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UBC Health facilitates collaborations across all disciplines at UBC’s two campuses to maximize the quality of and innovation in health education and research and their impact on policy and systems. The ultimate goal is to improve the health of individuals and communities—locally, nationally, and...

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Visioning retreat first step in broad engagement around team-based care

The vision for the future of primary care in British Columbia is team-based care (TBC)—a model where the patient is at the centre, and an interdisciplinary team of healthcare providers collaborate to deliver comprehensive health services to meet the patient’s needs in a timely way. As team-based...

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Award-winning educator joins UBC Health

With experience in the health field as an occupational therapist for 35 years combined with a passion for education and 30 years as an instructor, Donna Drynan fits in perfectly as the new Director of Education at UBC Health. Donna has a long track record of excellence in teaching and...

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2020 UBC Health scholarships and awards open for submissions

If you know an outstanding individual or team who demonstrates exceptional leadership in interprofessional collaboration, health education, or research, nominate them for a UBC Health scholarship or award! The 2020 UBC Health scholarships and awards competition is now open. They recognize the...

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New appointments at UBC Health

UBC Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Donna Drynan as the new Director of Education and Victoria Wood as the new Assistant Director, Strategic Initiatives. Donna Drynan Professor Donna Drynan will begin her new role as Director of Education at UBC Health, starting November 15, 2020...

UBC Health announces $100,000 in new funding for innovative health-related research

UBC Health has announced $100,000 in new research funding to foster cross-faculty collaboration in health research at the university. “Interest in health research touches nearly every faculty at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan,” said Dermot Kelleher, Vice-President, Health. “The importance of...

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UBC Health’s interprofessional learning goes online

What does it mean to collaboratively engage in ethical discussions, provide culturally safe care, or cultivate resilience as a student and future healthcare professional? These are just some of the questions that students in 15 of UBC’s health professional programs explore in an interprofessional...

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UBC Health Awards celebrate cutting-edge work in interprofessional collaboration

What do physical therapy, dentistry, lived experience, and social justice have in common? They’re some of the areas where UBC students and faculty as well as community members have embraced interprofessional collaboration and earned a UBC Health Award for their efforts. Every year, UBC Health...

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The Rural Education Access Coordination Hub will coordinate more placements for health profession students

UBC Health project addresses health care provider shortages in rural BC

Chronic shortages of doctors and nurses. Long waitlists for specialty rehabilitation care like speech-language pathologists and occupational and physical therapists. Higher rates of complex mental health disorders, obesity, traumatic injuries, and self-reported disability. That’s the healthcare...

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UBC Health tackles opioid overdose crisis with new joint hire

Amid a rising death toll in opioid-related overdoses and an ongoing public health emergency in British Columbia, the Office of the Vice-President Health has teamed up with the BC Centre on Substance Use to improve substance use and addiction training for health profession students at UBC. “As the...

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