Li | Family Medicine | School of Medicine

Dr. Jiwei (Josh) Li

Position(s)

Assistant Professor

Faculty Bio

Roles:

Assistant program director; staff physician, supervising and teaching family medicine residents; clinical coverage and patient care

Education:

Master of Public Health - Harvard University
MD - University of BC
Family Medicine Residency - University of Toronto
Certificate in Higher Education Teaching – Harvard University

Key Responsibilities:

Assistant Program Director focusing on embodying our residents with the nuanced values of family medicine, with acumen in effective team-based care embedded in quality improvement, and as leaders in the communities they work in.

Expertise:

IHI Quality Improvement, Seamless care across healthcare sectors, Health policy, Social medicine, Minority health, Primary care systems, Change management, Digital health, Negotiation Strategies

About Me:

Dr. Li joined the department after 20 years practising in community health centre settings serving Vancouver’s inner-city patients.

His vision for the future of family practice is for the profession to be steadfast as erudite clinicians, restless innovators, and compassionate leaders.

As the Assistant Program Director, his work is focused on QI, Education Expansion project, Lakeridge expansion. He is also serving as the PGME EDIIA Faculty Lead. Dr. Li is the FLA OHT QI lead, fostering strategic partnerships to offer seamless regional cancer care and supporting digital health projects.

Prior to Queen’s, Dr. Li was the Co-Chair of the Provincial Shared Care Committee, a provincial QI program aimed at integrated healthcare delivery across primary care and hospital care ecosystems. This work also involved equipping hundreds of physicians in QI acumen to build communities of practice. Dr. Li successfully negotiated BC’s 2020 physician group contract and was a member of BC provincial digital health strategy advisory committee. In 2018, he founded Immigrant Health Collaborative of BC, an NPO advancing equitable community programs.

Team

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