National interprofessional leadership project receives Ontario grant
UBC is one of five Canadian universities collaborating to develop the training program in interprofessional leadership.
Swinging for the fences
Ruth Hoffman, a Faculty of Medicine financial manager, wins the Canadian Caring Award for organizing a Canadian-Uganda baseball exchange.
Shining a light on the “black box” of concussions
Introducing the Concussion Awareness Training Toolkit, an online course for physicians and nurses developed by Clinical Assistant Professor Shelina Babul.
“By all accounts… a success”
UBC’s Integrated Community Clerkship program is profiled in the latest issue of the British Columbia Medical Journal.
Faculty of Medicine receives largest estate gift in its history
Judith Jardine, who died in 2006, left $6.4 million from her estate to support bursaries and research in the Faculty.
HRH The Duke of York dedicates cornerstone of Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
The Duke of York (left), UBC President Stephen J. Toope and Djavad Mowafaghian discuss the future brain health centre.
The double life of pediatrics resident Kristopher Kang
From the corridors of BC Children’s Hospital to gunfire and bombs, subsistence poverty and rudimentary governance.
MD class of 2015 donation gives a lift to low-income patients
The students donated $9,292 to Hope Air, which arranges free flights for patients needing specialized care.
Strength training + cardio workouts = less time at the doctor
Yoga or Pilates, however, don’t help, according to the study of senior women published in PLOS ONE.
UBC cardiologists help show that blood thinner is safe for patients getting cardiac devices
Andrew Krahn, one of the study’s organizers, said the findings will simplify pre-operative drug treatment to prevent strokes.