RN BSN MSc Alex Berland is a versatile senior executive and consultant with experience leading change in government, all sectors of the health care industry, in higher education, social services and in community development (in Canada, UK, USA, Bangladesh). He has worked extensively in teaching hospitals and is currently adjunct faculty at universities in Canada and Bangladesh. Since 2001, President of his own consulting firm, Alex leads system-level planning studies and policy reviews, governance development projects, organizational and operational reviews, evaluation studies and strategic development. His clients include health authorities, First Nations and government departments and NGOs in Canada and internationally, with major projects in Aboriginal health, community health, primary health care, mental health and addictions, hospital organization, rural health and social service development, and HIV/AIDS planning. During 2000-01 Alex worked in the U.K. as a Senior Civil Servant, Department of Health. In this strategy and planning role he had lead responsibility for hospital programs, directing major initiatives in surgical access, blood services, laboratories, acute care standards, private hospital development & regulation, and public hospital restructuring. The position scope included all hospital services in England with an aim to improve access, accountability, and stakeholder relations as part of system-wide modernization for a population base over 50 million. Prior to this as CEO, Alex led British Columbia s tertiary psychiatric hospital (800 beds) through a major organizational renewal. Concurrently, as Provincial Director, Adult Mental Health, he implemented a provincial mental health reform plan in a complex stakeholder environment that involved patients, families and unions in planning for change. This high-profile role required close working with Ministers and local government to manage many complex issues. From 1992-97 while Vice President at a 1200-bed teaching hospital, he led a portfolio of more than 4000 staff and physicians covering all clinical areas from emergency department to operating rooms, diagnostic services, in-patient and ambulatory programs, psychiatric and geriatric care. He introduced a decentralized organization structure where physicians and nurses shared joint responsibility for program management. Hospital mergers, program transfers, costreduction, redesign and major restructuring were his key accomplishments as a leader. As Adjunct Professor in UBC Faculty of Medicine and SFU School of Public Policy, Alex teaches and mentors undergraduate and graduate students. As a volunteer, he has served many grass roots community agencies and professional groups, was executive board member of a primary care centre for ten years, an elected Board member of the Registered Nurses Association of BC and of Canadian Mental Health Association, and currently visits Bangladesh regularly to assist in development of a nurse education program as Senior Adviser, Health Sciences. Box 27 Slocan Park BC Canada V0G2E0 1.250.226.7100 aberland@telus.net
CURRICULUM VITAE - ALEX BERLAND CAREER HISTORY October 2001-present President, A.Berland Inc. Vancouver BC. Various projects in health care, higher education, social services in Canada, USA, UK, Bangladesh (details below). October 2000- October 2001 Branch Head, Department of Health, England. Based in London as part of the National Health Service Executive, this national policy and strategy role encompassed all hospital services for England and included laboratory modernization, standards for private health care, ambulatory care, workforce issues, blood services and safety, transplant services, emergency, hepatic and renal medicine and surgical specialties. April 1998- August 2000 Appointed by BC Cabinet as Public Administrator for Riverview Hospital, BC s tertiary psychiatric hospital. Responsibility for 800+ beds and about 1600 staff and physicians. Led this hospital renewal process while concurrently also Director, Adult Mental Health, Ministry of Health, responsible for implementing the new provincial mental health plan. Succeeded in raising profile of mental health as a provincial strategic initiative, gaining new funding support and building strong regional centres, all resulting in significant system reform. April 1997- April 1998 Special Consultant to Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health, Victoria, BC. Various assignments supporting provincial health care reform. Public administrator (BC Cabinet appointment) for several hospitals experiencing difficulty with the regionalization process. Interim CEO during periods of significant change at Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, and at Prince George Regional Hospital. Consultant to health authorities in rural and urban areas, including management coaching, governance development, organization design and review, access to services and conflict resolution. December 1992- March 1997 Vice-President, Clinical Operations, VGH, Vancouver BC. Portfolio covered two sites of a major teaching hospital: 1200+ beds with about 3000 staff and 1000 physicians in all clinical areas from Extended Care to Emergency. Developed clinician-led organization structure. Led major program transfers and redesign projects in laboratories and operating rooms. Guided hospital teams as clinical programs became the most efficient in Canada during my tenure. 