Three faculty members receive the 2015 CAME Certificate of Merit Award
Three faculty members have received the 2015 CAME Certificate of Merit Award. This award promotes, recognizes and rewards faculty committed to medical education in Canadian medical schools. The award winners will be recognized at the upcoming Canadian Association of Medical Education (CAME) Annual General Meeting which is held in conjunction with the Canadian Conference on Medical Education […]
UBC celebrates CaRMS Match Day 2015
This year, UBC’s postgraduate medical education programs accepted a record number of medical residents, who will
train at teaching hospitals and clinics around the province.
Pain relief pioneer donates $5 million for new UBC sport and exercise medicine centre
To honour the Vancouver physician’s gift, the new centre will be named the Chan Gunn Pavilion.
Medical resident helps uncover drastic rise in Type 2 diabetes
Calvin Ke is the first author of a journal article showing that Type 2 diabetes has overtaken Type 1 among B.C. youth.
Graduate student helps unravel the genetic foundation of her own family’s tragedy
Samantha Hansford’s very personal reason for coming to study under UBC’s David Huntsman.
Playing with creativity: UBC production helps medical students get in touch with their artistic sides
Learn how this year’s MedPlay has helped medical students get in touch with their artistic sides.
Northern Medical Program celebrates 10 years of MD education
The program, once considered “an impractical dream,” began in 2005 with 24 students.
A new pathway for internationally-educated midwives
The province is funding a streamlined training program aimed at midwives from abroad who want to practice in B.C.
Recent graduate alleviates physiotherapy scarcity in Vanderhoof
Kaley Hopps is one of the first graduates of the Northern and Rural Cohort of UBC’s physical therapy program.
MSFHR 2015 Trainee Awards Competition is now open
The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) is pleased to announce that a funding competition for the 2015 trainee awards is now available. Trainee awards are one of the cornerstones of MSFHR’s investment in building British Columbia’s capacity for world-class research. These awards provide up to three years of salary support to help highly qualified post-doctoral […]