Projects
Streamlined Support for Engagement, Wellness, and Professional Growth
Getting Started
The Process
Review Funding Guidelines
Before applying, carefully review the SSC Facility Engagement Funding Guidelines to ensure your project meets the necessary criteria.
Complete one-page proposal
Prepare a concise, one-page proposal outlining your project’s objectives, expected outcomes, and alignment with MSA and Facility Engagement.
Confirm approval with MSA
Approval is required before proceeding with funding registration. Ensure necessary details are included for a smooth evaluation process.
Register for FEMS
After receiving approval, register with the Facility Engagement Management System (FEMS) to manage your project funding.
Register for VoPay
To receive funding and reimbursements, you must register with VoPay, the new payment processing system.
Updated January 19th, 2026
Application for Engagement Project Funding 2026-2027
Medical Staff Members are welcome to submit project proposals for 2026.
Questions? Please email engagement@smhmsa.ca.
SMH & JPOCSC Strategic Goals
- Revive and renew the SMH MSA organization & enhance MSA membership engagement.
- Adapt and meet the needs of medical staff through engagement, wellness, education, and professional growth.
- Support medical staff initiatives that demonstrate collaboration with the FHA, sustainability, and return-on-investment.
MOU Objectives
- To improve communication and relationships among the medical staff so that their views are more effectively represented.
- To prioritize issues that significantly affect physicians and patient care.
- To support medical staff contributions to the development and achievement of health authority plans and initiatives that directly affect physicians.
- To have meaningful interactions between the medical staff and health authority leaders, including physicians in formal HA medical leadership roles.
Next Steps
Post Approval
Once your engagement activity has been approved, you must register for the following two systems in order to access your funds and receive reimbursements for your project-related time and expenses:
Facility Engagement Management System (FEMS)
Facility Engagement Management System (FEMS): If you require technical assistance on FEMS, please contact femssupport@doctorsofbc.ca.
Improving the Workplace and Patient Care
Funded Projects
Do you have an engagement project that needs funding? Review the funding application process and criteria to see if your initiative meets the funding guidelines.
Creation of an Opioid Stewardship App for Clinicians
Project leads – Dr. Laurie Itcush & Dr. Karen Ng
An Opioid Stewardship mobile app using Firstline is being created to facilitate efficient knowledge translation for clinicians in SMH and across Fraser Health with content development by the Fraser Health Opioid Stewardship Clinical Pharmacy Specialists. For the app to be of high quality for clinicians, the content needs to be peer reviewed. App content will be shared with the Opioid Stewardship Advisory Committee (OSAC), a group that was formed in SMH in 2019, as well as other clinician champions from various disciplines.
Medicine & Grand Rounds
Project leads – Dr. Carla Fast, Dr. Swetha Sriram, & Dr. Roopjeet Kahlon
Regular educational rounds for the membership including Medicine Rounds (includes divisions within the department of medicine) and Grand Rounds (includes all departments outside of medicine). Rounds will be held in person, and video conferenced to satellite sites including JPOCSC, Peace Arch Hospital and Delta Hospital. Rounds will be catered for onsite (SMH) members only. Rounds are open to all medical staff, as well as allied healthcare personnel.
Meet and Greet Series
Project lead – Dr. Roopjeet Kahlon
An opportunity for physicians and health authority/site leadership to meet and have conversations. Its objectives are to make leaders better known to physicians, to facilitate and improve communication between physicians and medical leadership, and to provide an opportunity for physicians to discuss their ideas on improving patient care as well as provider experience.
Financial Seminars for Physicians
Project lead – Dr. Joshua Song
Series of financial seminars for physicians and new grads. Curriculum to improve physician financial health, career development, and well-being delivered by Dr. Mark Soth.
Eat Sleep Console Implementation
Project leads – Jennifer Rasmussen, Dr. Vanessa Nicolau-Toulouse
This project aims to re-gather relevant stakeholders, create a shared work team, ensure high-level site based plan developed in 2019 still meets current site-based operational needs and proceed with the implementation plans for Eat Sleep Console at SMH.
Eating Disorders Team Building at SMH
Project lead – Dr. Shereena Khan
This project is aimed at helping facilitate regular meetings with continuing medical education (CME) opportunities for the team to improve our knowledge base and standardized our practice to help serve our patients better and increase awareness of the presence of an eating disorders team.
Reducing Code White at Timber Creek by 30%
Project lead – Dr. Ljaz Hussain
This project aims to improve staff safety, family and patient’s satisfaction at Timber Creek, a tertiary and locked facility with 59 beds in total. As well, to promote a healthy and safe work environment through the introduction of safety huddles and a system that will capture aggression and violence appropriately.
SMH Clinical Practice Guideline Rounds Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Project lead – Dr. Goldis Mitra & Dr. Davinder Sandhu
This project aims to improve alignment of clinical practice and guideline-based care and to prioritize issues that significantly affect physicians and patient care.
SMH Emergency Department Team Building Event
Project lead – Dr. Rob Cheyne
This project arms to reunite the emergency department in a fun and relaxed environment to rejuvenate and reestablish the teams attitude after COVID-19. ER docs from SMH will volunteer their time to arrange a BBQ for members of the ER team.
SMH Emergency Physician Wellness Retreat
Project lead – Dr. Rob Cheyne
COVID-19 has been a struggle for ER physicians and has led to staff burn out. This project aims to organize a wellness and team building seminar by a mindfulness expert focusing on practical techniques relating to work life balance and a 30 minute meditation session.
SMH Medical Staff Lounge
Project lead – Dr. Todd Acheson
This project aims to promote medical staff engagement, communication, and wellness through improving the current space at the Surrey Memorial Hospital Medical Staff Lounge.
Start A Funded Project:
Working in partnership with the Facility Engagement Initiative and Doctors of BC, the Surrey Memorial Hospital MSA is constantly funding engagement projects and initiatives to improve the workplace and patient care.
Do you have an engagement project that needs funding? Review the funding application process and criteria above to see if your initiative meets the funding guidelines.
Engagement Funding Proposal
Fill Out the Form
Please click here to download the project application form. You can fill out the form and also copy/paste text into it. Please email your completed application form to projects@smhmsa.ca.
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