SMP Alumni Check-In – Jim Huang
Dr. Jim Huang Southern Medical Program Class of 2015 Current Job Title: Rural Family Medicine Resident Year 2, Kelowna Tell us what you do at your workplace: I model rural family doctors by taking care of hospital patients, managing the emergency department, and see patients in the family doctor’s clinic. The family doctors take care […]
2017 UBC Okanagan Interdisciplinary Student Health Conference
March 16th at 6:00 pm
Meet the SMP Class of 2020 – Round 2
We continue our series of new student profiles with the Southern Medical Program Class of 2020. Here are our Q&As with Lebo, Landon, Patrica, and Amy: Lebohang (Lebo) Kolisang Hometown: Johannesburg, South Africa (Recently Prince George, BC) What attracted you to the field of medicine? Aside from “Scrubs” being one of my favourite TV-shows, I […]
Southern Medical Program Student Golf Tournament Scores Big for Mental Health
Second-year Southern Medical Program (SMP) students Brandon Evtushevski, Liam Matthews, Cameron Oliver, and Stephen Watson wanted to make an impact when organizing the 2016 SMP Student Golf Tournament. They decided to partner with the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Kelowna to help support mental health initiatives in the community. “Mental health touches everyone’s life in […]
Dr. Diana Fort, Site Leader, Undergraduate Education, KGH
The UBC Faculty of Medicine Southern Medical Program is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Diana Fort to Site Leader, Undergraduate Education, Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) effective immediately. Over the past year, Dr. Fort has served alongside Dr. Cheryl Holmes as Co-Site Leader and played a key role in the continued development and sustainability […]
Welcome SMP Class of 2020
The Southern Medical Program officially welcomed our newest class to their new home at UBC Okanagan. Here’s a quick Q&A with some of our new students. Breanne Cadham Hometown: Kelowna, BC What attracted you to the field of medicine? When I was young I was always interested in becoming a doctor, mostly because it was […]
SMP Alumni Check-In – Jordan Nostedt
Jordan Nostedt Southern Medical Program Class of 2015 Current Job Title: PGY 2 Resident, Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, University of Alberta Tell us what you do at your workplace in two to three sentences. I am part of the team that cares for surgical patients in the hospital while at the same […]