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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Department of Family Practice welcomes new academic faculty member Dr. Adam G. Gavarkovs
The Department of Family Practice is pleased to welcome Dr. Adam G. Gavarkovs, PhD, as the Department’s newest academic faculty member, who is stepping into a role that was created in partnership with the UBC FoM’s Continuing Professional Development unit (CPD).
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Clinical Faculty Feature: Dr. Winnie Su (Vancouver)
Throughout her 20-year career in medical education, Dr. Winnie Su has continuously focused on empathy, compassion and individualized learner experience. In this Q&A, Dr. Su reminds us why investing in the next generation of family physicians is always worth it.
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Two Department of Family Practice Postgraduate Program Admin Teams Nominated for the 2026 FMNEA Team Excellence Award
Congratulations to the Enhanced Skills Program Team and the Kelowna Site Team on being nominated for the 2026 Family Medicine National Education Administrators (FMNEA) Team Excellence Award!
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.