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Holiday Closure

As the holidays are approaching, we wanted to let you know the Admissions Office will be closed from December 24 at noon until January 3 (we will reopen January 4). During the closure, we will not be here to answer emails or phone calls. Please contact us before the holidays if you have any questions […]

Interview Notifications Sent

We have sent all of the interview notifications. Whether you received an interview invitation or not, please accept our recognition and appreciation for the time and effort you have put into your application, your activities, and your studies. We wish everyone the best of luck moving forward.

Pre-Interview Scoring and FAQs 2015/2016

We have been impressed by the outstanding academic and non-academic achievements of our applicants this year and are sorry we cannot extend interview invitations to more of you. Those of you who were not invited to interview may want additional feedback on your application. While we are unable to give one-on-one feedback, this explanation of […]

Interview Notifications Approaching

Interview notifications are approaching! We plan to send application status updates to all applicants starting the week of December 7. Unfortunately we can’t say exactly when we will notify everyone, so please monitor your email starting on the 7th. We will update the blog when all of the notifications have been sent. The notifications will […]

A message from the Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver Fraser

After a blissfully long and warm summer, the cooler weather (and some rain!) is welcome. Fall colours are emerging and layers of cozy clothing are being brought out of storage to keep us warm. Routines take shape and we settle in to another academic year. As many of you are aware, August, 2015 marked the […]

VFMP Mentorship Program offers students caring and connected guidance through medical school

VFMP Mentorship Program offers students caring and connected guidance through medical school

Last month, the UBC Faculty of Medicine Alumni Centre was buzzing with excitement as over 180 students and faculty gathered for the annual opening event of the VFMP Medical Undergraduate Mentor Program.

Welcoming UBC’s largest group of first year Aboriginal medical students

Welcoming UBC’s largest group of first year Aboriginal medical students

This year, 15 first year Aboriginal students were admitted to our MD program.

UBC’s Reading Bear Society still going strong, expands across B.C.

UBC’s Reading Bear Society still going strong, expands across B.C.

Contributed by Christine Wang The Reading Bear Society (RBS) was co-founded in 2011 by medical student Isabel Chen (Class of 2015), a nurse, and an inner-city school principal. It was founded on the belief that intergenerational mentoring across communities provides invaluable means for building compassion, strengthening empathy, and improving lifelong health outcomes. To date, over […]

Science Prerequisites – An Update

As you may or may not be aware, over the past year the Faculty of Medicine has been reviewing the science prerequisites for the MD program. The proposal is to remove all science prerequisites as strict requirements for the program.** To date, this proposal has been approved by a series of committees. However, final consideration […]