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 […]
SMP Alumni Check-In – Robyn Buna
Robyn Buna Southern Medical Program Class of 2015 Current Job Title: Pediatrics Resident (PGY2), Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary Tell us what you do at your workplace. As a pediatrics resident, I rotate through month-long blocks, primarily at the Children’s Hospital, where I take care of patients alongside the pediatric team (which ranges from just me […]
Former Trail ICC Student Receives National Palliative Care Award
Jennifer McCormack, UBC Faculty of Medicine Vancouver Fraser Medical Program and former Trail Integrated Community Clerkship (ICC) student, has been recognized with the inaugural Undergraduate Narrative Award for Palliative Medicine by the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians. The national award is designed to stimulate undergraduate medical students to think and reflect creatively about the […]
Southern Medical Program Thanks Volunteer Patients
The Southern Medical Program (SMP) held a Volunteer Appreciation Tea for volunteer patients on October 27th at the Kelowna Community Theatre. Frank Takacs, Standardized Patient & Volunteer Patient Recruiter and Trainer, Shaun Bos, Standardized Patient Trainer, and Dr. Matt Petrie, former Clinical Skills Co-Director were on-hand to thank those in attendance for contributing to the […]
New Teaching Tracking and Payment System
The UBC Faculty of Medicine is implementing a province-wide Teaching Tracking and Payment System (TTPS) for clinical faculty. TTPS will document teaching activity and standardize the payment process across the distributed MD Undergraduate Program. For Southern Medical Program (SMP) clinical faculty, we would like to highlight a few key considerations regarding the new TTPS: Most eligible […]
UBC Okanagan Mini-Med Lecture Series
UBC Okanagan public health education series starts Oct 25th.