Curriculum Renewal update
Kira Dayco, UBC Faculty of Medicine Following the approval of the Renewed Curriculum Framework Proposal by UBC Senate, course and assessment design is now underway for a second, more detailed senate submission. This document will go through internal Faculty of Medicine reviews through April, May, and June. It will then go to Senate committees and […]
UBC MD students and their teddy bears build healthy communities
Co-founded in 2011 by UBC alumna Dr. Joanne Roussy, The Reading Bear Society is a non-profit citywide early literacy program, focused on educating the “heart-mind.” The initiative is led by a group of dedicated volunteers and supported by high school reading buddies as well as medical-student ambassadors. Last Tuesday, about half a dozen medical student […]
Meet the Class of 2014
This year, over 250 students will graduate as UBC MDs. 195 of these are from the Vancouver Fraser Medical Program. Some of this year’s grads have been kind enough to share a little bit about themselves, their UBC MD experience and plans for the future. In the video above, Sally Ke (MD 2014), describes how […]
Orientation Week 2013
Sean Addison, Orientation Leader (MD 2016) Orientation week started off bright and early on a sunny August morning with 350 eager medical and dental students waiting in the atrium for school to start. This is the time when it finally sinks in for new students: you’re in medical school! Walking through the crowd and overhearing […]
Meet the Class of 2017: Samrad Ghavimi
Name: Samrad Ghavimi Hometown: Born in Iran, but moved to Coquitlam at the age of 8. Undergrad University and major: I actually completed my undergraduate right here at the University of British Columbia. I completed my major in general sciences and actually enjoyed it very much. The flexibility the degree offered me allowed me to […]
Meet the Class of 2017: Ali Majdzadeh
Name: Ali Majdzadeh Hometown: Coquitlam, BC Undergrad University and major: UBC, Honours Physics/Biophysics Why do you want to become a doctor? To equip myself with the skill set that will enable me to reach out to and serve the underserved by addressing their unmet health needs, in addition to playing a role in the advancement […]
Academic Learning Communities: a student’s experience
Mike Kerr (VFMP 2015) The UBC Academic Learning Community, or ALC, is a prototypical-learning model in which medical students complete part of their pre-clinical training within in a local hospital. The first of its kind was implemented at Royal Columbian Hospital in January 2013, and was piloted by seven Vancouver-Fraser medical students during the second […]
A message from the Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver Fraser
The 2012-2013 school year was a great success for the UBC MD Undergraduate Program. With 1156 undergraduate students studying medicine across British Columbia, we are continuing our mission to admit and educate students who will graduate with demonstrated competencies and behaviours that will equip them to address the current and future health care needs of […]
The 2013 Run for Rural Medicine
Edward Choi (VFMP 2015) The UBC VFMP Class of 2015 organized the 9th annual Run for Rural Medicine on March 23 at Jericho Park. This annual event is a 5k and 10k road race fundraiser that supports rural medical training while bringing public awareness to the shortage of physicians in rural BC. It was a […]
Event Announcement: Curriculum Renewal Town Hall, “Hot Topics: your questions, senate and beyond.”
Dawn DeWitt, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education will be holding the final in a series of three Town Halls on the topic of Undergraduate Medical Curriculum Renewal on Thursday, April 11th from 7:30am to 9:00am. This session is one facet of our curriculum renewal communications plan, aimed at communicating in an open forum where we will: […]