ICC program brings medical student back home
By Liz Bevan – Trail Daily Times Recruiting a doctor to set up a practice in a rural area is an issue the province has been dealing with for a long time, but the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Southern Medical Program may have a solution. In Trail, Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH) […]
Dr. Cheryl Holmes – CAME Certificate of Merit Award
Congratulations to Dr. Cheryl Holmes for her recent acknowledgment for the Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) Certificate of Merit Award 2015. Dr. Holmes joined the Southern Medical Program (SMP) in 2009 as Site Lead, Undergraduate Education, Kelowna. Over the past five years, her primary responsibilities have been to develop, sustain, and continuously improve the […]
Welcome to Dr. Trent Smith
Dr. Trent Smith is the new Site Co‐Leader, Undergraduate Education, Royal Inland Hospital (RIH). Dr. Smith is a Kamloops‐based Pediatrician and Clinical Assistant Professor with the UBC Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Smith completed his medical degree at the University of Alberta followed by a pediatrics residency with the UBC Faculty of Medicine. In 2002, Dr. […]
SMP Careers Night
Considering future career options can be a daunting task for medical students, especially those who have yet to begin their clerkship training. There is also increased pressure to make career decisions early into their third-year clerkship to help best prepare for their future residency application. This past month, the SMP Office of Student Affairs hosted […]
New Assistant Dean, Student Affairs
Dr. Melanie Reed has been appointed the new Southern Medical Program (SMP) Assistant Dean, Student Affairs effective June 1, 2015 to June 30, 2018. Dr. Reed is a Clinical Associate Professor with the Department of Surgery at UBC and a Radiation Oncologist at the Cancer Centre for the Southern Interior in Kelowna. She has a […]
SMP Librarian Awarded Meeting Grant
Erin Menzies, Southern Medical Program Librarian was recently named the sole Canadian recipient of the 2015 EBSCO/MLA Annual Meeting Grant. As a result of this funding, Erin will be able to attend the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting being held in Austin, TX in May 2015, where she’ll present her original research exploring the topic […]
SMP Year 4 Poster Presentations
April 22, 2015, 5:00 to 7:00 pm, Clinical Academic Campus
UBC Okanagan Interdisciplinary Student Health Conference
The second annual UBC Okanagan Interdisciplinary Student Health Conference was held at the Clinical Academic Campus on March 12, 2015. This year’s event featured presentations from students with the Southern Medical Program, Faculty of Health and Social Development, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, and interns from the BC Cancer Agency. Thanks to […]
New medical school space opens at Vernon Jubilee Hospital
Students in the University of British Columbia’s (UBC)Southern Medical Program officially have a new place to call home at Vernon Jubilee Hospital(VJH). Vernon-Monashee MLA Eric Foster joined UBC’s Regional Associate Dean for the Interior Dr. Allan Jones and Vernon Jubilee Hospital physician Dr. George Borchert, along with medical school students, physicians and administrators from the […]
SMP Formally Welcomes Newest Class, SMP 2018
The third annual Southern Medical Program Welcome Reception was held at the historic Laurel Packinghouse in downtown Kelowna on the evening of January 30, 2015.