UBCO welcomes students to campus for start of new term
Classes and welcome-back events to continue as initially planned
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Back to School
The Southern Medical Program welcomes back new and returning students for the new school year. Learn more about some of our students and their path to studying medicine at UBC in the Interior Health region.
Interim Years 1 & 2 Site Director
Dr. Mike Bergunder has been appointed Interim Years 1 & 2 Site Director for the Southern Medical Program (SMP), effective August 1st, 2023.
2023 SMP Excellence Awards
The Southern Medical Program Excellence Awards recognize outstanding contributions to medical education from faculty and staff across the Interior Health region.
Southern Medical Program presents strategies to improve overall health
UBC experts discuss the intersection of nutrition, exercise and chronic disease prevention
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Healthcare Travelling Roadshow tours Thompson region
The Southern Medical Program recently led a group of multi-disciplinary healthcare students on a week-long trek to rural communities in the Thompson region as part of the Healthcare Travelling Roadshow initiative.
Dr. Olusegun Oyedele appointed Assistant Dean
I am very pleased to announce that Dr. Olusegun (Segun) Oyedele has been appointed the new Assistant Dean for the Southern Medical Program, effective July 15, 2023. Dr. Oyedele is an Associate Professor of Teaching with the Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, and current Site Lead for the Foundations of Medical Practice (MEDD) and Course Co-Lead for MEDD 412. Dr. Oyedele has been the lead Anatomy Instructor for the SMP since the program first launched.
Dr. Oyedele completed his medical education in Nigeria in 1993 and worked in General Practice, before earning his PhD in Developmental Biology at South Africa’s Witwatersrand University. He also served as a Senior Lecturer in anatomy and health sciences education at Witwatersrand University. Dr. Oyedele relocated with his family to Canada in 2011 and led foundational sciences education at SMP. Over the past 12 years, Dr. Oyedele helped to implement the renewed MD Undergraduate curriculum and has made tremendous contributions to the Faculty of Medicine at both regional and provincial levels. His research interests focus on medical education, particularly small-group learning pedagogies and how case-based learning equips medical students for clinical decision-making during clinical training and beyond. In 2017, Dr. Oyedele was honoured with the Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) Certificate of Merit award and was a recipient of the UBC Killam Teaching award in 2021.
As Assistant Dean for the SMP, Dr. Oyedele will work collaboratively with the Regional Associate Dean, Interior, Assistant Deans from the Faculty of Medicine’s distributed education sites, and SMP clinical faculty leadership and staff to ensure the sustainable delivery of undergraduate medical education in the Interior Health region. Dr. Oyedele can be reached at olusegun.oyedele@ubc.ca.
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Oyedele on his new role with the SMP. At this time, I would also like to acknowledge the support of Dr. Carmen Larsen for her work as Interim Assistant Dean during this transition period.
Southern Medical Program Class of 2023
Hear from some of our newest graduates on their UBC experience and what’s up next.
UBCO research says resistance exercise may help regulate appetite in breast cancer survivors
Weight gain is as much of a concern to those fighting the disease
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UBC medical students organize cervical cancer screening event in the Okanagan
Local family physicians help to offer Pap tests for patients with limited access
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