Clear the complexity and confusion surrounding practice changes and gain clarity with practical solutions and suggestions through the Demystifying Practice Changes event.
This follow‑up session builds on our inaugural Demystifying Practice Changes event held in 2025, although prior attendance is not required. This event is open to all Family Physicians, Specialists and Nurse Practitioners.
Demystifying Practice Changes will feature presentations and discussions and will focus on how physicians can sustainably adjust their practice over time, therefore improving work-life balance, reducing workload and fatigue, and finding greater professional fulfillment while slowly and intentionally letting go.
Learning Objectives:
Identify practical strategies to improve work–life balance, manage fatigue, and reduce cognitive load within current practice
Explore approaches to boundary-setting, workload adjustment, and available supports from the qathet Division of Family Practice for scaling back or coverage
Reflect on drivers of professional fulfillment while engaging in peer discussion to normalize challenges and share solutions
Speakers:
Dr. Bruce Hobson, MD
Although retired from 37 years of family practice in Powell River, Dr. Bruce Hobson, certainly has adapted his vision and version of retirement! Bruce currently serves as UBC CPD Medical Director of Program Standards and Medical Lead of various programs, including the Coaching and Mentoring Program (CAMP) and Personal Learning Plan (PLP). Bruce also participates as a Practice Support Program (PSP) peer mentor through Doctors of BC, and is engaged in numerous other health organizations in both advisory or committee member roles. Bruce was recently awarded a Rural BC Lifetime Achievement Award through RCCbc in 2025.
Dr. Jane Bishop has been practicing medicine for over 35 years, and continues to do so as a family physician anesthesiologist, medical clinic owner, and as a leader in the healthcare field based out of Sechelt, BC. Jane sits on the Shared Care committee, as Vice Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Health, and also has the role of assessor for registration for the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Jane also participates as a RSON Lead and on her local MSA executive, and previously was Board Chair of her local Division of Family Practice.
