In this email: 

• Message from the Director
• Awards & Recognition
• Research

• Events
• News
• Education

Message from the Director

• information about upcoming recognition opportunities. Please considering nominating a colleague.  Should you need guidance and tips on writing a nomination, please contact me and I will connect you with some new resources in the department.
• links to recent publications written by researchers in the department for you to read and learn about the work taking place at the department.
• with the arrival of fall, professional development and educational opportunities will become available.  Please review the list below to see links for more information.
• funding opportunities listed to support your work.  Please review for any potential opportunities.
• Announcements from programs and units in the department welcoming new team members and recognizing others for their work.
• UBC HR announcements and news from the department rounds out the updates.

-- Marni Fraser, Director, Administration - Department of Family Practice 

Awards & Recognition

Upcoming Awards
Check out some upcoming awards, recognitions and grants for department members to apply for or to consider nominating your colleagues!

• Nominate an inspiring humanitarian. One of Canada’s most prestigious medical awards, the Teasdale-Corti Humanitarian Award is for Canadian physicians who go beyond the accepted norms of routine practice. Deadline date to submit a nomination is September 30, 2022.
   
• Celebrate a colleague who’s an Indigenous health advocate. Recognize excellence in your colleague devoted to the rights of Indigenous Peoples with a nomination to the Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award.   Deadline date to submit a nomination is September 30, 2022.
   
• Honour a peer in medical education. Nominate a colleague who has demonstrated excellence integrating the CanMEDS Roles into a Royal College training program with the Royal College/AMS Donald R. Wilson Award. Deadline date to submit a nomination is September 30, 2022.
   
• Nominate a new Royal College Fellow with the Early Career Award. This award honors new Royal College Fellows (with 7 or fewer years of post-training full-time practice) who have shown outstanding leadership, initiative, service and/or innovation in areas aligned with one of three key areas of the Royal College mandate. Deadline date to submit a nomination is September 30, 2022.

Research

Recent Publications

Indoor Built Environment and Older Adults' Activity: A Systematic Review.
 

The effect of severe intensity bouts on muscle oxygen saturation responses in trained cyclists
Flames of transformation: Igniting better mental and physical health for racialized and gendered North Americans
Changes in Cognition and Brain Function After 26 Weeks of Progressive Resistance Training in Older Adults at Risk for Diabetes: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Postpartum people's experiences of and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic during the first year of the pandemic: A descriptive qualitative study
Midwifery students witnessing violence during labour and birth and their attitudes towards supporting normal labour: A cross-sectional survey

Events

• UBC CPD Learning Activities:
  • Allergy and Clinical Immunology Update 2022: This conference features 18 short presentations and five panel Q&A sessions led by renowned speakers in the field. The robust agenda captures the most common allergy and immunology issues faced by family physicians in the clinical setting.
    • When: Saturday, September 17 | 8:20am to 4:30pm PT | Virtual Conference
  • CME on the Run! 2022-2023: Take advantage of reduced rates when you register in advance for the whole series. Our first session of the 22–23 series starts Sept. 16 focusing on Internal Medicine topics. 
    • When: Sep 2022 to May 2023 (Fridays) | 1:00 to 5:00pm PT | Virtual Series
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  • St. Paul's Emergency Medicine Update: Join us in Whistler for our milestone 20th year and first in-person St. Paul's Emergency Medicine Conference in two years! We are excited to host you at the Whistler Conference Centre for four days of networking and emergency medicine education, hands-on workshops, plus plenty of time for mountain activities and fun. We have a lot of new topics and updates to cover, as well as some favourites. We look forward to seeing you there!
    • When: Sep. 22–25 (Thursday to Sunday) | Whistler Conference Centre, Whistler, BC | Conference
       
• Faculty of Medicine Fall 2022 Research 101 Seminar
  • Please join for an informative webinar to help researchers navigate the research landscape at UBC. The purpose of this seminar is to:
    • Identify research-related resources available to FoM members;
    • Identify different types and sources of funding opportunities for faculty members to consider;
    • Provide guidance through the administrative processes for the submission of funding applications – special guests include staff from the Office of Research Services;
    • Highlight University-wide offices involved in the recruitment process of graduate and post-doctoral researchers.
  • When: Wednesday, August 31 | 10 to 11 am
  • Where: Online via Zoom, link to be sent via email
  • Contact: Bryan Wong (bryan.wong@ubc.ca)
  • Register: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3ypxRURCboKjZcO 
     
