Students hit the road to recruit future healthcare professionals
2017 roadshow visits Grand Forks, Trail, and Nelson
2017 Southern Medical Program Graduate – Jacqueline Reid
2017 Southern Medical Program Graduate – Jacqueline Reid What attracted you to your field? I became interested in internal medicine when I was working as a nurse on a medical and cardiology ward. I enjoyed the complex cases, and was intrigued by the problem solving process, as well as working closely with patients and the […]
2017 Southern Medical Program Graduate – Aaron Sobkowicz
2017 Southern Medical Program Graduate – Aaron Sobkowicz What attracted you to your field? Going through our clinical years, I found myself really enjoying pretty much every rotation. When decision time came it made a lot of sense for me to remain a generalist. Family medicine allows for huge flexibility throughout a career, and I’m […]
2017 Southern Medical Program Graduate – Celine Akyurekli
2017 Southern Medical Program Graduate – Celine Akyurekli What attracted you to your field? For a number of years, I had volunteered at my local hospital in the palliative care unit. I enjoyed visiting with patients and learning about their individual stories. I studied molecular biology in my undergraduate degree and was interested in working […]
2017 Southern Medical Program Graduate – Alistair Hart
2017 Southern Medical Program Graduate – Alistair Hart What attracted you to your field? Medicine provides a unique opportunity to help people physically or mentally by providing direct care or providing advice and being a source of support. All while providing a rewarding and ever-changing career to the practitioner. This duo of a challenging career […]
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 […]