UBC Faculty Development and UNBC are offering preceptors the opportunity to participate in a free educational event ahead of the BC Rural Health Conference taking place in Prince George in May. Dr. Rob Olson is inviting BC medical practitioners who teach to sign up for Northern Reflections Medical Education Day, … Continue reading
Submitted by Dr. Bryan Skrenes, Course Director, UBC Department of Family Practice Recruiting rural family physicians for all teaching and assessment processes has been an on-going challenge. It has become progressively more difficult as two processes happened: the expansion of the UBC medical school class to 288 students per year, … Continue reading
UBC Rural Continuing Professional Development (UBC RCPD) recently released the final report of their Rural Emergency Medicine Needs Assessment study for British Columbia. The report identifies several factors that draw physicians to rural medical practice, along with many systemic issues at provincial, health authority, and local community levels that have … Continue reading
UBC’s Rural Continuing Professional Development (RCPD) group is still seeking three mentees to participate in its newly launched Rural Physician Mentoring Program pilot project. The project, open to both Canadian Medical Graduates (CMGs) and International Medical Graduates (IMGs) seeks to ease the transition of physicians new to rural practice and … Continue reading