• Safety Day 2022
  • Safety Day is a full day educational and recognition event that celebrates Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee (JOHSC) and Local Safety Team (LST) members from across the university.  Safety Day is an excellent opportunity to engage with your campus colleagues who sit on safety committees and teams just like you.
  • When: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 | 8:00am to 3:30pm
  • Where: Great Hall 2nd Floor, AMS NEST Building 6133 University Boulevard
  • More information
     
• UBC Division of Palliative Care CME Day 2022
  Back to the Future: Essentials of Modern Palliative Medicine
  • The UBC Division of Palliative Care invites you to this year’s virtual CME Day, “Back to the Future: Essentials of Modern Palliative Medicine”, aiming to enhance your practice when caring for patients with palliative care needs. We have a multidisciplinary lineup of speakers presenting a wide range of topics, from evidence-based opioid conversions to the delivery of palliative care to First Nation communities in BC. 
  • When: October 28,  2022 | 8:15am - 3:35pm PST
  • More information

Education

Community Opportunities

• Health in Unexpected Places: Submit a Proposal for Health After 2020: UBC Health is inviting interdisciplinary teams who are undertaking innovative health-oriented research in faculties, schools, or departments that stretches beyond the usual or expected to participate in Health After 2020. The Health After 2020 program enables researchers to engage in interdisciplinary, cross-institutional collaborations that aim to create change in health and health producing systems. The 2022/23 theme for Health After 2020 is Health in Unexpected Places. Health is not only the absence of disease but an attribute of individuals, communities, and societies that is vital for daily living. Learn more about Health After 2020.
   

• The Cobalamin (Vitamin B₁₂) and Folate Deficiency: Investigation and Management  guideline is available for external review until September 9, 2022. This guideline covers the primary care investigation and management of cobalamin (vitamin B12 or simply B12) and folate deficiency in adults. This guideline addresses the indications for vitamin B12 testing and the increase in testing that has been observed in B.C.  Please visit the BC Guidelines External Review page to download the draft guideline and submit your feedback via our online questionnaire.

• The oral anticoagulant drug guidelines (3) are available for external review until September 9, 2022. These three guidelines cover the primary care management of oral anticoagulants (warfarin and direct acting oral anticoagulants) for adult patients.  Please visit the BC Guidelines External Review page to download the draft guideline and submit your feedback via our online questionnaire.

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Grants and Funding Opportunities

• Royal College 2023 Grants
  It’s awards-and-grants season at the Royal College and they are welcoming submissions. Research funding supports medical education research to help broaden knowledge and foster scientific dialogue in specialty medicine.

• Sue Harris Family Practice Research Grant call for Applications
  The Sue Harris Family Practice Research Grant supports research that contributes to women's (cis and trans included) health within the discipline of family practice. The funding supports new researchers (family practice residents and/or practitioners) to develop and carry out a pilot or simple research project. The application process is aligned with the resident scholarship project and mentorship is available. Grant amounts are $5,000 for family practitioners and $2,500 for FP residents. For eligibility and application details, please visit: https://whri.org/our-services/sue-harris-grant/. Deadline: August 24, 2022
   
• Sue Harris Knowledge Dissemination Grant
  This competitive grant awards up to $2,500 to support the publication of family practice research in women’s health.  This grant includes assistance from the Women’s Health Research Institute in the preparation and submission of a manuscript for publication. 
  Eligibility: a family practitioner who is a new researcher and resides in BC or a former SHFP Research Grant winner.
  The call for applications can be found here: https://whri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Sue-Harris_Knowledge-Dissemination-Grant_Call-for-applications.pdf. No Application deadline.
  
