Gift enhances medical training for UBC students
UBC medical students and health-care providers will get more hands-on training thanks to a recent donation of two new portable ultrasound machines to the UBC Southern Medical Program (SMP). A recent gift from The Colin & Lois Pritchard Foundation allowed the program to purchase two machines that will be dedicated for training in basic ultrasound […]
Meet the Class of SMP 2019 (Round 2)
Name: Harjit Sidhu Hometown: Abbotsford, BC What attracted you to the field of medicine? In high school, learning about the human body really fascinated me, and I had been thinking about medicine ever since. As I went through my undergrad, I also realized that I enjoy learning, and I couldn’t imagine being in a field […]
2016 UBC Okanagan Interdisciplinary Student Health Conference
Tuesday, March 15 | Doors open at 6:15pm
UBC prof. looking for seniors with hearing loss for new study
UBC Okanagan’s widely popular Walk, ‘n Talk for your Life program — that creates exercise and safe social settings for local seniors — is branching out.
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Walk, Talk, ‘n’ Listen
UBC research study to support Central Okanagan seniors
Welcome Dr. Diana Fort
The UBC Faculty of Medicine Southern Medical Program is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Diana Fort to Site Co-Leader, Undergraduate Education, Kelowna General Hospital (KGH). Dr. Fort is an Emergency Medicine physician based in Penticton, Clinical Instructor with the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine, and strong advocate of medical education in the region. […]
Dr. Sarah Brears, CAME Certificate of Merit Award 2016
Dr. Sarah Brears is to be honoured with the Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) Certificate of Merit Award 2016. Since the launch of the Southern Medical Program in January 2012, Dr. Brears has served as both a teacher and in a primary leadership role as SMP Course Director, Family Practice. She has worked extensively […]
Meet the SMP Class of 2019
Katie Baba, SMP Class of 2019 Hometown: Oromocto, New Brunswick What attracted you to the field of medicine? I’ve always been attracted to medicine because it combines sciences and humanities like no other field. The flexibility of where you can take your career, and the daily opportunity to connect with people one on one makes […]
UBC leverages technology to recruit prospective medical students
Faculty of Medicine admissions office pilots new recruitment approach
UBC leverages technology to recruit prospective medical students
Faculty of Medicine admissions office pilots new recruitment approach.
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