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Health in unexpected places: Health After 2020 program participants announced

UBC Health is pleased to announce that seven interdisciplinary, cross-institutional research projects have been accepted into the Health After 2020 program for 2022/23. Health After 2020 supports researchers to engage in collaborations that aim to create change in health and health-producing...

  • Interdisciplinary Research
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New resources on substance use and addiction education and training

Health program instructors, students, clinicians, and others who want to learn more about available education and training around substance use and addiction can access two new resources: Substance Use: What You Should Know provides a high-level overview of substance use disorder and what all...

  • Collaborative Health Education
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Distinguished scholar position created to advance patient and community partnerships

The Patient and Community Partnership for Education (PCPE) at UBC Health and the Centre for Health Education Scholarship (CHES) in the Faculty of Medicine are pleased to invite applications for the new position of Canfield Distinguished Scholar in Patient Partnerships at UBC. The Canfield Scholar...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Health Systems
  • Interdisciplinary Research
  • Partnerships
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Health Mentors program kicks off 12th year

The Interprofessional Health Mentors Program kicked off its 12th year at the Croatian Culture Centre in Vancouver in early October, returning to in-person program delivery for the first time since 2019. Run by UBC Health’s Patient and Community Partnership for Education (PCPE), Health Mentors is a...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Partnerships
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Promoting interprofessional learning activities for students

UBC faculty are invited to promote interprofessional activities through the Interprofessional Health Education Hub, a portal on Canvas that lists optional interprofessional opportunities for students. Supported by UBC Health, the Hub promotes activities and helps build capacity for learning that...

  • Collaborative Health Education
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Patient videos offer new resource for health program instructors

Video vignettes of patients and caregivers talking about their health journeys are available for instructors at UBC to use as part of their curricula. The Living Library video collection illustrates how patient experiences and perspectives—on healthcare teams, communication and relationship...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Partnerships
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UBC Health awards and scholarships competition for 2022 now open

The competition for the 2022 UBC Health Awards and Scholarships is now open until November 10, 2022. Through these awards and scholarships, UBC Health recognizes the academic and research excellence of faculty and students from various health disciplines at UBC and the achievements of health...

  • Awards + Scholarships
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Global health conference enriched by students

UBC recently welcomed nearly 250 in-person and virtual delegates from over 50 countries at the 2022 Towards Unity for Health (TUFH) conference held at the Vancouver campus in August. TUFH is an international, intersectoral, and intergenerational global health conference that brings together health...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Health Systems
  • Interdisciplinary Research
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Call for proposals open for Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards

UBC Health invites faculty members at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan to submit a proposal for the Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards by October 14, 2022. We are offering up to $25,000 to faculty members who are collaborating across faculties, disciplines, and campuses to develop new...

  • Interdisciplinary Research
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Health in unexpected places

UBC Health is inviting interdisciplinary teams who are undertaking innovative health-oriented research in faculties, schools, or departments that stretches beyond the usual or expected to participate in Health After 2020. The Health After 2020 program enables researchers to engage in...

  • Interdisciplinary Research

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