  For more information: https://whri.org/funding-opportunities/
   
• Study the highest standards at home and abroad. Final-year residents and Fellows in their first five years post-certification can gain valuable experience at medical centres in Canada or abroad with the Detweiler Travelling Fellowship. Senior Detweilers are also available for those with more than five years post-certification. Deadline date to apply is September 6, 2022.
   
• Advance your surgical skills in the U.K. Surgeons and surgical residents can train in the United Kingdom under the Royal College’s Harry S. Morton Travelling Fellowship in Surgery. This fellowship — up to $50,000/year — is a wonderful opportunity to benefit your practice and contribute to excellence in Canada’s academic programs. Deadline date to apply is September 6, 2022.
   
• PWIAS Catalyst Connection Fund - Call for Applications.
  
  New Funding Available for Transdisciplinary Projects and Events Focused on the Climate and Nature Emergency
  As part of the Institute’s focus on inter- and trans-disciplinary coordinated efforts to address the climate and nature emergency, we invite faculty at UBCV and UBCO and their associates to submit applications for the PWIAS Catalyst Collaboration Fund.
  The available funds ($180,000) will support 2 project streams for up to $10,000 per project. Deadline cycle 1 Sept 15/ cycle 2 Nov 15
   

UBC Health: Health Innovation Funding Investment

Health is produced by a complex interplay of individual, social, political, and economic factors. Interdisciplinary and cross-faculty collaborations have the potential to lead to more innovative solutions to improve health and address health inequities. 

The Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards are intended to catalyze these collaborations by supporting cross-faculty and cross-campus research at UBC's Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. 

Awards of $10,000 to $25,000 will be granted to faculty members who are collaborating across faculties, disciplines, and campuses to develop new teams, pursue new ideas, or translate findings from innovative health-related research.

Funding projects should align with the strategic priorities of UBC Health and have a direct impact on the health and wellbeing of individuals, communities, and/or society.

2022 Fall Call for Proposals
Opens: August 15, 2022
Closes: October 15, 2022

More funding opportunities

Midwifery

News

Promised SFU medical school still years from opening despite doctor shortage

Faculty of medicine researchers were awarded more than $36 million in funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grants: Spring 2022 competition.

In total, this competition approved 405 research grants, plus two bridge grants, for a total investment of approximately $325 million. In addition, 61 priority announcement grants were funded for a total amount of $10,779,207 and 16 supplemental prizes were awarded for a total of $1,060,000.

Read full story

HR Corner

HR Team Updates:  

Big thank you and farewells to our HR Work Learn Student, Christina Bui, who have been with us over the past 4 months to support our HR team. Christina is currently a fourth year Bachelor of Commerce student and has been supporting our HR processes and projects including Onboarding, Clinical Faculty, Recruitment, and more! Christina’s last week with us will be week of August 29th. We will be recruiting a new HR Student for the Team from Sept 2022 – April 2023, if you know any HR/business undergraduate students interested, please reach out to Annie Lai.  

As a reminder, the following is the Staff/Faculty Umbrella for the HR team: 

Staff/Faculty portfolio umbrella for the HR team: 

• Hana Kim, HR Manager: Tenured Faculty, complex DFP HR matters for all DFP faculty/staff 

• Annie Lai, New HR Coordinator: Non-Tenured/Term Faculty, Clinical Administrators  

• Job Classifications, Recruitment/Onboarding Advice, Non-Performance Notice 

• Adrian Whitehead, HR Assistant: Staff (e.g. M&P, CUPE 2950, Non-Union Technicians and Research Assistants, Students, Work Learn) 

• Workday Processing, Payroll, Absence Tracking, Vacation Hours  

• Ara Silva, Clinical Faculty Coordinator: Clinical Faculty Appointments 

NEW DFP Onboarding Guide for Both Managers and Employees: 

Our Work Learn student, Christina Bui, has created a NEW custom onboarding guide for managers and employees that is specific to the Department of Family Practice! While our Welcome website still continues to provide lots of information about administrative procedures and processes relating to Onboarding, our new guide will provide a more value-driven, onboarding experience that is for managers to proactively start planning the new hire experience, and for new hires to be prepared and on board – regardless of the program/unit they will be coming into, in the Department of Family Practice.  

