coaching, mentoring, PQI faculty)
- The Provincial Physician QI Coaching program leverages alums and provides peer coaching to physicians leading QI projects. There are currently 10 physician QI coaches providing this service.
- Learn more here Provincial Physician QI Coaching Program.
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.
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
