Student Health Conference Highlights Local Research
The fourth annual UBC Okanagan Interdisciplinary Student Health Conference showcased some of the great student research underway at UBC Okanagan and Kelowna General Hospital. Students from the Southern Medical Program, Faculty of Health and Social Development, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, and BC Cancer Agency presented their research in four different categories: […]
Reichwald Awards Recognize Student Excellence
2017 recipients Sarah Fraser and Michael Slater
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