We are excited for you to start using it! For any questions and additions, please reach out to Annie Lai.  

Resource Corner for Managers and Supervisors: 

• With August being here and many people going on vacation, please remember to delegate your Workday inbox tasks before you go on vacation and train your team member on any approvals or processes that will need to be initiated in your absence. Please review the ISC Knowledge Base Articles here:
  • https://ubc.service-now.com/selfservice sys_kb_id=d97249d21be70dd045ad766f034bcb1d&id=kb_article_view&sysparm_rank=4&sysparm_tsqueryId=55de1c891be0d5d05edd43b4bd4bcb3b  
  • https://ubc.service-now.com/selfservice?sys_kb_id=ad460da51b1419509068c992604bcb87&id=kb_article_view&sysparm_rank=1&sysparm_tsqueryId=55de1c891be0d5d05edd43b4bd4bcb3b 

• PHO Declaration Requirement for positions located within a healthcare facility - If you or your new hire’s position is/are located within a healthcare facility, the position requires successful verification of full vaccination against Covid-19 prior to the start date, as required by a provincial health mandate. Please verify on the secured Qualtrics link https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8qvhh1UQG4Q3CCO and any questions can be addressed to your direct supervisor/manager or a member of the HR team. 

• Professional Development Funding – If eligible, some employee groups can access professional development funding to support access to learning opportunities that enhance their knowledge, work performance, and career growth at UBC. https://hr.ubc.ca/career-development/professional-development-funding  

• Careers Posting on Website or Social Media - If you are a hiring manager and would like to post your job on the Departmental website or social media channels, please contact DFP Communications.   

• If you are currently writing or reviewing a  job description – UBC faculty and staff have access to Textio, an online writing platform that helps create written materials free of bias, increasing your materials appeal to a broader audience. More information can be found https://hr.ubc.ca/working-ubc/news/march-03-2022/textio-online-writing-platform-inclusive-recruiting-resource  

• 2022 Pay Schedule – a reminder to bookmark the Payroll Calendar to ensure no deadlines are missed  https://finance.ubc.ca/sites/finserv.ubc.ca/files/2022_PaySchedule.pdf 

• Work Learn Recruitment has began for Winter 2022 Session (Sept 2022 – April 2023)! All supervisors should have received an email from the Work Learn Office about their funding approval and make note of the important dates to hire your new student. Supervisors are encouraged to review the Supervisor Resource Package https://facultystaff.students.ubc.ca/sites/facultystaff.students.ubc.ca/files/WL%20Supervisor%20Package_2020.pdf and the FAQs https://facultystaff.students.ubc.ca/sites/facultystaff.students.ubc.ca/files/WL%20S22%20FAQ%20Final.pdf  . We encourage you to review the Equitable Hiring Practices Guide https://facultystaff.students.ubc.ca/sites/facultystaff.students.ubc.ca/files/Equitable%20Hiring%20Practices.pdf as well.  

UBC HR Central Support: 

The following is a reminder on services/support provided by other Central HR departments and units on certain topics: 

• Payroll – if you have a payroll issue that cannot be resolved on a departmental level, please contract Integrated Service Centre at https://isc.ubc.ca/ or 604-822-8200 (UBCV) 

• Employment Verification Letter - Did you know Payroll also generates employment verification letters for faculty and staff on payroll? Please reach out at https://isc.ubc.ca/ or 604-822-8200 (UBCV) and allow for minimum 10 business days.  

• Workday – If you are experiencing issues with onboarding, enter information, or locate information on Workday, please contact https://isc.ubc.ca/ or 604-822-8200 (UBCV) or visit Workday Resources at https://isc.ubc.ca/resources 

• Benefits – Questions about enrollment on benefits or support on benefits can be addressed to  benefitsinfo@hr.ubc.ca or 604-822-8111.  

• Pensions – Questions on staff and faculty pension plan are found here https://staff.pensions.ubc.ca/contact/  

• Learning and Development – Online Courses/Trainings – Many new hire orientations, trainings, and additional training resources can be found here https://wpl.ubc.ca/  

Department Developments