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» Home » Student Profiles » Stuart Hartsook

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This May, students graduate from across a wide range of Faculty of Medicine programs.

Meet the class of 2019

Stuart Hartsook

By dcc2012 | May 9, 2019

Hometown: Calgary/West Kelowna
Program: Island Medical Program

What attracted you to your field?

Coming from a past career in business and banking, I was interested in an area of medicine that really highlighted the patient as a person and that made the doctor-patient relationship central to the role. I was also looking for a field that was challenging from a diagnostic and treatment point of view, that focused on working in a team, and that provided the opportunity for work-life balance and control over my own practice in the future. To my surprise, I found that psychiatry checked all the boxes.

In 10 years, what IMP moment will you still talk about?

It isn’t a moment per se, but I will talk about the close-knit culture, the focus on quality teaching, and the really fantastic faculty and staff that the Island Medical Program has. I’ll also look back with fondness on all the new friendships I formed with my classmates.

What’s next for you?

Lucky for me, I won’t be leaving Vancouver Island! I’ll be starting a UBC Psychiatry residency here in Victoria on July 1, and will be here for at least the next five years. Ultimately, I’d like to spend the rest of my career practicing psychiatry on the B.C. coast.

As you look ahead, who or what inspires you?

I am constantly inspired by my wife. As an elementary school teacher, she has one of the toughest jobs in the world.

Name one thing on your bucket list.

Taking a trip across Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railway.

 

Meet more grads from the Island Medical Program

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