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Violence Prevention – PVPC Classroom

  • Course Type: Classroom Course
  • Length: 7 hrs 30 mins
  • Category: Health, Safety & Wellness

Course Prerequisites

1. Violence Prevention: Introduction to Violence Prevention

  • Course Type: eLearning Course
  • Length: 20 minutes
  • Category: Health, Safety & Wellness
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2. Violence Prevention: Recognize Risks and Behaviours

  • Course Type: eLearning Course
  • Length: 20 minutes
  • Category: Health, Safety & Wellness
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3. Violence Prevention: Assess and Plan: Part 1 - Complete Point-of-Care Risk Assessments

  • Course Type: eLearning Course
  • Length: 20 minutes
  • Category: Health, Safety & Wellness
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4. Violence Prevention: Assess and Plan: Part 2 - Develop Behavioural Care Plans

  • Course Type: eLearning Course
  • Length: 20 minutes
  • Category: Health, Safety & Wellness
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5. Violence Prevention: Respond to the Risk: Part 1 - Perform De-escalation Communication

  • Course Type: eLearning Course
  • Length: 20 minutes
  • Category: Health, Safety & Wellness
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6. Violence Prevention: Respond to the Risk: Part 2 - Perform De-escalation Strategies

  • Course Type: eLearning Course
  • Length: 20 minutes
  • Category: Health, Safety & Wellness
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7. Violence Prevention: Respond to the Risk: Part 3 - Determine When and How to Get Help

  • Course Type: eLearning Course
  • Length: 20 minutes
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8. Violence Prevention: Report and Communicate Post-Incident

  • Course Type: eLearning Course
  • Length: 20 minutes
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Course Description
This practical, eight-hour classroom session provides opportunities to practice key violence prevention strategies and builds on the skills learned in the PVPC e-learning modules.

Topics covered in-depth include:

  • PVPC Framework
  • Recognizing Risks and Behaviours
  • Assessing and Planning (point-of-care risk assessments and behavioural care planning)
  • Responding to the Risk (de-escalation skills, determining when and how to call for help, applying personal safety techniques)
  • Reporting and Communicating Post Incident

Prerequisites:

Please Note:
There are limited seats available for this session.
If you are on the waitlist, a notification email will be sent to you if a seat opens in the course.

Employees who work in areas identified as 'High Risk' according to PVPC standards:

  • Emergency Departments/Urgent Care,
  • Mental Health & Substance Use,
  • Long Term Care,
  • Protection Services & Security,
  • Community Health Services,
  • Neurology/Brain Injury/Psychiatry,
  • Urgent and Primary Care Centres (UPCCs),
  • Primary Care Network, and
  • Medium risk areas that have formally increased their violence prevention education requirements
7 hrs 30 mins
14956

Virtual Sessions
If you are registering for a Virtual session (video conferencing), you will need:

  • Internet access
  • Computer with a Camera and Microphone (most laptops have this)
  • An appropriate, comfortable environment

Invitations with more information will be sent 24-48hrs prior to your session

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Precautions for in-person sessions:

  • If you are symptomatic/infectious/feeling sick, do not attend – please reschedule your session.
  • Kindly arrive on time and bring your own refreshments and lunch.
  • Physical participation in practical exercises is required for this course. All participants must wear active-type clothing and appropriate footwear (i.e. running shoes) in order to safely participate. Do not wear heels, flip-flops, sandals, or open-toed shoes.

Registration and attendance:

  • Must attend for the full 7.5 hours for credit.
  • You may register for any class close to your work or home, based on the Island Health Travel and Employee Expense Policy.
  • For the safety of all participants, staff who worked a night shift should not attend class the same day. They will be asked to leave and re-register for another session.
  • If you are on the waitlist, a notification email will be sent to you if a seat opens in the course.
  • Due to the high demand for these classes, please cancel if you are unable to attend (>24 hours).
  • If you are unable to attend with less than 24 hours notice, please email violenceprevention@islandhealth.ca.
Prior to attending educational sessions, you must obtain approval from your manager or supervisor if attending on scheduled work time (or if you expect to be reimbursed if attending outside of work time). Download this form, have it signed and then keep it for your records. Thank you.

