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Health After 2020 program brings together researchers around this inflection point in society

The new Health After 2020 program, recently launched by UBC Health, supports researchers to engage in interdisciplinary and cross-institutional projects that support, challenge, and improve health producing systems. These collaborations are intended to respond to the broad effects of the COVID-19...

  • Interdisciplinary Research

New substance use and addiction lunch & learn series

UBC Health and the BC Centre on Substance Use have launched the new Substance Use and Addiction Lunch & Learn Series to provide foundational knowledge about substance use and addiction. This free webinar series is geared towards health program instructors and preceptors from any discipline who...

  • Collaborative Health Education
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Finding the patient’s voice

Health programs have access to a new resource for integrating patients into their curricula. UBC Health’s Patient & Community Partnership for Education (PCPE) has a database of more than 100 patients who are available for a range of learning activities. Educators can incorporate patients’ lived...

  • Collaborative Health Education
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Interprofessional placement project in rural BC enhances health student experience

An interprofessional health student placement project in northern BC has demonstrated what students value and desire in a rural placement. The project tested a learning model designed to improve students’ rural and remote placement experience, promote interprofessional collaboration, and provide...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Health Systems
  • Partnerships
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Videos of patients and caregivers illustrate vital topics for health education

Experiences of patients and caregivers during their health journeys have become a powerful tool for student learning at UBC. Developed by UBC Health’s Patient and Community Partnership for Education (PCPE), the Living Library is a collection of short video vignettes of patients and caregivers...

  • Collaborative Health Education
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Building a community of practice for substance use and addiction education

UBC Health and the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) have created a special interest group to support the development of a community of practice for those interested in substance use and addiction education at UBC. Sign up to the email list and receive updates, resources, and event notifications...

  • Collaborative Health Education
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In memoriam: Dr. James Frankish

The UBC Health community is mourning the passing of Dr. James (Jim) Frankish. Jim had a passion for and commitment to the promotion of public health. He had been Professor Emeritus at the School of Population and Public Health in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC. He was an active mentor and educator...

  • Collaborative Health Education
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Ben Fair appointed Assistant Director, Health Systems, UBC Health

The Office of the Vice-President, Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Ben Fair as Assistant Director, Health Systems at UBC Health. Ben joins the UBC Health team today, September 1, 2021. Ben has worked in healthcare planning and evaluation for 17 years. In his previous role, he was...

  • Health Systems
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Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards call for proposals now open

The call for proposals for the Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards is now open to faculty members at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan. UBC Health is offering awards of $10,000 to $25,000 to faculty members who are collaborating across faculties, disciplines, and campuses to develop new...

  • Interdisciplinary Research
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Health After 2020 call for proposals now open

The call for proposals for the new Health After 2020 program is now open to faculty members at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan who are interested in starting or extending a collaborative relationship with a scholar or collaborator from outside UBC. UBC Health is offering funding awards of up to $10,...

  • Interdisciplinary Research

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