We work with healthcare professionals, community members, policymakers, educators, researchers, and non-profit and business leaders from across British Columbia to improve the health of rural British Columbians. Some of these partners and collaborators are listed below and represented in our Partnership Pentagram Plus model.
Collaborators
Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues
The JSC advises the BC government and Doctors of BC on matters pertaining to rural medical practice. More
Rural Education Action Plan
REAP supports the training needs of physicians in rural practice and provides medical learners with rural practice experience. More
Society of Rural Physicians of Canada
SRPC provides leadership for rural physicians and promotes sustainable conditions and equitable healthcare for rural communities. More
UBC Continuing Professional Development
UBC CPD provides accessible and relevant education to physicians and other healthcare providers who live in rural and remote areas of British Columbia. More
UBC Department of Family Practice
UBC DFP trains undergraduate medical students and postgraduate residents at several distributed sites throughout the province and engages in continuing professional development and primary care research. More
UNBC Health Research Institute
UNBC HRI provides a venue for collaboration among the University of Northern British Columbia’s diverse of group of researchers from many disciplines, who undertake various forms of health research, including research on the determinants of health. More
Health Match BC
Health Match BC is a free health professional recruitment service funded by the Government of British Columbia. More
Locums for Rural BC
Locums for Rural BC administers the Rural Locum Programs on behalf of the Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC. More
Towards Unity for Health
Towards Unity for Health is an international, intersectoral, intergenerational organization that fosters equitable community-oriented health services, education and research to improve local and global health. More
Divisions of Family Practice
Divisions of family practice are community-based groups of family physicians working together to achieve common health care goals. More
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
The Michael Smith Foundation is British Columbia’s health research agency. It inspires and connects curious, creative and passionate minds to drive discovery and innovation for better health and health care. More
Rural Health Services and Research Network of BC
The Rural Health Services and Research Network of BC increases communication, collaboration and capacity for better research and better health outcomes for rural patients. More
BC Rural Health Network
The BC Rural Health Network (BCRHN) represents the voice of rural residents to governments on their health and their healthcare. More
BC Rural Centre
The BC Rural Centre provides rural communities and First Nations with timely information and support to help them meet challenges and discover opportunities. More
Island Health
Island Health provides healthcare and support services to more than 860,000 people on Vancouver Island, the islands in the Salish Sea and the Johnstone Strait, and mainland communities north of Powell River. More
Vancouver Coastal Health
VCH is responsible for the delivery of $4.1 billion in community, hospital and long-term care services to more than one million people in communities including Richmond, Vancouver, the North Shore, Sunshine Coast, Sea to Sky corridor, Powell River, Bella Bella and Bella Coola. It also provides specialized care and services for people throughout BC and is the province's hub of health care education and research. More
Northern Health
Through the efforts of dedicated staff and physicians, in partnership with communities and organizations, Northern Health provides exceptional health services for Northerners in British Columbia. More
Fraser Health
Fraser Health delivers hospital and community-based health services to more than 1.9 million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations. More
Interior Health
Interior Health delivers hospital, community and long-term care services to the over 834,000 people across British Columbia’s southern Interior region. More
Provincial Health Services Authority
PHSA works with the BC Ministry of Health, the five regional health authorities and the First Nations Health Authority to bring health care closer to where BC residents live, to promote health, manage chronic conditions and reduce the burden of illness. More
First Nations Health Authority
FNHA is the health and wellness partner to over 200 diverse First Nations communities and citizens across British Columbia. More
Emergency Care BC (BC Emergency Medicine Network)
Emergency Care BC is dedicated to optimizing health outcomes, improving the quality and coordination of services, and enhancing the experience for patients, families and providers requiring emergency care services within B.C. More
Rural eMentoring BC
Rural eMentoring BC is a free online mentoring program where rural high school students prepare for their future with the support and advice of a mentor. More
Providence Health Care
Providence Health Care is a Catholic health care provider that provides health care services to patients and residents from British Columbia. More
Health Quality BC
Health Quality BC provides system-wide leadership to efforts designed to improve the quality of health care in British Columbia. More
UBC Digital Emergency Medicine
The UBC Faculty of Medicine’s DigEM carries out research, evaluation, engagement, education, knowledge translation and policy informing work to explore and advance the use of modern personal information and communication technologies to improve healthcare and management. More
Rural Doctors' UBC Chair in Rural Health
The Rural Doctors' UBC Chair in Rural Health elevates the health priorities of rural, remote and First Nations communities across British Columbia by leading research, education and training programs. More
Centre for Rural Health Research
The Centre For Rural Health Research within the UBC Department of Family Practice provides evidence-based research findings to inform policy and planning health services for rural residents. More
Network of Rural Divisions
The Network of Rural Divisions enables physician leaders and executive directors from 20 rural Divisions of Family Practice in British Columbia (BC) to connect and engage. More