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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UBC Department of Family Practice Midwifery Program welcomes Allison Campbell as Interim Program Director
UBC Midwifery will welcome a new leadership team on September 1, 2026, as Dr. Cecilia Jevitt begins a long-deferred sabbatical. Allison Campbell will be stepping in as Interim Program Director, with Dr. Luba Butska taking on the roles of Associate Director and Undergraduate Program Lead previously held by Allison.
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Clinical Faculty Feature: Dr. Serena Verma (Vancouver)
In this Q&A, Dr. Serena Verma shares with us the importance of life-long mentors, finding opportunities in changing structures, and why fostering human connections can carry us through the toughest days.
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Department of Family Practice residents win 2026 College of Family Physicians of Canada awards
Please join us in celebrating Drs. Joban Bal and Penelope Neocleous, who have been selected for 2026 resident awards, administered by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) and the Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine’s (FAFM) joint Honours and Awards Program.
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.