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
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
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.
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 […]