Health Student Caucus

1. The Chair of the committee will be the Associate Vice-President, Health.
2. Membership will consists of 1-2 HHS students whom each program deems most appropriate as a representative (Audiology and Speech Sciences, Dental Hygiene, Dentistry, Dietetics, Kinesiology, Medicine, Midwifery, Nursing, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Physical Therapy, Psychology, Population and Public Health, Social Work). Representatives will be appointed for a one-year renewable term.
3. The committee will be supported by the Education Program Coordinator in the Office of UBC Health.
4. Meetings will be scheduled two to three times per year and on an ad hoc basis when needed at the discretion of the Chair and the Caucus, between September and June.
5. Ad hoc working groups may be formed to address specific projects.
6. Decisions will be made by consensus.
7. Terms of Reference will be reviewed annually.

Interprofessional education

1. To act as a think-tank for integration in education across the health and human service programs.
2. To provide valuable student perspectives on interprofessional curricular issues.
3. To identify needs and opportunities to support students in common and interprofessional learning.
4. To promote educational initiatives or collaborative practice opportunities occurring within HHS programs by fostering communication between the programs, student leadership groups and the Health Student Caucus.
5. To act in an advisory capacity on specific projects; on student representation on specific committees/working groups.
   • When appropriate, assume leadership for specific projects.
6. To provide a student forum for interprofessional ‘champions’ from each health and human service program to share their ideas and initiatives related to health professional education.
7. To act as a liaison between the Office of UBC Health and student leadership groups.

Committee members will:

1. Attend all committee meetings, or inform the committee Chair if you are unable to attend. Meetings are held from September to June.
2. Be informed about the committee's mandate and initiatives.
3. Review agenda and supporting materials prior to committee meetings.
4. Respond to all electronic communication sent to the committee.
5. Inform their own student organizations or bodies about the work/discussions resulting from the Health Student Caucus meetings.

Chair will: 

1. Chair the Health Student Caucus.
2. Work with committee members to establish a strategic plan for the Committee that is aligned with the work of the Office of UBC Health.
3. Oversee activities of the Health Student Caucus.

• Anne Martin-Matthews, Associate Vice-President, Health (Chair)
• Natania Abebe, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine
• Nafeel Ahmed, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
• Jennifer Joy Anderson, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine
• Ashley Battaglini, Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Arts
• Alison Chen, Dental Hygiene, Faculty of Dentistry
• Wency Chen, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science
• Rosemary Cheung, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
• Emma Cunningham, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine
• Kerris De Champlain, School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
• Joslyn Dosanjh, Faculty of Dentistry
• Chris Duke, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Justin Kim, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
• Anna Kwasniak, Dietetics, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
• Brandon Lee, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Sarah Lim, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
• Alyssa Low, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Madisen Muncey-Buckley, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
• Chrissa Rassias, School of Social Work, Faculty of Arts
• Simran Sidhu, Faculty of Dentistry
• Wendy Song, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Tori Spangehl, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
• Lisa Vu, School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
• Jen White, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science
• Gloria Zuljevic, School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine