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Staff Transitions at UBC Health

Dear colleagues: I am, with regret, writing to notify you that Victoria Wood , Curriculum Manager and Acting Strategic Lead for Systems, will be leaving her position at UBC Health on May 15th to assume a new role as Manager of Learning Design with the Sauder School of Business. During her 13 years...

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Collaborative Learning Across the Continuum

Embedding interprofessional collaborative practice into the provision of care is the focus of an innovative partnership between UBC Health and the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA). In 2019, UBC Health partnered with two organizations of the PHSA: BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s...

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Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Laureate Symposium

While the 2020 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony has been rescheduled to FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver, due to recommendations related to COVID-19, the Office of the Vice-President Health (UBC Health) has made the decision to cancel the pre-ceremony...

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Announcing Professor Kim McGrail as the new Director of Research at UBC Health

Along with Dr. Dermot Kelleher, Vice-President Health, I am delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Kimberlyn McGrail as the new Director of Research for UBC Health, in the portfolio of the Vice-President Health, effective January 1, 2020. Kim is a Professor in the School of Population and...

Students learn from patients and community members in new piloted workshops

The Patient and Community Voices (PCV) workshop series consists of interprofessional workshops in which students learn directly from patients and community members through their stories and expertise. Workshops are developed, evaluated and refined by students, patients / community members, and UBC...

2019 Integrated Curriculum - A Milestone!

Thank you to all of the students who participated in this invaluable interprofessional learning experience and to all of our facilitators who made this happen! 2019 Integrated Curriculum by the numbers: 6 topic areas 17 sessions 95 facilitators 220 discrete workshops 2,000+ participating students...

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Meeting of Experts: Patient and Community Teachers at the Centre of Health Professional Education

New and Improved Meeting of Experts Website As requested in the UBC Health Patient Engagement Framework , Patient & Community Partnership for Education (PCPE) has launched a central hub for patient and community involvement in health professional education at UBC. 'Meeting of Experts' is a...

Interactive Simulation IPE Engages Students in Shared Decision Making

UBC Health Students Learn Interprofessional Shared Decision Making in Dialogue and Decisions IPE Course The Dialogue and Decisions: Advancing Person-Centred Health Care interprofessional activity addresses both the value and complexity of human interaction around decisions in health care. Courtney...

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Call for applications for three Director positions in UBC Health

Dear members of the UBC Health community, We are pleased to post the call for applications for three Director positions in UBC Health, in each of Education, Research, and Systems. These are 0.3 FTE faculty positions and will remain open until filled. However, the UBC Health Advisory Search...

UBC Health Strategic Summits

On behalf of UBC Health, we are pleased to present a summary report of the 21 Strategic Summits held on the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses between late 2018 and early 2019. Special thanks to Dr. Sandra Jarvis-Salinger, as Acting Associate Provost Health (July 2018-February 2019), and Victoria Wood...

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