Champlain Regional Cancer Program

Patient and Family Advisory Council Award 2022

About The PFAC

The Champlain Regional Cancer Program Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC) is a group of individuals who have been affected by cancer who meet regularly to provide reasonable, valuable, and insightful suggestions and recommendations to the Champlain Regional Cancer Program. The primary purpose of the PFAC is to ensure the voice of the patient and family is brought into the decision-making process with the goal of improving cancer care service delivery and ultimately, the patient and family experience with cancer care.

The Award

The Champlain Regional Cancer Program PFAC Award acknowledges initiatives that have improved some aspect of patient and family-centred cancer care service and delivery. It will recognize health-care providers, support staff, administrators, volunteers or teams who have implemented an initiative that has directly or indirectly enhanced the patient and family experience with cancer care.

All applicants will receive notification of PFAC’s decision. Winners will receive a plaque and be publicly acknowledged by the PFAC for the difference they have made in the lives of people affected by cancer.

Criteria

Nominations should clearly describe the initiative being nominated and how the initiative demonstrates the principles of patient and family centred care (respect and dignity, information sharing, participation and collaboration) and one or more of the following:

a positive impact on those affected by cancer;
a positive impact on staff and organizations within the Champlain Region;
significant gains in efficiency and productivity to the benefit of patients and their families;
transferability of idea or best practice to other organizations (e.g., other programs that affect long-term illnesses, etc.);
sustainability.

How to Submit a Nomination

If you would like to nominate an initiative that you feel has made a difference in an aspect of patient and family-centred care within the Champlain Region, please complete the attached Nominations Form (or submit a video no longer than 5 minutes that addresses the questions on the Nomination Form) and send to Gwen Barton, Manager, Patient Experience (gwbarton@toh.ca) by Friday, November 4th. Please note, anyone is invited to submit a nomination (self-nominations are welcomed).

2022 PFAC Award Nomination

Please tell us about the initiative that you feel has enhanced the patient and family experience with cancer care.

This can be done by a) completing the questions below or b) submitting a video addressing the questions below (video must not exceed 5 minutes in length).

Name of the initiative being nominated:

Description:

Using the Award criteria as a guide, clearly articulate how the initiative has improved the experience for people affected by cancer, and how it supports the principles of patient and family-centred care (respect and dignity, information sharing, participation and collaboration) (max 500 words).

How Nomination Meets Criteria:

Contact Information: (Individual submitting the nomination)

Your name

Your email

Home phone:

Cell phone:

Date:

Please let us know how you heard about the PFAC Award:

Thank you for taking the time to recognize an approach to care and service that makes a real difference to the quality, safety and experience of care for Champlain Regional Cancer Program patients and families!

Last updated on: October 26th, 2022