Shoe Bank Canada
The Southern Medical Program has teamed up once again with Shoe Bank Canada for the holiday season. How many pairs of shoes do you have in the back of your closet that you never wear or no longer fit? Women’s, men’s, and children’s shoes are welcomed. All sizes and styles – runners, dress shoes, pumps, […]
New space for students and resident doctors at Nelson hospital
Dedicated, purpose-built space for UBC students and resident physicians UBC medical students and resident physicians now have their own dedicated study and training space at Kootenay Lake Hospital (KLH). The new learning areas will be used primarily by third-year students with the Trail Integrated Community Clerkship program and resident physicians from the Kootenay Boundary Family […]
Eduroam now available at Royal Inland Hospital
Eduroam wireless online access is now available throughout at Royal Inland Hospital. Eduroam is available for UBC students, staff and faculty who have a CWL ID (Campus Wide Login). How to configure your device? Click Here Affiliates from partner institutions can also connect to eduroam using their institution’s credentials. Please contact your institution’s help desk […]
UBC medical student examines the use of CT scans by doctors
Study will help determine ways to improve utilization of a costly resource
Mini-Med Back by Popular Demand
Health Education Series: Oct 27th, Nov 3rd, Nov 10th, and Nov 17th
The Renewed Curriculum
Teaching in Year 1 of the renewed curriculum
Message from the Regional Associate Dean, Interior
We are entering an exciting new chapter for the Southern Medical Program (SMP) with the implementation of the Faculty of Medicine’s renewed curriculum. The SMP Class of 2019, our program’s fifth cohort, are the first to delve into this new learning model that will guide and challenge them along their path to becoming physicians. Over […]
Summertime on the wildfire line
Just another day at the office for Colby Finney’s summer job.
Back to School: Student Profiles
Meet some of our Southern Medical Program students heading back to school for the 2015-16 academic year. Name: Amelia Stegeman Hometown: Not disclosed Program Year: 3 What excites you the most about the 2015/16 school year? My rural placement in Salmo this October. I’ve never been there, but I’m excited to spend some time […]
UBC launches new rural family medicine residency in Kootenay Boundary
(Story by Kerry Blackadar) Only a short time ago, Mark Szynkaruk had never been to Trail, B.C., let alone the communities of Nakusp, Castlegar or Salmo. But, over the next two years, he’ll come to call the region home. And it’s not just the bends of the Slocan River, or the peaks of the Selkirk Mountains that […]