IH Physician Quality Improvement (PQI)

In collaboration with BC health authorities, Physician Quality Improvement (PQI), a flagship initiative of the Specialist Services Committee (SSC) of the Doctors of BC, works to enhance physician capacity in QI by providing training and hands-on experience through action learning projects, ultimately promoting a culture of learning, openness, and dedication to improving the health-care system. PQI also offers ongoing Alum opportunities and Spread QI support. 

In 2019, the PQI program was introduced at Interior Health and has become a key driver of physician-led change in health care.

IH PQI Level 1-2-3 Overview (2026)

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For an up-to-date list of PQI projects across the province visit: The Exchange: Quality Improvement Projects Directory

Interior Health is committed to maintaining strong engagement with PQI Alums. Over 175 Graduates (Physicians and IH Operational Dyad leaders) of the IH PQI program continue to collaborate and share best practices through an active Alum program. PQI Alum’s have leveraged their QI learning through teaching, coaching, collaborating, and connecting with each other and health authority leadership. 

The IH PQI Alum Program includes opportunities for further collaboration and learning through annual gatherings such as the Alum Summit, Cohort Corner (a regional webinar series), a formalized Alum Regional Council and various PQI Project pathways such as the newly established Alum Project Impact Cohort (APIC). Alum work prioritizes impact and includes IH, SSC and MoH organizational and strategic priorities. These programs are helping to create a culture of continuous health care improvement and enhancing the delivery of quality patient centered care.

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What makes a highly successful health-care organization? Interior Health leadership believes in pairing medical and operational leaders as a dyad to foster a culture of learning, trust, and shared vision.

Dyads, by definition, are two individuals who work together as co-leaders of a particular system, division, clinical service line, or project. A PQI dyadic partnership is two health-care professionals (i.e. a physician matched with an operational leader) who are committed to the partnership.

In British Columbia, the evolution of health-care delivery continues to shift from a physician and independent operational approach towards an integrated system that focuses on quality. This new approach aims to engage physicians to lead in quality improvement and innovate in a direction that optimizes service experience while improving patient outcomes

Dyadic Leadership Model - Why It Works (white paper)

To learn more about Spreading Quality Improvement (SQI), please click here.