1988-1992 Director, Surgical Nursing, Vancouver General Hospital. 1987, 1988 Consultant, G.F.Strong Rehabilitation Centre, Vancouver, B.C. and Registered Nurses Association of B.C. 1985-1987 Nursing Supervisor, Pearson Hospital, Vancouver B.C. 1985-1988 Nursing Instructor, Vancouver Vocational Institute, Vancouver, B.C. 1978-1982 Elementary School Teacher, Vallican, B.C. 1976-1986 Registered Nurse, various locations in British Columbia. Box 27 Slocan Park BC Canada V0G2E0 1.250.226.7100 aberland@telus.net
EDUCATION 1988 M Sc (Health Services Planning and Administration) University of British Columbia. 1986 B Sc (Nursing) University of British Columbia. 1976 Diploma (Nursing) Selkirk College, Castlegar B.C. ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL AWARDS 1990 Certification (CHE), Canadian College of Health Service Executives 1988 Robert Wood Johnson Award 1988 UBC Health Care and Epidemiology Alumni Association Prize 1987 Lloyd F. Detwiller Scholarship in Health Administration; BC Post Secondary Scholarship 1986 Dean of Medicine Special Award; BC Post Secondary Scholarship 1986 Jessie McCarthy Scholarship in Nursing 1976 Selkirk College Nursing Department Award SELECTED APPOINTMENTS 2012-2013 Adjunct Professor, School of Public Policy, Simon Fraser University, Canada 2003-present Senior Adviser, Health Sciences, International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, Bangladesh 1995-present Adjunct Faculty UBC, Faculty of Medicine, School of Population and Public Health. 1997 to 2000 Member, BC Emergency Health Services Commission (Order in Council appointment) 1998 Public Administrator, Clearwater Hospital, Ashcroft Hospital, Royal Inland Hospital Kamloops, Riverview Hospital (Order in Council appointments) SELECTED VOLUNTEER & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES 2012 Director, Slocan Valley Community Legacy Society 2009-present Director, Dumont Creek Burial Society 2004-present Director, Mid-Main Bangladesh Health Project, Vancouver 2004-07 Board member, Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division 1990-2000 Board member, Mid-Main Community Health Centre, Vancouver 1970-present Active member of numerous community and academic groups in a volunteer capacity, serving as board director or executive member (burial society, water improvement district, community library, community centre, tenants association, graduate student association, child care centre, home-school association, rural development society). SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Centre for Policy Research, IUBAT Management Committee member. 2012 Canadian Association for International Nursing Member; Vice-Chair 2010-13 STTI Xi Eta Nursing Honor Society Member 2005-2009; Treasurer 2006-08 Reviewer, International Nursing Review, 2006-12. Registered Nurses Association (College of Registered Nurses of BC). Board Director; Executive Committee Member; Chair, Registration Committee, 1991-93; Director, Captive Insurance Corporation 1991-93; Member, Foundation Fundraising Campaign Team 1994-1995. Member 1976-present. UBC Health Care & Epidemiology Alumni Association. Executive Committee 1988-89. 19/08/2012 Page 3 of 9
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS Berland A, Richards JR, Lund, KD. A Canada-Bangladesh partnership for nurse education. International Nursing Review (57:3 September 2010). Dharamsi S, Richards M, Louie D, Murray D, Berland A, Whitfield M, Scott I. Enhancing medical students conceptions of the CanMEDS Health Advocate Role through international service-learning and critical reflection. Medical Teacher (32:2010). Berland A. Foundations for a Healthier Built Environment. Vancouver BC: Provincial Health Services Authority, 2009. Berland A. Promises kept, miles to go: A review of child and youth mental health services in BC. Victoria, BC: Ministry of Children and Family Development. 2008. Trochim B, Tenkasi R, Milstein B, Berland A, Best A, Green L, & Huerta T. How we manage: tobacco control in a systems environment. In National Cancer Institute. Greater than the Sum: Systems Thinking in Tobacco Control. Tobacco Control Monograph No. 18. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. 