JCC Co-Chairs Meeting Summaries - Joint Collaborative Committees

JCC Highlights and Challenges

The Joint Collaborative Committees (JCC) Co-Chairs meetings provide a forum for cross-committee discussion, to promote strategic alignment with JCC Principles, advance core committee mandates and to provide oversight, direction and create alignment on shared initiatives.

Through leadership from each organization (Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health), the Physician Services Committee (PSC) provides guidance, monitors the activities and oversees the work of the JCCs.

Key highlights are captured after each meeting and are available, as below:

January 2025

The JCC co-chairs met on January 14, 2025.
- A communications strategy for the October 2025 JCC Conference was approved, with a focus on showcasing and celebrating the successes and value of the JCCs for physicians, patients, and partner organizations.
- The JCC co-chairs approved hosting a PSC/JCC Collaborative workshop in June 2025. Indigenous Specific Anti-Racism was suggested as an agenda topic. Potential meeting dates are being explored.
- The co-chairs of the Indigenous Specific Anti-Racism (ISAR) and Cultural Safety (CS) Physician Specific Committee presented to the JCC co-chairs, and the table discussed opportunities for connection and collaboration, enhancing their provincial initiatives, and identifying effective communication pathways.
- Updates on the development of the JCC Evaluation and Measurement Plan were shared. This plan focuses on developing an “Impact Guide” to better evaluate and report on how JCC work is advancing the quintuple aim. A clear scope and vision for the work is being developed.
- Reichert and Associates presented an evaluation plan for the Compassionate Leadership Training program. The plan, which includes conducting a culturally safe evaluation, aims to assess the program’s implementation, outcomes, and lessons learned from the recent contract. The evaluation is scheduled to be completed by May.
On November 29, 25 attendees, including 16 ISAR and Cultural Safety Physician Champions, gathered in Vancouver to hear presentations from Dr Shirley Sze on the Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use (CYMHSU) Community of Practice (CoP) Model and from speaker Kory Wilson, who explored accomplices vs. allies. The group discussed appropriate models for their ongoing work and identified a desire to move forward with an ISAR CoP.