Welcome to the inaugural issue of BC Rural Update, an e-newsletter about BC rural health. Each issue will contain: links to rural CME/CPD events, including web and rurally-located events access to an online rural CME/CPD calendar information about JSC rural programs and REAP funding interviews with BC rural health practitioners, … Continue reading
Weekly sessions designed to facilitate remote learning and communities of practice using Real-Time Virtual Support (RTVS) have been paused for the summer. Midwives on the Maternity and Babies Advice Line (MaBAL) RTVS team have been providing coaching sessions for nurses. The coaching sessions, which took place on Thursdays at noon … Continue reading
Real-Time Virtual Support is extending a warm welcome to Dr. Scot Mountain, who is joining the team as a new pathway lead. The physician has Family Medicine, Internist and Intensivist experience in a rural setting, making him an ideal lead for this pathway. The pathway has been named Rural Outreach … Continue reading
Providers in rural, remote and Indigenous communities are commending the support they are getting from Pediatricians who are members of the Real-Time Virtual Support (RTVS) team. RTVS pathways were rolled out in April 2020, in part, as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal was to enhance health equity … Continue reading
A Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc) Rural Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS) survey has found widespread POCUS use in rural BC. Close to 90% of those surveyed reported ready access to an ultrasound machine and two-thirds scanned patients at least once a day. Launched in the fall of 2021, the survey … Continue reading