SMP Graduates Spotlight
Name: Christabelle Bitgood Hometown: Kelowna, BC Program: SMP What have you enjoyed the most about your MD Undergraduate experience? While sitting at the feet of world-renowned teachers during our pre-clinical years was such a joy, the real privilege was learning from the patients I encountered on the wards and clinic offices while a medical student […]
First class: Southern Medical Program graduates first cohort of doctors
UBC’s newest doctors head across Canada to begin residency programs
Dr. Schumacher’s Next Chapter
Dr. Gerhard Schumacher, Site Co-Leader, Undergraduate Education, Kamloops, first joined the Southern Medical Program (SMP) in 2007 in an effort to develop new fourth-year electives at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH). At the time, medical students were seldom on the wards with only a handful of physicians offering electives. “Initially, we weren’t thought of as a […]
Medical student creates art classes for people living with brain injuries
New idea tackles depression and social isolation while creating useable art work
UBC’s Southern Medical Program graduates first class of students
First group of medical doctors trained in the B.C. Interior begin residency training
MD Admissions Info Session
May 5th from 6:00 to 7:00 pm
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 […]