#BCMD10: celebrating 10 years of our MD program’s expansion and distribution
2014 marks the ten year anniversary of the launch of UBC’s distributed MD Undergraduate Program. To mark this occasion, we have developed a microsite, which will take people through the history, challenges and successes of the program.
HOpe Centre will provide more academic space for UBC medical students
The newly constructed HOpe Centre is a four-storey mental health and addictions facility located on the southeast corner of the Lions Gate Hospital campus in North Vancouver. The facility will house a 26-bed psychiatric inpatient unit as well as allow for enhanced integration, with mental health outpatient clinics and community mental health programs being housed […]
Curriculum Renewal Update (Fall 2014)
On October 15th, 2014 the MD Undergraduate Renewed Curriculum Full Proposal was approved by UBC Senate. This milestone means that the renewed MD Undergraduate Program has been officially authorized by the University and can begin to admit students for the Year 1 launch in Fall 2015. These Class of 2019 students will be the first cohort […]
Community, relationships and teaching: all in a day’s work for UBC’s Dr. Simon Bicknell
It’s a crisp fall day on Vancouver’s North Shore. The clear skies allow for an unobstructed view to downtown Vancouver. Lions Gate Hospital is nestled in a quiet neighbourhood in North Vancouver, amongst gorgeous old growth trees; their leaves changing colours with the season. It is a smaller, community hospital, which by nature of its […]
A helping hand, an empathetic ear: honouring Dr. Andrew Seal’s mentorship to MD students
When Christopher Nixon-Giles started medical school, he was overwhelmed and didn’t know what to expect. Between navigating the campus, reading stacks of text books and memorizing medical terminology, he had little time for much else. He was assigned to a mentor group which was comprised of fellow students in each year of UBC’s Vancouver Fraser […]
A message from Dr. Amil Shah, Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver Fraser
We were fortunate to have a luxuriously long summer this year, but we are now in the full throws of fall. The leaves have almost all fallen and there’s a crisp chill in the air. We are back to school and back to routine, and there is something comforting about that. As many of you […]
Clinic time for teddy bears
It is a cold, rainy March morning in Vancouver. Parents shuffle their little ones into the warmth of the “little blue house” that is West Side Family Place, where many of them come each day to play, sing songs and create art. Hot coffee and baked treats wait for the moms and dads who may […]
MedPlay 2014 – 7 Stories by Morris Panych
Marie O’Conner, VFMP 2016 MedPlay, a spring tradition, celebrated its 13th anniversary with this year’s production of 7 Stories. The play was performed from February 20 to 28 in Hardwick Hall at the MSAC. Written by Morris Panych, the play opens with a man standing on the ledge of a building, contemplating whether or not […]
A Message from Dr. Amil Shah, Interim Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver Fraser
Spring has finally arrived here in the Vancouver-Fraser region. With it, comes the promise of renewal and growth. As we approach the conclusion of another academic year, it is important to consider that, like the transition between seasons, every ending brings new beginnings. This year’s graduating class will be soon moving on to residencies in […]
VFMP Appointment Announcements, Spring 2014
Michael Curry was appointed as Electives Director for the Vancouver-Fraser Medical Program and Chair of the Year 4 Committee effective January 1st. Michael is an emergency physician and the department chief at the Delta Hospital. He moved to Vancouver four years ago. Prior to that he lived in Edmonton, where he had been practising emergency […]