SMP Alumni Check-In – Robyn Buna
Robyn Buna Southern Medical Program Class of 2015 Current Job Title: Pediatrics Resident (PGY2), Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary Tell us what you do at your workplace. As a pediatrics resident, I rotate through month-long blocks, primarily at the Children’s Hospital, where I take care of patients alongside the pediatric team (which ranges from just me […]
Former Trail ICC Student Receives National Palliative Care Award
Jennifer McCormack, UBC Faculty of Medicine Vancouver Fraser Medical Program and former Trail Integrated Community Clerkship (ICC) student, has been recognized with the inaugural Undergraduate Narrative Award for Palliative Medicine by the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians. The national award is designed to stimulate undergraduate medical students to think and reflect creatively about the […]
Southern Medical Program Thanks Volunteer Patients
The Southern Medical Program (SMP) held a Volunteer Appreciation Tea for volunteer patients on October 27th at the Kelowna Community Theatre. Frank Takacs, Standardized Patient & Volunteer Patient Recruiter and Trainer, Shaun Bos, Standardized Patient Trainer, and Dr. Matt Petrie, former Clinical Skills Co-Director were on-hand to thank those in attendance for contributing to the […]
New Teaching Tracking and Payment System
The UBC Faculty of Medicine is implementing a province-wide Teaching Tracking and Payment System (TTPS) for clinical faculty. TTPS will document teaching activity and standardize the payment process across the distributed MD Undergraduate Program. For Southern Medical Program (SMP) clinical faculty, we would like to highlight a few key considerations regarding the new TTPS: Most eligible […]
UBC Okanagan Mini-Med Lecture Series
UBC Okanagan public health education series starts Oct 25th.
Southern Medical Program Students Present at Universitas 21
Southern Medical Program students Karan D’Souza and Michael Slater recently returned from presenting at the Universitas 21’s (U21) Health Sciences Group annual meeting in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Universitas 21 is a network of research-intensive universities from around the world who work together to foster global citizenship and innovation. The Health Sciences Group focuses on opportunities […]
New UBC education space opens at Royal Inland Hospital
UBC medical students and residents have an expansive new learning space in the Clinical Services Building (CSB) at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH). The new space was unveiled as part of the official opening of the CSB on Sept 16, 2016 by Health Minister Terry Lake, Dr. Allan Jones, Regional Associate Dean, Interior, Interior Health representatives, […]
New ICC Site Director, Trail
The Southern Medical Program (SMP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Elizabeth McCoid as Site Director, Integrated Community Clerkship (ICC), Trail effective September 1, 2016. Dr. McCoid is a family physician and clinical instructor with the UBC Department of Family Medicine. Over the past five years, Dr. McCoid has effectively supported the expansion […]
New SMP Clinical Skills Co-Directors
The Southern Medical Program (SMP) is pleased to welcome Dr. Brandy Bursey and Dr. Kaylee Milne as the new clinical skills co-directors for SMP. Dr. Bursey is an emergency medicine physician and hospitalist at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) and clinical instructor with the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Milne is a gastroenterologist and former […]