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April 2024 Cedar Award: Flora and Leo Wong
This month, we are proud to highlight Drs. Flora and Leo Wong as the recipients of the Cedar Award. See below for what Bill Upward had to say about them and their contributions to the Department of Family Practice.
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Dr. Nichole Fairbrother Attends House of Commons Standing Committee on Health
Dr. Nichole Fairbrother was invited to appear before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Health in Ottawa last Thursday. She served on a panel for women’s mental health as one of only a small number of perinatal mental health scientists. The House of Commons Standing Committee on Health studies issues that relate to Health…
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Empower Elderly Care: Join Our Innovative Working Groups
The UBC Department of Family Practice Care if the Elderly Committee is looking for people to join their working group.
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Department of Family Practice Launches New Rural Family Medicine Residency Program
The Rural Immersion program will train UBC family medicine resident doctors in communities across northern BC
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UBC and BC Rural Health Network Address the Gap Between Community Voices and Policy and Decision Making
Advancing Community Engagement in Healthcare in Rural BC: A gap analysis to improve community involvement in healthcare A recent gap analysis has been published by the UBC Centre for Rural Health Research (Department of Family Practice) and the BC Rural Health Network. The Gap Analysis project was funded by the Social Planning and Research Council…
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DFP Launches Curriculum Mapping App
collaboration with the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Digital Solutions EdTech team, the UBC Family Practice Residency Program created a user-friendly, highly intuitive and standardized curriculum mapping tool that is consistent across all of the program’s distributed training sites.
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R3 Enhanced Skills Program Openings
The Department of Family Practice offers a number of residency positions for family physicians in the province of British Columbia for the purpose of developing specific advanced skills. These positions represent a commitment on the part of the department, and the Faculty of Medicine, to respond to community needs in an effective way. See below…
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February 2024 Cedar Award: Dr. Caroline Shooner
The Department is proud to recognize Dr. Caroline Shooner as the recipient of the February Cedar Award. Dr. Shooner is a family physician and GP oncologist. Dr Shooner is the educational lead at Haida Gwaii Hospital, responsible for both medical students and residents rotating at the remote, rural site.
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Announcing Dr. Meera Anand as Interim Undergrad Program Director
The Department of Family Practice is pleased to announce that Dr. Meera Anand has been appointed to the role of Interim Undergraduate Program Director. Having previously held the role of year 1 and 2 lead for the program, Dr. Anand is stepping in to take on oversight.
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A Foundation of Wellness in the Department of Family Practice
“Our culture of wellness for residents, students, faculty and staff take root in the fundamental values of respect, humility, honesty, equity, justice and compassion. From these fundamental values a supporting structure grows that embraces the foundational principles of transparency, responsiveness, collaboration, inclusion, diversity and safety.”
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Dr. Joshua Greggain Appointed as DFP Postgrad Program Director
The Department is pleased to announce Dr. Josh Greggain as the new director of the Family Practice Residency Program. This appointment comes following the tenure of Dr. Mark MacKenzie. Dr. Greggain will officially start on January 1, 2024, with a transition period beginning in December.
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Team-Based Primary Care at St. Luke Family Practice
When Drs. Leo and Flora Wong opened the doors to their practice, they informed patients of their team approach to care. They didn’t struggle to find patients who were comfortable seeing two physicians.
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Postgrad Program Expands to 23 Residency Training Sites Across the Province
The DFP Postgraduate Program has expanded to include three new sites—North Okanagan, Cowichan and Rural Immersion—bringing the program to a total of 23 sites across British Columbia.
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October Cedar Award: Dr. Sharon Vipler
This month, the Department recognizes Clinical Associate Professor Dr. Sharon Vipler for the Cedar Award. Thank you to Dr. Nitasha Puri for submitting the nomination! Read below for what Nitasha has to say about her friend and colleague:
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Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – September 30, 2023
September 30th is a day to remember and to honour survivors and those children who never came home from residential schools.
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Department Recognition: Cecilia Jevitt
The Department would like to express our gratitude to Dr. Cecilia Jevitt for her five-year tenure as the director of the UBC Midwifery Program. As of September 1, Dr. Jevitt has handed over the role to Dr. Kellie Thiessen. Since 2018, Dr. Jevitt has led the program through a number of incredible accomplishments and substantial…
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Team-Based Primary Care at Langley City Family Practice
The need for primary care has never been more critical. Knowing that, the leads at Langley City Family Practice saw an opportunity to enhance their clinic—and they seized it.
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National Indigenous People’s Day 2023: A message from the Department of Family Practice JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion) Committee
The month of June is National Indigenous History Month, with June 21st being National Indigenous Peoples Day. It is a time to listen and to learn about the true history of Indigenous Peoples on whose lands we have the privilege of living, working and playing. Settler Canadians within UBC’s Department of Family Practice may commemorate National…
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June Cedar Award: Sherry-Lee Hubick
The Midwifery Program would like to recognize Sherry-Lee Hubick for the June Cedar Award. Sherry has been an invaluable member of the Midwifery team since 2017.
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May Cedar Award: Dr. Morgan Price
This month, Dr. Morgan Price is the recipient of the Cedar Award. Dr. Sarah Fletcher nominated him because his “leadership and mentorship across our team is really wonderful.