Our Plan in Action

UBC Health is advancing the strategic objectives set out in Better Health Together: UBC Health 2021-2026 Strategic Plan.

Our Plan in Action highlights activities we have undertaken and their impact across our three core areas—collaborative health education, interdisciplinary health research, and health systems. While distinct, these areas overlap and intersect in a number of ways to create meaningful impact. Learn more below or download our Strategic Plan in Action: Year 1.

Catalyzing interdisciplinary research to create change

The Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards enable health researchers to pursue interdisciplinary and cross-faculty initiatives that have the potential to create change. With nearly 100 applications received from across both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses in 2021/22, the positive...

  • Health Systems
  • Interdisciplinary Research

Identifying priorities for health system improvements

Working to advocate and help develop capacity for positive change in health systems is part of UBC Health’s expanded remit. This starts with the inclusive and coordinated engagement of practitioners, communities, and policymakers interested in health. To advance the strategic objectives in this...

  • Health Systems

Integrated interprofessional learning across health professional programs

The Integrated Curriculum is a flagship program for UBC Health and a key mechanism through which programs are preparing their students for the workforce of tomorrow, which is increasingly incorporating team-based models of care. Delivered in partnership with 16 health professional programs at UBC,...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Health Systems

Informed by diverse patient and public perspectives

The work of UBC Health would not be possible without the involvement of patients and community members. To build an inclusive and equitable approach to health education and research, underpinned by a culture of collaboration, UBC Health is increasingly informed by diverse public and patient...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Health Systems
  • Interdisciplinary Research
  • Partnerships

Support for rural practice education

In 2021, UBC Health completed the Rural Education Acceleration and Collaboration in Health (REACH) project aimed at supporting interinstitutional and cross-sector collaboration. The project focused on facilitating practice education in rural and remote communities in BC. With funding from the...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Health Systems

Team-based primary care education clinic moving forward

UBC Health is facilitating the application of advances in collaborative health education and research to establish evidence for new approaches to health. In 2021, UBC Health worked with partners to develop a proposal for a team-based primary care education clinic on the Vancouver campus in the...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Health Systems

Enhanced substance use and addiction education for students

Substance use and addiction are key issues facing healthcare providers. British Columbia is still in the middle of a public health emergency due to toxic drug overdoses and has seen a record number of deaths in the last two years. In response to this pressing health issue, UBC Health and the BC...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Health Systems

Informing the collection and use of disaggregated data

UBC Health and its partners are committed to being part of ongoing conversations about the collection and use of disaggregated data. In response to the BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner report Disaggregated demographic data collection in British Columbia: The grandmother perspective, UBC...

  • Health Systems
  • Interdisciplinary Research

Generative space to accelerate team-based care

Through the TBC @ UBC Network, UBC Health convenes health professionals and leaders, community members, academics, and policymakers to bring forward questions and ideas important for team-based care in British Columbia. The network is supporting province-wide efforts to enhance team-based care in...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Health Systems

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