"PATIENT DISCHARGE" QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SERIES
To find ECBC’s Patient Discharge Resources, click here.
In 2024, ECBC launched the Provincial Emergency Patient Discharge Discussion Series, a monthly forum dedicated to exchanging ideas on improving the emergency patient discharge process. This collaborative space allows provincial partners to highlight successful practices, innovations, and research, offering valuable insights that can be adapted in our local emergency departments.
Each session features a speaker presentation followed by a moderated discussion. The Provincial Emergency Patient Discharge Discussion Series is regularly scheduled on the 4th Tuesday of each month. To participate in these discussions, please contact us at ECBC@phsa.ca. Anyone interested in improving emergency and patient care is welcome to attend.
As we continue to develop PEPIRs we welcome your input! If you have suggestions for new topics or resources, please contact us at ECBC@phsa.ca.
Missed a session? Reach out to ECBC learn more about what’s been discussed!
Topics discussed to date:
- Best Practices in Discharge – Karanvir Gill, UBC Medical Student
- Improving Emergency Department Discharge Process: ED Patient Discharge Handout – Dr. Jatina Lai, Lions Gate Hospital VCH
- Emergency Department Patient Discharge Information – Dr. Fred Voon, Island Health
- It’s a GOODbye – Debbie Hendley & Jessica Preston, Fraser Health
- Improving Patient Knowledge by Providing Discharge – Jeanette Gordon
- Bringing It Home: What We Have Learned So Far and Where to Go Next – Lori Vesper, Island Health
- Provincial Emergency Patient Information Resources Updates – Elizabeth Stacy, Emergency Care BC PHSA
- Rapid Discharge Evaluation – Aria Rezapour, UBC Medical Student
- Rapid Discharge Evaluation Planning
- Artificial Intelligence in Your Daily Practices – Elizabeth Stacy, Emergency Care BC PHSA
- Safety Plan Discharge Sheets
- Medication Safety and Communication in Emergency Discharge
- Integrating Patient Feedback into Clinical Resource Reviews– Jonah Hartel, UBC Medical Student
- Meditech’s potential to support high quality emergency patient discharge – Dr. Emily Stewart & Sherry Stackhouse, Interior Health
What to Expect
Details
Students engaged in FLEX initiatives with ECBC will join the team in the following activities:
+ Collaborate with partners, health decision-makers, patient partners, providers and others to contribute to project activities underway.
+ Initiate or contribution to literature reviews and environmental scans to better understand a health care issue.
+ Lead interviews with experts, patient partners, providers and others invested in improving emergency patient health outcomes, provider experiences and system-level solutions.
+ Review materials for patient partners to ensure they’re accurate, up-to-date and engaging.
+ Develop communications tools to support patients, providers and administrators.
Timing and Capacity
Spots fill up quickly and are on a first come, first served basis. To apply, contact Dr. Julian Marsden, Clinical Resources Program Lead at ecbc.flex@phsa.ca.
For a schedule of upcoming FLEX dates, visit the UBC FLEX Course Overview page.
Supporting Documents
Clinical Summary Templates
The template below is used to complete Clinical Summaries on clinical topics.
FLEX Project Plans
For FLEX Project Plan templates for MEDD 419/429/449, visit the UBC FLEX Activity page.
"Writing clinical summaries for ECBC is a wonderful way to learn about a new topic in medicine or consolidate knowledge you have already gained. As future clinicians, we will be tasked with reviewing literature and keeping up with the evolving medical guidelines. This FLEX activity allows us to do so while collaborating with experts in emergency medicine."
– FLEX Student
“Working with ECBC on my FLEX project has been a worthwhile and rewarding experience. We get to work directly with physicians in the field to develop a systematic and evidence-based approach to common clinical encounters. It's a great project to help with the transition from your pre-clinical to your clinical years in medicine. I feel very supported by the team and would highly recommend this project to other students."