2006. Berland A. Mental Health Reform: Mission Impossible? Administration and Policy in Mental Health. (30:3, January 2003). Berland A. Lessons from the UK. Canadian Health Care Manager (9:6, October 2002). Berland A. Demand management in the UK National Health Service. Hospital Quarterly. (6:1 Fall 2002.) Berland A. The UK National Health Service Lessons Learned. Healthcare Management Forum. (15:3 Fall 2002). Berland A. Mental Health Reform in British Columbia. Administration and Policy in Mental Health. (29:1, September 2001.) Berland A and Young LE. What is Quality of Care? In Young, L.E. and V.E.Hayes (eds.), Transforming Health Promotion Practice. San Francisco: Davis, 2001. Published in Japanese translation: Takano J et al (eds) Tokyo: Japanese Nursing Association Publishing Company, 2008. Berland A, Whyte NB, Maxwell L. Hospital Nurses and Health Promotion. Canadian J of Nursing Research March 1996. Berland A. New Perspectives for Nurses in the Canadian Health Care System. Proceedings of the Jubilee Nursing Conference, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. 1995. Whyte NB and Berland A. The Role of Hospital Nurses in Health Promotion. Vancouver: RNABC, 1993. Berland A. Health Promotion: Feasible Activity for Hospital Nurses? Poster, International Heart Health Conference (May 1992). 19/08/2012 Page 4 of 9
Berland A. Program Planning with a Multi-Disciplinary Pain Management Committee. Poster, Canadian Pain Society Conference (Oct 1991). Article, Canadian Nurse (Jan. 1992). Berland A. Primary Health Care. Canadian Nurse (October 1991). Reprinted International Nursing Review (March 1992). Berland A and Whyte NB. Health Promotion and Hospital Nurses. Vancouver: RNABC, 1991. Berland A. Controlling Workload. Canadian Nurse (May 1990). Berland A. Guide Helps Forecast Manpower Needs. RNABC News (Nov-Dec 1988). Berland A. Young Fathers' Support Group. Pediatric Nursing (Aug 1987). MAJOR PRESENTATIONS Canadian experience with planning for child and adolescent mental health. Bangladesh Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Dhaka (2011). Plenary presentation. Connecting the Dots in Aboriginal Mental Health Conference. Vancouver (2011). Healthy Built Environments: The British Columbia Approach. Invitational forum, WHO Collaborating Centre, Kobe Japan (2011) Utilizing Technology to Promote Cross Cultural Professional Growth in Nursing Students. Ethel Johns Nursing Research Symposium Vancouver (2010) Quality Assurance in Higher Education Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh, Dhaka (2010) Planning for Child and Youth Mental Health in Bangladesh BRAC Health Programs, Dhaka Bangladesh (2009). The Role of Community Health Nursing in Canada. James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Bangladesh (2008). Developing the Nursing Program at Bangladesh s International University of Business Agriculture and Technology. 13th Canadian Conference on International Health (Refereed paper) Ottawa (2006). Grand Rounds, Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, UBC (2007) Xi Eta Annual Meeting (2008) Global Health Conference, Vancouver (2008). Discussant. Governance and Patient Safety Workshop. Vancouver (2005). Lessons from Lilliput: A year in the NHS Seminar, Vancouver, (October 2001) Fraser Health Authority (2003). Integrated Hospital Planning NHS Confederation Workshop, London UK (May 2001); Capacity Planning Conference, Glamorgan, Wales (August 2001). Day Surgery and Acute Services Department of Health Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa (2001). Pathology Modernisation IBC Modernising Pathology Conference, London UK (2001) Mental Health Reform in BC Canadian Mental Health Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver (1999); UBC Telepsychiatry Rounds (2000). "What is Quality of Care?" Pacific Health Forum, Vancouver (1998). "New Challenges for Nurses in the Canadian Health Care System" and Health Promotion by Hospital Nurses." 21st Congress, International Council of Nurses, Vancouver (1997). School of Nursing, University of Warsaw (1998). "The Future of Laboratory Diagnostic Services." BC Society of Clinical Chemists, Vancouver BC (1996). "New Perspectives for Nurses in the Canadian Health Care System." Thoracic Surgery Nursing Conference, Vancouver BC (1996). Jagiellonian University, Krakow. School of Nursing, University of Warsaw (1995). College of Nurses and Midwives, Warsaw, Poland (1995). 19/08/2012 Page 5 of 9
