Teaching our next generation of physicians remains a crucial component of the Faculty of Medicine’s Strategic Plan, Building the Future. Our teachers inspire our learners and are the role models for the next generation of healthcare professionals.
Becoming Clinical Faculty
Clinical faculty are teachers, both physicians and health professionals, who educate medical students and inspire them to stay and practice in BC. Clinical faculty teach students in all years of the program.
A UBC faculty appointment is a requirement for all teachers in the Undergraduate Medical Education Program.
Accreditation standards require all physicians who supervise UBC students to hold a UBC clinical faculty appointment (CFA). A CFA is also required to receive compensation for teaching UBC students.
Each Department has a Departmental Clinical Faculty Appointment and Promotion Committee which varies in composition according to Departmental needs. For more information on clinical faculty appointments, visit the clinical faculty section on the Faculty of Medicine’s website or contact your department.
Teaching/Assessment Opportunities:
Teaching without Patient Care
The following types of teaching are primarily classroom based:
- Case Based Learning (CBL) – Years 1 & 2
Case-Based Learning (CBL) is an approach to small group learning for students in Years 1 and 2 of the MD Undergraduate Program. The CBL cases are designed to shift the focus of student learning from foundational science to clinical knowledge and skills development, with opportunities to demonstrate communication skills and model professional behaviors. For additional information contact cbl.ubc@ubc.ca - Family Medicine (Seminars) – Years 1 & 2, such as:
Vital Signs, Geriatric Medicine, Health Equity, Physical Activity, Reflections and Boundaries, Office Procedures, Hypertension, Headache, Diabetes, Heart Failure, Contraception. - Clinical Skills Tutors – Years 1 & 2
- Flexible Enhanced Learning (FLEX) – Years 1, 2 & 4
- Seminar/Small Group teaching opportunities:
- ECG Workshops / Cases (MEDD421 & 422)
- Congenital Anomalies Workshop (MEDD421)
- Shock Cases (MEDD422)
- Acid-Base Cases (MEDD422)
- Basic Procedures Workshop (MEDD422)
- Radiology Seminar (MEDD422)
- Becoming a Clerk (MEDD422)
- Pathology Small Group sessions (MEDD411/421/422)
Teaching with Patient Care
The following types of teaching are undertaken in a clinical setting:
- Family Medicine (Clinic Visits) – Years 1 & 2
- Teaching in Clinical Education – Years 3 & 4: For more information, contact your department
Assessment Opportunities
- Portfolio Coaches – Years 1 – 4
Portfolio is a safe, supported space for students to intentionally learn through practice by setting goals, guided self-reflection, and deliberate use of selected assessment data to evaluate performance. The goal of Portfolio is to enable students to become competent, reflective, self-regulated practitioners. - Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCEs) – Years 1 – 4
For additional information on any of these opportunities and how to get involved please contact us by email at md.undergraduate@ubc.ca.
Distributed Sites
More information about teaching at the distributed sites:
- Island Medical Program (Vancouver Island) and IMP teaching opportunities
- Northern Medical Program (Northern British Columbia)
- Southern Medical Program (Interior British Columbia)
Compensation
Clinical teaching in the MD Undergraduate Program is compensated according to the Faculty of Medicine Clinical Faculty Compensation Terms.
Faculty Development
The MD Undergraduate Program fully supports the ongoing development of its teachers. For more information on the faculty development opportunities that are available, please see the Faculty Development website and VFMP Faculty Development website.
Other Opportunities
Other opportunities to get involved outside of teaching in the MD curriculum:
- Shadowing/Mentoring MD students – For more information, please contact Student Affairs at careers.studentaffairs@ubc.ca
- Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs) – For more information, please contact MD Admissions at interviews.md@medd.med.ubc.ca
Thank you cards from Class of 2023 and Class of 2024 (Academic Year 2020-2021)