Message from the Director

Awards and Recognition

Elaine Carty and Dr. Carol Hebert were inducted into the 2023 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. Read more about this significant accomplishment here. 

Elaine was also honoured at the UBC Alumni Awards for helping introduce midwifery into the Canadian health care system and spending 50 years lobbying for its recognition. Read more. 

General Updates

Midwifery

ISU

• TeamUP!: ISU just wrapped up Season 3 of the Team Up! podcast: Distributed Primary Care Teams and we now have over 2400 downloads. Catch up on seasons 1-3 over the holidays. If you have suggestions of people to talk to who are working in teams and would be good to interview, Season 4’s theme is “Role Call” - roles in primary care teams. On Nov 17th the ISU co-hosted the second TeamUp webinar of the year focused on Social Work and team-based care, digging into how the Sunshine Coast PCN used PACC Mapping to plan social work roles across the region.
• Primary Care Transformation: In late November the ISU’s mapping tools were featured in MIRO’s virtual community conference. With over 2660 views and 207 template downloads it’s great to know that our resources are getting used! Check out the ISU’s open source resources here: Team Mapping; PACC Mapping; imm-PACC Mapping. We will be offering the next Team Mapping Facilitator Training in February 2023. Please register HERE if you are interested.

Grants and Funding Opportunities

UBC FoM Precision Health Catalyst Grant 
 

The next round of the UBC FoM Precision Health Catalyst Grant competition is now open for proposals.  Proposals will be accepted until January 16th, 2023.  To learn more about competition eligibility and to download the proposal submission form, visit the PH website.

Further details here. 

For any questions, please reach out to fom.precisionhealth@ubc.ca. Thank you and we look forward to receiving your abstract and proposal submissions.
 

2023 Faculty of Medicine Canada Research Chairs Competition Launch
 

The Faculty of Medicine has launched the 2023 Canada Research Chair (CRC) Competition.  We invite applications for up to one Tier 1 and up to six Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) in any field of research aligned to the Faculty of Medicine strategic plan through a competition open to FoM Departments/Schools with Centres/Institutes as partners, as appropriate. Tier 1 Chairs are seven-year positions, renewable once, intended for experienced researchers who are world leaders in their fields, while Tier 2 Chairs are five-year positions, renewable once, intended for exceptional emerging scholars who have the potential to lead in their fields.

The Canada Research Chair Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Action Plan guides the University's efforts to remove barriers to equitable participation of people with disabilities, Indigenous people, racialized people, women, and people from minoritized gender identity groups. Please consult the Canada Research Chairs website for full program information, including further details on eligibility criteria: www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca.

Departments/Schools may submit proposals for internal or external chairs. Only full time, tenure track faculty are eligible to apply for an internal chair position. All other candidates, including partner track and clinical faculty, are welcome to apply and will be considered together with the external chairs.

The Faculty of Medicine 2023 Canada Research Chair (CRC) Competition will have an aim to meet the following Research Strategies, as outlined in the Faculty of Medicine’s strategic plan:

• Strategy 1: Catalyze innovation and excellence in foundational, clinical and health systems research to accelerate translation across the continuum and enhance precision and population health.
• Strategy 2: Facilitate research excellence by taking a strategic approach to creating and supporting core platforms across the province.
• Strategy 3: Integrate equity, diversity and inclusion principles in team composition and throughout the research lifecycle from design to translation.
• Strategy 4: Enhance our ability to respond nimbly to changing circumstances by creating opportunities for collaboration, training and team science.

For specific instructions regarding the application process for internal and external chairs, please refer to the Application Process section on the Mednet CRC webpage

If you have any questions, please contact Corné du Plessis in the Faculty of Medicine's Office of Research.
 

Teaching Opportunities

We are pleased to share news of the inaugural Fraser Medical Cohort (FMC) Class of 2026.  With this milestone, we are excited to create additional teaching opportunities that will support students learning experiences in the Fraser region. Specifically, there are expanded opportunities for those wishing to contribute to instruction in the following settings:
 

• Year 1-2 Clinical Skills Tutors
• Year 1-2 Case-Based Learning (CBL) Tutors
• Family Practice Clinical Preceptors (years 1-4)
• Transition into PGME and Medical Practice (TIPP) Tutors

 
You can learn more about the various opportunities here.  You can apply using this Qualtrics link or contact us directly regarding interest in clinical teaching:
Year 1 fmpr.y1@ubc.ca
Year 2 fmpr.y2@ubc.ca
Year 3 undergrad@familymed.ubc.ca
Year 4 fpelectives@familymed.ubc.ca 
Program Manager Vera Maesen vera.maesen@ubc.ca
Program Director Dr Maria Hubinette maria.hubinette@ubc.ca
 

The Rural Education Action Plan (REAP) provides sponsorship to UBC medical students and family medicine, specialty and subspecialty residents to attend provincial and national rurally-focused medical conferences each year.  Students and residents who have an interest in exploring rural medicine may apply for up to $1,200 for travel and accommodation expenses plus conference registration to attend one of two conferences.  This year’s offering includes:

SRPC’s Rural & Remote Medicine Conference – April 20–22, 2023 – Niagara Falls, ON

RCCbc’s Rural Health Conference – June 2–4, 2023 – Whistler, BC

If you are interested in conference sponsorship, please apply by completing the application form found at www.reapbc.ca/conference – select “Rural Conferences and Events Sponsorship” once you’ve logged in to the application platform.  Those selected for sponsorship will be contacted by the REAP office by February 28, 2023. Those not selected for sponsorship will be placed on a waitlist and contacted if a space becomes available.

