Our Current Projects

Goal: Provide financial support to SLGH physicians to meet with CYMH, IH, and other partners involved in solving the issues related to mental health crisis among the teenage population.
Lead Physician: Dr. Alison Howatt
Goal: To reimburse the Executive Chair of the FEWG for his time allocated to meet with IH, physicians, stakeholders etc. regarding the FE activities.
Lead Physician: Dr. Andrew Sellars
Goal: Grand rounds meetings have been effectively used to disseminate local knowledge from the specialist to the generalist. However, nobody organizes such meetings at SLGH. Having Ground Rounds meeting on a regular basis would provide opportunity for specialists or generalists to be able to answer common referral questions with the goal of easier or more direct referrals in the future.
​Objectives:1. Provide financial support to lead physician to organize meetings;2. Cover expenses for catering and admin support;3. Cover expenses for speakers' time to do presentation
Lead Physician: Dr. Jeremy Sawatzky-Martens
Goal: Address concerns from General Surgeons re difficulty finding surgical assistants and especially add on cases/after hours; Discuss concerns with current OR assist workforce to ensure adequate and equal time in the OR.
Objectives: Improve/create surgical assistant availability schedule, find options for calendar/scheduling software and initiate using it; ongoing management of schedule/availability planning and software/calendar.
Lead Physician: 
Goal: To improve communication and collaboration between GP-Obstetrics, maternity nurses, public health nurses and midwives to provide comprehensive maternity care in Salmon Arm.
Lead Physician: Dr. Kim Grieve
Goal: To support the working group members and other physicians in attending working group meetings.
Lead Physician: Dr. Andrew Sellars
Goal: To engage more physicians into the FE work through letting small projects get going right away without waiting for approval by the working group.
Lead Physician: Dr. Andrew Sellars
Goal: To establish working and continuous relationships with existing Doctor's of BC and IH initiatives at SLGH.
Lead Physician: Dr. Andrew Sellars
Goal: Reimburse physicians in leading roles for chairing and facilitating meetings, such the MSA President role. The SLGH MSA does not collect dues any longer; the FEWG agreed to provide support to the MSA President, whose role is currently unpaid.
​1. Provide support to the current MSA President who has been very active and engaged to solve issues;
2. Provide support to any other governance position if it's unpaid.
Lead Physician: Dr. Andrew Sellars
Goal: To develop an action plan and measurable activities for all SLGH departments to assure better engagement and work outcomes for physicians. 
Lead Physician: Dr. Andrew Sellars
SLGH GP-Obs Strategic Planning Summary
Goal:  To reimburse sessional time for physician attendance at some SLGH meetings.
Requirements: • Sessional Time may be reimbursed up to a maximum of 2 hours per week or 8 hours per month. • Meetings of more than 8 hours duration require additional approval. Please contact the SLGH FE Project Manager to discuss further. • Claims must be submitted within 30 days of the activity date.
What will NOT BE reimbursed: • General Medical Staff meetings, M&M meetings, Grand Rounds, department meetings or other meetings required to maintain hospital privileges are not eligible for reimbursement. • Physicians who attend meetings as part of their contract deliverables with the health authority, and health authority operational leaders are not eligible for reimbursement. • Meetings reimbursed by Interior Health or through another funding source are not eligible for reimbursement.
Lead Physician: Dr. Andrew Sellars