Grad 2016: from first year to Family Medicine
Mike Bergunder is one of nine Aboriginal MDs graduating from UBC’s Faculty of Medicine this month.
Meet the Class of 2016: Vancouver Fraser Medical Program
With graduation drawing near, we thought it would be interesting to meet some of this year’s graduates. This week, we meet four grads from the VFMP!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hatching Health: interdisciplinary student-led event aims to unscramble healthcare challenges
Inspired by an event they attended at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, two MD students aim to bring their peers together to “hack” solutions for some of healthcare’s greatest challenges.
To recruit rural students, Faculty turns to videoconferencing
Last month, the Faculty held its first remote information session, connecting with students in Penticton and Summerland.
Building empathy through theatre: annual production enables medical students to walk in other shoes
For over a decade, UBC students in both the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry have been participating in MedPlay. The annual production is a tradition amongst the students, who enjoy the creativity and time away from their studies.