"The Canadian Health Care System UK-ESRC Management Teaching Fellows' Conference, Vancouver (1995). "Program Management." Coast Garibaldi Health Region executive (August 1996). Mt. St. Joseph Hospital (October 1994); Surrey Memorial Hospital (March 1994); Allied Health Conference, British Columbia Institute of Technology (January 1994); Riverview Hospital management retreat (March 1993). "Health Promotion by Hospital Nurses." Vancouver Hospital Nursing Research Symposium (March 1994). "Coming Together - the UBC/VGH Merger and the Shaughnessy Closure." VGH Foundation Conference (October 1993). "Consensus and Advocacy: The Role of the Nursing Manager in Program Management." Nurse Administrators Association of BC (October 1993). "Hospital Nurses and Health Promotion." VGH Nursing Research Symposium (November 1992). "An RNABC Perspective on Policy and Economic Changes in BC Health Care." Panel - Nurse Administrators Association of BC (October 1992). "Responding to Budgetary and Workload Stress in Nursing Units." Northern Ontario Teleconference Network (January 1991). "Knowledge Workers and the Post-communist world." Convocation Speaker. Selkirk College Commencement (June 1990). "Developing a Hospital-based Childcare Facility." Nurse Administrators Association of BC (July 1990); Richmond General Hospital (August 1990). TEACHING & ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES 1991 Supervisor; MSc students; Evaluation: Surgical Step-Down Unit". 1992 Supervisor; C.Asche; Pain Management Program". Lecture: "Nurses and Healthy Social Policy." Open University. 1993 Supervisor; S.Vigouret, M.Carter; Bed Allocation" Lectures: "Policy Changes in BC Health Care." Open University & B.C. Institute of Technology. 1994 Supervisor; P.Lawrence; Strategic Planning for Extended Care" 1995 Clinical Instructor, UBC, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, Division of Health Policy and Management. Supervisor; four MSc student projects; "Ambulatory Surgery" "Hostel Service" "Care of the Chronically Ill", "Alternative Practitioners" Supervisor; S.Dhanani; "Complementary Medicine"; R.Damji; "Strategies for Ambulatory Surgery"; D.Houde (administrative resident); D.Rhodes (administrative resident). Lecture: Graduate Seminar, School of Nursing, University of Warsaw, Poland. 1996 Supervisor; D.Rhodes (administrative resident), C.McKenna "Customer Satisfaction in Extended Care.", M.Dayan "Utilization Management Strategies". 1997 UBC MHA Class Presentation, HCEP 541, Health Management Issues Forum. Supervisor; J.Chocholik "A Decision-making Tool for Patient Care Information System". 1998 Clinical Assistant Professor UBC, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, Division of Health Policy and Management. Lecture: Graduate Seminar, School of Nursing, University of Warsaw, Poland. Lecture: "Mental Health Reform in BC." Graduate seminar, HCEP 536, Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, UBC, Vancouver. 1999 Lecture: What is Quality of Care? School of Nursing, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. 2000 Lecture: "Mental Health Reform in BC." Health Care & Epidemiology Rounds 19/08/2012 Page 6 of 9
2002 Lecture: What is Quality of Care? University of Victoria, Nursing 350. Committee member preparing successful bid for redesign of MHA Program, UBC Health Care and Epidemiology. 2004 Lectures: The Future of Nursing in Canada. Quality Improvement in the Academic Setting. International University of Business, Agriculture and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Lecture: Mental Health Reform in BC Master of Public Policy Program, Simon Fraser University. 2004- On-going program development and fundraising support for the Health Sciences Program at International present University of Business, Agriculture and Technology [IUBAT], Dhaka, Bangladesh, including lectures and workshops with senior Bangladeshi nurses on professional development issues, faculty development workshops, extensive curriculum development, student teaching in a variety of undergraduate BScN courses and clinical supervision. 2006-present Reviewer: International Nursing Review. 2006-present Supervisor of students from University of Victoria (Nursing), Simon Fraser University (Global Health, Public Health, Public Policy), UBC (Medicine) 2008 Seminar. Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, National University of Singapore. 2008-2011 Lecture: BC s Health Care System Selkirk College nursing students (NUR 475). 2008, 2009 Co-facilitation professional issues courses shared between IUBAT and Langara University Nursing Programs. 2009-2011 Committee member, Global Health Curriculum Development, School of Population and Public Health, UBC, Canada. 2011, 2012 Reviewer, Program Advisory Committee, Kutenai Art Therapy Institute (statutory review for Provincial Colleges and Training Institutes Agency, BC). 2012 Adjunct Professor, MPP 812 - Economics of Health Care Delivery Masters in Public Policy program, Simon Fraser University 19/08/2012 Page 7 of 9
