April 8, 2011 - ARAMARK Healthcare, Emerging Health Leaders (EHL) and the Canadian College of Health Leaders are pleased to announce the recipient of the 2011 Emerging Health Leader Scholarship! Jennifer Duff, operations leader of Maternity Services at Providence Health Care in Vancouver is the recipient of this year's scholarship, which includes complimentary registration and paid travel and accommodations to participate at the upcoming CCHL Sweden Study Tour.

We look forward to sharing Jennifer's experiences and learnings with the College and EHL memberships and beyond. Read a special report from Ms. Duff outlining the key learnings from the study tour, from an emerging leader's perspective. You can also catch Jennifer in person at the National Healthcare Leadership Conference, June 6-7, 2011. Jennifer will be participating at the "Excellence in Health Leadership Awards" poster presentation.

At Providence Health Care, Ms. Duff successfully led a redesign of the maternity program using Lean methodology. The redesign also included a staffing model redesign involving the implementation and development of an education curriculum required to introduce Licensed Practical Nurses to the care team. Jennifer is a dedicated volunteer and an engaged member of the Canadian College of Health Leaders and Emerging Health Leaders. Ms. Duff is currently the lead for Program Planning of the BC Lower Mainland Chapter and has previously been the lead and co-lead of the BC Lower Mainland Chapter's Mentorship Program.

We would also like to congratulate Joanne Shum of Fraser Health Authority and Jennifer Haggerty of Covenant Health, on receiving honourable mentions for their outstanding applications.