Street Soccer, health and wellness: a Summer Student Research Project with positive impact.
Street Soccer is effective in helping people affected by homelessness in Vancouver and provides opportunity for medical trainees to work with this population in a non-clinical setting. A Q & A with Sari Rabar (VFMP) about her experience with this exciting SSRP, which for her, has become much, much more. Please briefly describe SSR Project […]
VFMP rural rotation experience: “…it’s hard to believe that in British Columbia, individuals live in such isolation and travel such long distances to obtain their basic necessities.”
Tara Dawn, VFMP 2014 For the month of July, I was privileged to complete my rural rotation in Vanderhoof. Having never travelled north of my native Okanagan valley, I enjoyed exploring the neighboring towns and scenery in the Nechako Valley. Yet, my interest peaked when conversation turned to the First Nation communities in the surrounding […]
Message from the Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver Fraser
Now that we have gotten through the hustle and bustle of the first few months of the school year, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you back for another exciting academic year. I have been in my role as Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver Fraser for 9 months now, and I have to […]
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! The big deadlines have passed for now and we are busily evaluating applications. Guess how submitted applications we received? A new record… over 1900! Thanks to everyone for taking the time and paying the fees to submit the application and necessary documents. It definitely takes time and money and we appreciate […]
Transcript Statuses
This is a long post (taken from an even longer reminder email!), but it addresses many common situations. Please read the whole thing before contacting our office about your transcripts and other documents. 1. If you requested that your documents from last year be carried forward but the status still says “Not Received”: As we […]
MED 2016 Class is Full
Orientation for MED 2016 started today. Best wishes to the class of MED 2016 as you start on your path to medicine! Since the class is now finalized, we notified the few remaining applicants on the waitlist. The news was probably not unexpected to most of you. Knowing for sure that no more spots will […]
A few more questions – August 8
Here are a few more questions we’ve been getting: How do I indicate I want my transcripts carried forward? On the application, if you indicate that you applied in 2011/2012, a checkbox will pop up where you can say you want your transcripts carried forward. As long as that box is marked when your application […]
Questions about BC Residency, Academic Awards and WES/ICES Evaluations
We’ve been getting some questions about the following topics: BC residency We sometimes get the question “Does my university transcript prove BC residency?” This is really a question to ask yourself. First, decide which BC residency definition you fall under (if you meet more than one, just pick one). Then, look at your transcript. Does […]
Admissions Myths
As you can imagine, one of the most frequently asked questions we get in the Admissions Office is, “what does it take to get into medicine?” If you’ve ever attended an information session you may have seen one of us stammer an answer about getting good grades, completing pre-requisites, and getting involved in school and […]
Waitlist Shortened
We shortened the waitlist today. It may seem like bad timing due to the holiday weekend, but we know that a lot of you have been waiting on this for a while and we wanted to let everyone know as soon as possible. We also thought that having an extra day to be with supportive […]