Reimagining Health Care: Practice-based Research Series

In collaboration with Providence Health Care and BC Cancer, the VCH Research Institute is launching a new seminar series, Reimagining Health Care: Practice-based Research Series.

This seminar will show case projects from projects from our capacity-building Research Challenge and Knowledge Translation Challenge programs, focusing on the impact the projects have had on improving patient experience and outcomes.

Moderator: Lorraine Blackburn, Vice President, Professional Practice, and Chief Clinical Information Officer

Speakers & Projects:

• Diandra Mark (VCH): Lessons and reflections on the personal protective equipment practices among acute healthcare providers caring for patients on COVID-19 medical and critical care units
• Wynne Chiu (PHC): Pilot study to evaluate virtual visits in heart function clinics
• Jennifer Nuk (BC Cancer): Direct contact: Exploring the attitudes of the hereditary cancer patients to a supported direct-contact approach for informing relatives about cascade testing