This professional development workshop for clinical & community practitioners features Materoa Mar, Director, Compass Health, New Zealand.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
9:30AM (Doors Open)
10:00AM – 12:00PM (Workshop)
Paetzold Auditorium
Vancouver General Hospital
1891 – 855 West 12th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9
Free – All are welcome
No registration required – Please arrive at 9:30 to secure a seat
Video-conferencing of this session is available at these sites:
Lions Gate Hospital – Seminar B Room, 2. Powell River General Hospital – Conference Room #1, 3. Richmond Hospital – Room 1772, 4. RW Large Memorial Hospital – Bella Bella, 5. St. Paul’s Hospital – Room 45, 6. Whistler Health Centre – Community Room, 7. Bella Coola General Hospital – Video Conference Room
Workshop Description: Reducing health inequities is central to the Primary Health Care Strategy of New Zealand. This strategy looks at a new policy direction for health which creates an environment where health professionals in the community are actively encouraged to work with one another, and with hospital-based clinicians to deliver health care in a co-ordinated and co-operative manner so that more services are delivered in the community. Primary health organizations (PHOs) are funded by District Health Boards or DHBs (NB: These are similar to BC’s Health Authorities) to support the provision of essential primary health care services through general practices to those people who are enrolled (i.e. “attached”) with the PHO. A PHO provides services either directly or through its provider members (mostly physicians).
Join us for a morning with Materoa Mar, of Maori and Irish descent, the Director of Compass Health, which supports three Primary Health Organizations across New Zealand. Materoa will share her knowledge on the New Zealand experience, and address the health inequalities and improving the relationship between community-based and hospital-based physicians for the benefit of patients.
For more information about this event: Leah Karpan, Program Assistant, 604-875-5600 Ext: 63295