Course Sessions

Virtual

Jul 14, 2025, 9am PT - 5pm PT

  • WEATHERHEAD, CRAIG M

Victoria - RJH

Jul 16, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • WHITE, JESSE H

Woodward Room, Administration Building
Royal Jubilee Hospital
1952 Bay Street, Victoria, BC

PSO Only PVPC - Recruit Class #31

Jul 21, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

CA 125

Port McNeill- PVPC in-person Class

Jul 22, 2025, 8:30am PT - 4:30pm PT

  • HOLDEN, GARTH E

Port McNeill Hospital- Boardroom

Virtual

Jul 23, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • WHITE, JESSE H

DUNCAN - CDH

Jul 25, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • PACHET, RONALD A

Clinical Lecture Room
Cowichan District Hospital
3045 Gibbins Road
Duncan, BC V9L 1E5

Victoria-VGH

Jul 28, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • WEATHERHEAD, CRAIG M
  • SOHAL, BRIJENDER S

VGH Lecture hall room S263

NANAIMO - NRGH

Jul 28, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • Ware, Todd

Room G245
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
1200 Dufferin Crescent
Nanaimo, BC V9S 2B7

Virtual

Jul 30, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • TWETER, CORINNE A

Virtual

Aug 5, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • WHITE, JESSE H

Victoria-RJH-PCC

Aug 7, 2025, 7am PT - 3pm PT

  • TEVES, Becky

RJH PCC Lecture Theater 169

NANAIMO - NRGH

Aug 7, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • Ware, Todd

Room G245
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
1200 Dufferin Crescent
Nanaimo, BC V9S 2B7

CRG-PVPC in-person Class

Aug 8, 2025, 8:30am PT - 4:30pm PT

  • HALL, KIM

375 2nd Avenue, Campbell River, BC, Canada

Victoria-VGH

Aug 11, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • WEATHERHEAD, CRAIG M
  • SOHAL, BRIJENDER S

VGH room S263 Lecture Hall

Virtual

Aug 13, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • WHITE, JESSE H

Victoria - RJH

Aug 20, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • WHITE, JESSE H

Woodward Room, Administration Building
Royal Jubilee Hospital
1952 Bay Street, Victoria, BC

CRG - PVPC Violence Prevention Classroom

Sep 4, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • MILLER, GERRIE L

375 2nd Avenue, Campbell River, BC, Canada
Meeting Rooms 1-3

Port Hardy MHSU Boardroom

Sep 16, 2025, 8:30am PT - 4:30pm PT

  • HOLDEN, GARTH E
  • WILSON, CATHELINE A

Port Hardy MHSU Boardroom

DUNCAN - CDH

Sep 19, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • PACHET, RONALD A

Clinical Lecture Room
Cowichan District Hospital
3045 Gibbins Road
Duncan, BC V9L 1E5

Victoria-VGH

Sep 19, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • WEATHERHEAD, CRAIG M
  • SOHAL, BRIJENDER S

VGH S263 Lecture hall

Victoria-VGH

Sep 19, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • WEATHERHEAD, CRAIG M
  • SOHAL, BRIJENDER S

VGH S263 Lecture hall

Victoria-VGH

Oct 3, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • WEATHERHEAD, CRAIG M
  • SOHAL, BRIJENDER S

VGH S263 Lecture hall

CRG - PVPC Violence Prevention Classroom

Oct 14, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • MILLER, GERRIE L

375 2nd Avenue, Campbell River, BC, Canada

Port McNeill- PVPC in-person Class

Oct 28, 2025, 8:30am PT - 4:30pm PT

  • HALL, KIM

Port McNeill Hospital- Boardroom

Victoria-VGH

Oct 31, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • WEATHERHEAD, CRAIG M
  • SOHAL, BRIJENDER S

VGH S263 Lecture Hall

CRG- PVPC in-person Class

Nov 13, 2025, 8:30am PT - 4:30pm PT

  • HALL, KIM

Campbell River Hospital

Victoria-VGH

Nov 14, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • WEATHERHEAD, CRAIG M
  • SOHAL, BRIJENDER S

VGH S263 Lecture Hall

Victoria-VGH

Nov 28, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • WEATHERHEAD, CRAIG M
  • SOHAL, BRIJENDER S

VGH S263 Lecture Hall

CRG - PVPC Violence Prevention Classroom

Dec 5, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • MILLER, GERRIE L

375 2nd Avenue, Campbell River, BC, Canada
Meeting Rooms 1-3

Victoria-VGH

Dec 12, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • WEATHERHEAD, CRAIG M
  • SOHAL, BRIJENDER S

VGH S263 Lecture Hall

Victoria-VGH

Dec 29, 2025, 8am PT - 4pm PT

  • WEATHERHEAD, CRAIG M
  • SOHAL, BRIJENDER S

VGH S263 Lecture Hall

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Contact Information

Please contact Violence Prevention

violenceprevention@islandhealth.ca