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Patient facilitators share rich insights with students in collaborative decision-making workshop

Emotion is a powerful tool. It can have a positive effect on cognitive processes—such as learning, memory, and problem-solving—and can play an important role in the education of future healthcare providers. This past fall, patient perspectives enhanced student learning through the involvement of...

  • Partnerships
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Nine interdisciplinary teams awarded funding for innovative health research

UBC Health is pleased to announce that nine interdisciplinary teams across UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan have been awarded up to $25,000 each through the Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards . The HIFI Awards enable health researchers to undertake innovative activities that have the...

  • Interdisciplinary Research
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Share your thoughts on improving health in BC

In recent years, BC has faced emerging challenges for health, such as the spread of COVID-19 and the toxic illicit drug supply, while continuing to manage ongoing, systemic pressures, such as an aging demographic and timely access to care. Within this context, UBC Health is seeking input on...

  • Health Systems
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Donna Drynan receives alumni achievement award from University of Toronto

The Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of Toronto has recognized Donna Drynan with a 2021 Occupational Therapy Alumni Achievement Award. Donna is Director of Education at UBC Health and Associate Professor of Teaching, Academic Fieldwork Coordinator and...

  • Awards + Scholarships
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Indigenous Elder-led research collaboration in the Okanagan promotes culturally safe parenting

“It is important that our parents have access to materials that are culturally relevant in addition to contemporary resources. It is also key that recognition is afforded to First Nations people related to the important ways that families are raised.” Those words are from Elder Margaret Eli, member...

  • Interdisciplinary Research
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Practice education initiative catalyzes collective action to advance rural placements

Rural and remote areas of British Columbia face many challenges in delivering quality healthcare services, such as rapidly growing, ageing, and diversifying populations, combined with a shortage of healthcare professionals. These communities need health professional graduates to meet increasing...

  • Collaborative Health Education
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Grant awarded to engage patients in delivery of medical education at UBC

The Patient and Community Partnership for Education at UBC Health has been awarded a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada/Associated Medical Services CanMEDS research grant. The grant funds projects that instill and sustain compassion, empathy, and professional values in the...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Partnerships
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Interdisciplinary HIFI team investigates effects of dual public health emergencies

Complex health challenges require interdisciplinary approaches that lead to innovative solutions to improve health and address health inequities. And that’s why Dr. Lindsey Richardson assembled an interdisciplinary team of investigators to address the alarming assumption that increased access to...

  • Interdisciplinary Research

Cross-institutional research teams to participate in Health After 2020 dialogue series

UBC Health is pleased to announce eight interdisciplinary and cross-institutional projects have been accepted into the Health After 2020 program and awarded $10,000 to support their work: Post-COVID-19 pandemic long-term care delivery system Amir Ardestani-Jaafari, Assistant Professor, Faculty of...

  • Interdisciplinary Research
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Call for abstracts open for global health conference

UBC’s Vancouver campus will be the backdrop for a global health conference, Towards Unity for Health (TUFH) 2022. TUFH is an annual international, intersectoral, and intergenerational global health conference that brings together health partners, universities, community institutions, and thought...

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