UBC Faculty of Medicine Aboriginal Admissions program celebrates 10 year anniversary
Last fall, the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Aboriginal Admissions program celebrated its 10 year anniversary.
Clinical Skills Bootcamp
20 of our third-year medical students are currently learning in B.C. communities, completing rotations in Kelowna, Kamloops, Trail, and Vernon.
Congratulations to Shannon Greenwood: finalilst in UBC’s “grad who’s most likely to change the world,” contest!
Shannon Greenwood, who graduates from the Faculty of Medicine this June, was nominated as the 2013 UBC Grad who’s most likely to change the world!
The 2013 Run for Rural Medicine
Edward Choi (VFMP 2015) The UBC VFMP Class of 2015 organized the 9th annual Run for Rural Medicine on March 23 at Jericho Park. This annual event is a 5k and 10k road race fundraiser that supports rural medical training while bringing public awareness to the shortage of physicians in rural BC. It was a […]
UBC Faculty of Medicine recieves Premier’s Award
The UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Undergraduate Program was recognized last summer with the Premier’s Award for Promoting Innovation and Excellence. We received our official certificate today!
Event Announcement: Curriculum Renewal Town Hall, “Hot Topics: your questions, senate and beyond.”
Dawn DeWitt, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education will be holding the final in a series of three Town Halls on the topic of Undergraduate Medical Curriculum Renewal on Thursday, April 11th from 7:30am to 9:00am. This session is one facet of our curriculum renewal communications plan, aimed at communicating in an open forum where we will: […]
The 2013 Spring Gala
Josephine Jhu (VFMP, 2014) On March 9th, 2013, UBC medical and dental students lit up the Chan Centre stage with a spectacular array of performances at the 19th Annual Spring Gala. After months of choreography and rehearsal, students showed off their remarkable talents in music, dance, comedy, and more. This year’s Spring Gala featured 175 […]
UBC Medical Journal: call for submissions
This is a reminder that the UBC Medical Journal (UBCMJ) is currently accepting submissions for the Fall 2013 issue. The UBCMJ is an internationally recognized student-run academic journal with the goal of engaging students in a dialogue in medicine. The UBCMJ provides an amazing opportunity to: Publish a commentary, review or research in a peer-reviewed journal Learn […]
Training to treat ethnic minorities: are medical students prepared?
Melissa Carr (Communications Coordinator, UBC Faculty of Medicine) I recently attended the Undergraduate Medicine Research Forum and was impressed with all of the student projects that were presented, however, one really stood out for me. The students involved decided to take a look at how their medical education is preparing them to deal with a […]
Panic devices for sex trade workers: a VFMP student leads the charge
Isabel Chen is a second year VFMP student who received quite a bit of media attention when she launched her project, the Keep Safe Initiative. Keep Safe’s goal is to arm Vancouver sex trade workers with panic devices, which would allow them to call for help in a time of danger. We asked Isabel to […]