PVPC for Physicians eLearning

Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum (PVPC) for Physicians eLearning

The Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum (PVPC) eLearning course for physicians is a 1.5-hour virtual course divided into five modules. It incorporates best practices appropriate for the unique roles, environments, and risk levels encountered by medical staff, including medical residents, physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, and midwives. The course was created and developed in partnership with physicians to support medical staff safety by helping prevent violent incidents, and equipping them with strategies to better protect themselves, their colleagues, and patients from violence in the workplace.

The course content includes the four-part violence prevention framework, point-of-care risk assessments, communication and de-escalation techniques, when and how to call for help, incident and near-miss reporting, and how to continue the care relationship after a violent incident.

This interactive course features knowledge checks, myth-busting activities, reflection exercises, and realistic example scenarios in clinical environments. Learners are taught how to apply principles of cultural safety and humility, diversity, trauma-informed practice, and other best practices for violence prevention in real-world contexts and a range of scenarios.

For questions or more information, please contact the project team at PVPC@switchbc.ca.

Accreditation/Certification Statement
The Division of Continuing Professional Development, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine (UBC CPD) is fully accredited by the Continuing Medical Education Accreditation Committee (CACME) to provide CPD credits for physicians. This activity is an Accredited Self-Assessment Program (Section 3) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by UBC CPD. You may claim a maximum of 1.5 hours (credits are automatically calculated). This activity meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by UBC CPD for up to 1.5 Mainpro+® Certified Activity credits. Each physician should claim only those credits accrued through participation in the activity.
SAP ID: 00018091
CFPC Session ID: 301897-001

This program was co-developed between Doctors of BC and Safety, Wellbeing, Innovation,
Training & Collaboration in Healthcare (SWITCH BC) and was planned to achieve scientific
integrity, objectivity and balance.