
Welcome to the Department of Family Practice
We stand at the forefront of transformative primary healthcare, blending education and research to create, implement and support team-based approaches to family practice. Together with our partners, we provide the next generation of family physicians and midwives the patient-centred foundation to shape the future of primary care in British Columbia.
News and Events
Department news, announcements, and updates
Click here to see all recent news and announcements.
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Dr. Saraswathi Vedam and Dr. Lori Brotto | Promoting the Shift Towards Greater Gender Equity in Healthcare
UBC Today interviews Dr. Lori Brotto (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) and Dr. Saraswathi Vedam (Midwifery) about their research and what motivates them to advance knowledge about women’s health. Article and image via UBC Today.
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Cedar Award: Kitty Dich
Congratulations to Kitty Dich, Program Coordinator at the St. Paul’s Hospital CMG Site, for winning a Cedar Award!
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In Memoriam: Dr. Theresa van der Goes (1956 – 2025)
The UBC Department of Family Practice remembers Dr. Theresa van der Goes, a treasured physician, pedagogue, researcher, and leader in family medicine, medical education, and beyond.
With gratitude, we acknowledge that the UBC Department of Family Practice —encompassing our programs, clinics, faculty, learners and staff—is located on traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of Indigenous peoples—including First Nations, Métis and Inuit—around the province now known as British Columbia. In our work within the Department, we all have a responsibility to disrupt, dismantle and decolonize in order to unravel the ways in which settlers have exercised and continue to exercise their power and privilege with consequent impacts on First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples. We acknowledge the ongoing consequences of colonization and strive for reconciliation.