Transcript Statuses: Transcripts from last year, UBC transcripts, and transcripts for proof of BC residency
We have started to get a few questions about transcript statuses and when they will be updated. Hope this will help to clear things up! Transcripts that come in the mail: These are our top priority and we are normally able to update the status within 24 hours. Keep in mind that there is a […]
Fourth Round of Offers Sent
The fourth round of offers were sent yesterday, with a deadline of Monday at noon. As always, congratulations to the newest members of MED 2016! While the waitlist is still moving, fewer and fewer spaces are available so we anticipate future rounds will be smaller and faster (meaning shorter deadlines). Because of this we are […]
Third Round of Offers Sent
We sent the third round of offers out Friday afternoon. Congratulations to the offer recipients! The deadline for this round is tomorrow (June 5) at noon.
Second Round of Offers Sent
The second round of offers has been sent! Congratulations to everyone receiving an offer. The deadline for this round is Wednesday, May 30, at 12:00 p.m., so the next round will be sent sometime after this date (the exact date and time is not yet determined). We will update the blog after the next round. […]
VFMP Appointment Announcements
General Dawn DeWitt, Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver-Fraser, and Associate Dean Undergraduate Medical Education – Started January 1, 2012 Heather Buckley (Family Medicine), Faculty Development Coordinator, VFMP – Started Jan 15, 2012 for a 3-year term Janette McMillan, Assistant Dean, Office of Student Affairs Sandra Lee, Career Planning Director, OSA Year 2 Esma Dilli (Neurology) – […]
UBC Clinical Skills Volunteer Patient Program
Lynn Mockler, BSN MA, UBC Faculty of Medicine Volunteer Patients are members of the general public who donate their time to assist first and second-year medical students in learning and practicing history-taking and hands-on physical exam skills. Over 350 volunteers take part in the Clinical Skills program at the VFMP site, ranging in age from […]
Year 2 Stem Cell Drive
Adam Pankalla, VFMP 2014 This year, UBC medical students founded the club “Medical Students for Stem Cell Networks” with the goal of organizing cheek swab drives and improving the Canadian stem cell donor registry. These registries are used to help find potential bone marrow donors for the 75% of patients who will be unable to […]
2012 Spring Gala: the legacy continues…
Simon Woo, VFMP 2012 18 years ago, Dr. Andrew Seal (colorectal surgeon, previous Dean of Student Affairs and proponent for arts in medicine), pioneered an event where the performing talents of medical students could be showcased and proceeds would be donated to a local charity. As years went by, the scale and quality of the […]
Ready, Set…Run for Rural Medicine
Riki Dayan, VFMP 2012 20% of British Columbians live in rural areas but only 10% of physicians work there. Adding to the problem is the decline in number of new medical graduates who choose to practice in rural areas. It is now common for communities formerly served by one or two resident physicians to see […]
VFMP Year 1 Students Lobby Federal Government to Support Rural Medicine Initiatives
Elisa Kharazi, VFMP 2015 In early February, I had the opportunity to represent UBC Medical Students at the annual CFMS Federal Lobby Day in Ottawa. Every year, medical students from Vancouver to St. John’s identify an issue that is pertinent to the quality of health care in Canada and gather on Parliament Hill to work […]