To learn more and apply, please visit www.reapbc.ca/conference by January 31, 2023.

Orthopaedics for Primary Care Virtual Series 2023 

1-hour- Each week in January (Wednesdays) | 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. PST | Virtual Conference Series 

Audience: family physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, residents & students 

Up to 4.0 Mainpro+/MOC Section (1 credit per session) 

LEARN MORE & REGISTER 

Topics:  

Jan 4: Understanding Neck and Back Pain in Adult and Children 

• Address best practices for the assessment and first-line treatment of neck and back pain, and what to do when the pain won’t go away. 

Jan 11: Lost in Translation - interpreting radiology reports of the Spine 

• Understand normative findings in the spine, and on findings that require monitoring or urgent specialist referrals and discuss clinical correlation to the radiographic findings. 

Jan 18: Your Friendly Neighbourhood Spine Surgeon - indications for operative management and understanding referral pathways 

• Identify operative indications for spine surgery in adults and children, and how to best navigate the referral process. 

Jan 25: Common pediatric foot and knee disorders - how to screen, when to reassure, when to refer

• Review how to assessment of common pediatric foot and knee disorders, and differentiate between benign conditions and those that require further intervention. 

View full agenda for details 

Can't join us live for one of the sessions? 

All lectures will be recorded (with speakers' consent) and available to watch on demand for up to 3 months after the session(s). If you miss the live conference, you may be able to claim self-learning credits after watching recordings: How-to-Claim-Self-Learning-Credits 

2023 Annual Medical Education Day & 17^th Dr. William Webber Lecture 

Teaching and assessing learners with disabilities 
Webber Lecture by Dr. Lisa Meeks, University of Michigan Medical School 
 
Date:              March 3, 2023  
Time:              9:00am – 2:30pm (registration and breakfast at 8:15am) 
 
Venue:           University Golf Club 
            5185 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1X5 
 
Attendees:    Faculty in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC with content specific to medical education 
 
Registration: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6lNwhdj8fgd7VoG  
 
Please join us to learn about: 

• Ableism and how it manifests in health professions education  
• Human rights legislation and accommodations  
• Supporting learners with disabilities and other learning needs 

Register today for the first-ever UBC Faculty of Medicine Precision Health Symposium 

When:   Thursday, February 2nd, 2023 | 8:30 am - 4:30 pm 
Where:  The Great Hall, AMS Student Nest (NEST), UBC Vancouver Campus
 
Registration Deadline:  January 16, 2023 

The Precision Health Symposium will bring together UBC Faculty, clinicians, post-docs, graduate students, and staff to learn about PH-related research activities, including work from the 2021/2022 PH Catalyst Grant recipients, and provide a number of networking opportunities and a poster session.  

Update: Abstract Submission Deadline Extended 

There's still time to submit your abstracts on your research work related to precision health. Accepted abstracts will be presented and judged at the PH Symposium poster session for a chance to win one of three prizes: 

• 1st Prize: $500  
• 2nd Prize: $250 
• 3rd Prize: $100 

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HR Corner

DFP Human Resources Team Updates & Upcoming Deadlines:

• Deadline for Requests & Changes for Family Practice Human Resources – Friday Dec 16th – Please inform our HR team on any changes or new requests with effective dates in early Jan 2023 by Friday December 16^th 4pm PST. This allows buffer time for Workday processing and approvals, and all changes including retroactive and new changes will be addressed based on urgency and priority. We thank you for patience during this time. If you have any questions, please reach out to Annie Lai.
• Annie Lai as our Assistant Manager, Human Resources - We’re excited for Annie Lai to continue with us as our Assistant Human Resources Manager by continuing to partner with our senior people leaders and support our HR function through our department’s evolving needs and ongoing program changes.

• The holiday break is coming around the corner in December! With regards to time-off between Boxing Day to New Years (December 28, 29, 30), you may be eligible for paid leave depending on your employment group. Please review the UBC Human Resources website for more information: https://hr.ubc.ca/benefits/benefit-plan-details/vacation-leaves/christmas-leave
• As some Stats fall on the weekend this year, Tuesday January 3rd 2023 will mark the first day back in the new year.

• December 16 - December 31, 2022, for monthly employees
• December 9 - December 23, 2022, for hourly employees

Workday Delegation Inbox -
Managers are advised to set up delegation if they will be away from work and unable to access Workday during this period. For guidance on how to do this, please refer to the Set Up Delegation in the Workday Knowledge base.
Any unplanned absences (e.g. sick time) or corrections to vacation for these pay periods must be submitted no later than January 8, 2023, and managers must approve by January 9, 2023.