CONSULTING PROJECTS Program evaluation, organization review and service redesign Kootenay Boundary Community Health Services Society 1997 Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops (also interim CEO) 1997 Surrey Health Board 1997 Adult Mental Health Division, Ministry of Health 1998-2000 Vancouver Coastal Health Authority UBC Hospital 2002 All rural hospitals 2002 Primary Health Care Network 2003-04 Northern Health Authority Various rural hospitals 2003-05 Orthopaedic services 2006-7 Rehabilitation services 2004, 2005 General Surgery services 2005 N amgis Health Centre 2004-05 Nisga a Lisims Government, New Aiyansh BC 2005-2009 Interior Health - Salmon Arm Hospital 2007 International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh 2008 Ministry of Children and Family Development, BC 2008 www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/mental_health/pdf/cymh_review_full%20report%20final.pdf Evaluation Framework for new Patient Care Centre, Victoria BC 2010 Comparative review, forensic psychiatric services (with Hay Group) 2010 Nursing service redesign, Sajida Hospitals, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2010, 2011 Accreditation review, Kutenai Art Therapy Institute, Nelson BC 2011, 2012 Nelson CARES Sociey 2012 Strategic planning with consumers, boards and senior staff Theatre Energy, Nelson 1984 Mid-Main Community Health Centre, Vancouver 1990 Terminal City Dance Company, Vancouver 1992 Community Health Councils in Golden, Grand Forks, Kamloops, Nanaimo, Prince George, Sechelt, Terrace, Trail 1997-98 Kootenay Boundary Community Health Services Society 1998 South Africa Department of Health 2001 Various health authorities in the United Kingdom 2001 Northern Health Authority Acute Care 2002-03 Aboriginal health services 2003 Mental Health and Addiction Services 2003-05 Blood-borne pathogens and HIV 2005 Child Health Services 2007 Mental Health Evaluation and Community Consultation Unit, UBC 2004 Trillium Hospital, Toronto - Ambulatory Care Strategy 2004 Provincial Health Services Authority HIV Planning 2004 Legislative Commission of Western Australia, Health Services Review 2004 Interior Health Aboriginal Health Strategic Plan 2004-05 Blood-borne pathogens and HIV 2007 Ministry for Children and Family Development Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental Health Planning 2005-06 Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division Strategic Plan 2010 19/08/2012 Page 8 of 9
Business planning and project management BC Buildings Corporation Mental health facility design 2002 Private public partnerships strategy 2002 Health Canada 2003-2007 Inter Tribal Health Authority 2003-07 Northern Health Authority Mental health and addictions 2002-05 Nursing workload analysis 2003 Service and facility redesign (2 sites) 2003-04 Vancouver Coastal Health Authority Primary Health Care Transition Fund 2003 Medical staff governance model 2004 Marketing materials for primary health care 2005 Provincial Health Services Authority Provincial Surgical Services Project 2003-05 Provincial Emergency Services Project 2003-05 http://www.phsa.ca/healthprofessionals/emergency-services/provincial-emergency-services-project.htm Primary Health Care 2004-2007 Population and Preventive Health (various projects) 2006-07 Trauma Services 2005 Health and the Built Environment 2006-10 http://www.phsa.ca/healthprofessionals/population-public-health/healthy-built-environment/default.htm Models of Coordinated Specialty Care 2007 Fraser Health Emergency Services 2003-05 Surgical Services 2004 Canadian Cancer Society 2006-07 Ministry for Children and Family Development Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental Health Planning North 2006-07 Ministry of Health Expert Panel member, Health Innovation Fund 2007 IBM-Canada 2011 Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Ontario 2012 Centre for International Child Health, BC/Bangladesh 2011-2012 Operational reviews on behalf of Deputy Minister, BC Ministry of Health Kitimat Hospital 1997 Queen Charlotte Islands (2 hospitals and community services) 1997 Golden Hospital 1997 Mills Memorial Hospital, Terrace 1997 Prince George Regional Hospital (interim CEO) 1997-98 Riverview Hospital (Public Administrator and interim CEO) 1998-2000 Knowledge Management and Systems Thinking The Hospital of the Future Trillium Health Care, Mississauga Ont. (with Hay Consulting) 2004 AmbiCentres International, UK 2004 National Cancer Institute, Washington DC Systems Approaches to Tobacco Prevention 2004-05 http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/tcrb/monographs/18/index.html Public Health Agency of Canada Health and the Built Environment 2009 (with Lees and Associates) http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/hl-vs-strat National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health 2010 http://www.ncceh.ca/en/major_projects/built_environment 19/08/2012 Page 9 of 9