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Interprofessional placement project in rural BC enhances health student experience

An interprofessional health student placement project in northern BC has demonstrated what students value and desire in a rural placement. The project tested a learning model designed to improve students’ rural and remote placement experience, promote interprofessional collaboration, and provide...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Health Systems
  • Practice + External Partnerships
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Videos of patients and caregivers illustrate vital topics for health education

Experiences of patients and caregivers during their health journeys have become a powerful tool for student learning at UBC. Developed by UBC Health’s Patient and Community Partnership for Education (PCPE), the Living Library is a collection of short video vignettes of patients and caregivers...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Patient + Community Partnerships
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Building a community of practice for substance use and addiction education

UBC Health and the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) have created a special interest group to support the development of a community of practice for those interested in substance use and addiction education at UBC. Sign up to the email list and receive updates, resources, and event notifications...

  • Collaborative Health Education
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In memoriam: Dr. James Frankish

The UBC Health community is mourning the passing of Dr. James (Jim) Frankish. Jim had a passion for and commitment to the promotion of public health. He had been Professor Emeritus at the School of Population and Public Health in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC. He was an active mentor and educator...

  • Collaborative Health Education
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Ben Fair appointed Assistant Director, Health Systems, UBC Health

The Office of the Vice-President, Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Ben Fair as Assistant Director, Health Systems at UBC Health. Ben joins the UBC Health team today, September 1, 2021. Ben has worked in healthcare planning and evaluation for 17 years. In his previous role, he was...

  • Health Systems
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Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards call for proposals now open

The call for proposals for the Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards is now open to faculty members at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan. UBC Health is offering awards of $10,000 to $25,000 to faculty members who are collaborating across faculties, disciplines, and campuses to develop new...

  • Interdisciplinary Research
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Health After 2020 call for proposals now open

The call for proposals for the new Health After 2020 program is now open to faculty members at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan who are interested in starting or extending a collaborative relationship with a scholar or collaborator from outside UBC. UBC Health is offering funding awards of up to $10,...

  • Interdisciplinary Research

Donna Drynan appointed to Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative board of directors

The Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC) recently announced the appointment of Donna Drynan to its board of directors. Donna is Director of Education at UBC Health and Associate Head of Fieldwork and Clinical Faculty Affairs in the Department of Occupational Science and...

  • Collaborative Health Education

Health informatics game wins innovation award

A team led by UBC Health is the recipient of the 2021 Award of Excellence and Innovation in the Integration of Technology (Higher Education) from the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education for the development of a health informatics game. The award acknowledges the innovative work around the...

  • Collaborative Health Education

Successful year for patient-led workshop series

UBC Health’s Patient and Community Partnership for Education has had a successful academic year with the Patient and Community Voices workshop series. The series consists of interprofessional workshops where students from health and human service programs learn directly from patients and community...

  • Patient + Community Partnerships

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