Innovative ideas born at student led “Hatching Health” event
Daniel Raff and Ameen Amanian had a simple idea: bring brilliant people with different perspectives together to tackle challenges in healthcare.
Spring 2016 VFMP Newsletter: a message from the Regional Associate Dean
Is it just me, or does it feel as though spring has come a bit ahead of schedule this year? I’m quite certain I have seen the daffodils and crocuses popping up much earlier than usual. This is not necessarily a bad thing as, after the darker, colder winter days, one is happy to see […]
A standing ovation for MedPlay 2016
Once again, the annual UBC Faculty of Medicine MedPlay 2016 was a great success!
Ready, set…run!
The UBC VFMP Class of 2018 organized the 12th annual Run for Rural Medicine on March 19th, 2016 at Jericho Beach Park.
Documenting the Prevalence of Sickle Cell Trait in rural Nepal
In May of 2016, eight UBC MD students will be travelling to Western Nepal as part of a Sickle Cell screening project. It was recently discovered that Sickle Cell Disease has been completely undocumented in Western Nepal and remains a significant public health issue for the Nepali government.
Gift enhances medical training for UBC students
UBC medical students and health-care providers will get more hands-on training thanks to a recent donation of two new portable ultrasound machines to the UBC Southern Medical Program.
Student Profile: Alanna Roberts
Meet one of our newest additions to the VFMP!
Mapping the match results
Fourth-year UBC MD students students celebrated the results of the first round of the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) on March 2.
Easy Courses
Academic rigor is a complex matter. Online and offline, we have heard a lot from applicants about their concern that new applicants to our program will achieve higher GPAs by taking easy courses instead of organic chemistry and biochemistry. Other people have pointed out that “easy” vs “hard” is subjective and differs from person to […]