Upcoming Events
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May 2025 Rounds | Dr. Jude Kornelsen and Asmaa Anwar
Housing Is Healthcare: Equity In Access For All Residents Date: Wednesday 14 May 2025Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM Pacific TimeLocation: Zoom Talk Abstract Inequities exist within Canada’s public healthcare system, including geographic disparities that impact access to care. In British Columbia, patients who need highly specialized care must access their treatment in the Lower Mainland.…
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April 2025 Rounds | Dr. Robert Petrella
Please join us for our upcoming research rounds with our department head, Dr. Robert Petrella! Sport Fandom as an Engagement Innovation in Hard-to-Reach Populations: A Cluster RCT to Evaluate a Community-Based Health Behaviour Change Intervention Date: Wednesday 16 April 2025Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM Pacific TimeLocation: Zoom Talk Abstract Obesity is a relapsing, progressive chronic…
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February 2025 Rounds | Dr. Nisha Malhotra and Dr. Ruvini Amarasekera
Please join us for our upcoming research rounds with Nisha Malhotra (The Birthplace Lab) and Ruvini Amarasekera (R2, St. Paul’s Hospital) Date: Wednesday 26 February 2025Time: 12:00 – 1:30 PM Pacific TimeTitle 1: Healthcare Disparities in Canada: Examining the Role of Socio-Economic Status and Identity Factors (12:00 – 12:55)Title 2: Embedding Indigenous Ways of Knowing…
News and Announcements
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In Memoriam: Dr. Jack Taunton
On behalf of the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Family Practice and the Section of Sports and Exercise Medicine, it is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Jack Taunton, professor emeritus, physician, researcher and beloved colleague. His loss leaves a big hole in our sport and exercise medicine community, not…
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Spotlight: Dr. Ruth Elwood Martin’s Insights on Prison Reform
In a recent interview featured on Medics Voices, Dr. Ruth Elwood Martin, Clinical Professor Emerita at DFP, shared her compelling journey as an advocate for the rights of incarcerated people. Through participatory health research and writing on the intersections of health, justice, and policy, she passionately discussed the need for change in the prison system.…
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Dr. Clara MacDonald Receives 2024 PBLP FM Resident Scholarship Award
The Foundation for Medical Practice Education (FMPE) has awarded Dr. Clara MacDonald, an R1 in Victoria, with second place for the Practice-Based Learning Program (PBLP) Family Medicine Resident Award. This award recognizes outstanding scholarly projects by FM Residents around small group learning through research, quality improvement, and/or education program development. Dr. MacDonald’s project brings validated…
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R1s Welcomed to Family Practice by Minister of Health
In an auditorium buzzing with anticipation, Minister Dix offered residents words of wisdom and messages of hope. During his welcome address, Minister Dix noted that, “after years of changes, family practice primary care is at the centre [of public health].
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Building a Primary Care Learning Health System in BC
On Wednesday, June 12, 2024, Drs. Rubee Dev, Sabrina Wong, Nathaniel Hawkins (co-directors of the BC Primary Health Care Research Network; BC-PHCRN) and Andrew Gibb (data manager of BC-PHCRN), along with guest speaker Dr. Daniel Ngui (family physician and medical director at Fraser Street Medical), presented on how the BC-PHCRN at UBC is building a primary…