Healthcare Travelling Roadshow Expands to the BC Interior
April 30 to May 6, 2017
2017 CAME Certificate of Merit Award: Dr. Olusegun Oyedele
Dr. Olusegun Oyedele, Course Director and Senior Instructor, UBC Southern Medical Program has been acknowledged with the Canadian Association of Medical Education (CAME) 2017 Certificate of Merit Award. The annual award recognizes faculty across Canadian medical schools who have made valued contributions to medical education. Dr. Oyedele was recruited to join the SMP as Basic Science […]
SMP Alumni Check-In with Dr. Dianne Valenzuela
Dr. Dianne Valenzuela Southern Medical Program Class of 2015 PG-Y2 Resident, Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, UBC Tell about your current training. As part of my training to become an otolaryngologist/head and neck surgeon, I spend time doing surgery in the operating room, taking care of patients in the surgical wards, seeing patients […]
MD Admissions Info Session for High School Students
Tuesday, April 4th from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
SMP Alumni Check-In with Dr. Jesse Ory
Dr. Jesse Ory Southern Medical Program Class of 2015 PGY-2 Urology Resident, Dalhousie University, Halifax Tell us what you do at your workplace. As a second year resident, my year is broken up into rotations including Urology, Gen Surg and ICU. Most of my time is on surgical rotations where I’m in the OR most […]
SMP 2020 – Round 3
Our final look at the Southern Medical Program Class of 2020. Check out our new student Q&As with Rebecca, Chase, James, and Leah: Rebecca Comeau Hometown: Burns Lake, BC What attracted you to the field of medicine? Have you ever heard of a Rube Goldberg machine? If you haven’t, look them up – you’re in for […]
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 […]