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Competence By Design (CBD) CBD is a significant change in medical education. What are the implications for you and the residents you teach? The retreat was held November 19th at the Arbutus Club. Download the presentations below: Matthew Klas (CBME Director) – CBD Program Design Raja Rajamohan – Assessment and Evaluation Clinton Wong – The…

Download the 2015-2016 APT Annual Report Here

Victoria Baronas, an MD/PhD student in our department, was recently awarded a 2016 Vanier scholarship. The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship is a prestigious award for doctoral candidates who exhibit outstanding academic achievement, leadership, and research potential. She also received the highest ranked submission (nationwide) in the CIHR CGS-D doctoral award competition. Victoria graduated from our…

Save the Date: November 19th 2016 It is coming this November! The 3rd Annual UBC APT Faculty Retreat It will affect all of us… Competence By Design (CBD) CBD is a significant change in medical education. This is your chance to find out more. What are the implications for you and the residents you teach?…

The Department of Anesthesiology Pharmacology & Therapeutics would like to wish Brian Warriner a very enjoyable retirement and thank him for his many years of dedication!  

The Faculty of Medicine 2016-2021 Strategic Plan can be downloaded here or can be viewed through the FOM website: stratplan.med.ubc.ca

We are very pleased to share news about a new faculty member, our first Partner Appointment in the Department: I would like to congratulate Matthias Görges on his appointment as Assistant Professor (Partner) in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics at UBC. Matthias is a biomedical engineer with extensive clinical research experience. He is…

One of our fine researchers has made the news on his research endeavours: Dr. Don Griesdale, an Assistant Professor and practicing anesthesiologist at Vancouver Acute and Intensivist at VGH has, with his team, made a rapid transition from new discovery to dramatic improvements in patient care. Please see the following article: http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/world-class-skier-thanks-b-c-doctors-for-taking-bold-new-steps-to-save-her-life Congratulations Don, and…

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Starting in 2016, the Pain Medicine residency program applications are to be submitted through the CaRMs process. There are four programs involved in this year’s CaRMs match. These include: the University of British Columibia, University of Toronto, University of Ottawa and University of Western Ontario. For information on the Quebec programs, please see…

The department would like to congratulate Dr Paul Kliffer for being awarded the Clinical Faculty Award for Career Excellence in Clinical Teaching. This award recognizes senior clinical faculty members who have demonstrated sustained excellence in teaching over the course of their careers. More information and a list of other award recipients can be found here.

The 10th annual research day for Anesthesiology Pharmacology & Therapeutics was held on May 12th. We would like to thank all the participants and the people who helped make it a success. Here are the award recipients: Oral Presentations Anesthesia: 1st place Anne-Marie Madden “Review of Recombinant Activated Factor VII (rFVIIa) Administration at a Tertiary…

This years event will be held on Thursday May 12th, 2016 at VGH Paetzold Auditorium. Full program available here How to get to the location: The Paetzold Auditorium and multipurpose room are located in the Jim Pattison Pavilion, Vancouver General Hospital. These can be accessed via the 899 W12th Avenue or 2700 Laurel Street entrances.…

The UBC Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics is proud to announce the 2015/16 annual Dr. Jean Templeton Hugill Visiting Professor Lecture “WITHOUT SCIENCE THERE IS LITTLE ART IN ANESTHESIOLOGY” – James C. Eisenach, MD Francis M. James, III Professor of Anesthesiology and Physiology & Pharmacology Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Editor-in-Chief,…

The Wesbrook Scholarship, UBC’s most prestigious undergraduate award. Each year, a total of 20 Westbrook scholarships are awarded to senior undergraduate students (from various faculties, e.g., Science, Arts, Medicine, Applied Science, Education and Law) with outstanding academic performance, leadership, and involvement in student and community activities. Pharmacology students who won Wesbrook and Premier Undergraduate Scholarships…

On behalf of the APT Research Day Organizing Committee, we are pleased to wish everyone a happy new year and announce our Department’s 10th Annual Research Day! As per the previous years, graduate students, residents, post-doctoral & clinical fellow from our Department will have an opportunity to showcase their work as oral presentations or posters…

APT – Pediatric Anesthesia has published a new paper in PLOS One: Development and Internal Validation of a Predictive Model Including Pulse Oximetry for Hospitalization of Under-Five Children in Bangladesh Please follow this link to be directed to the article

The latest faculty development retreat was held on November 21st 2015. Please see below for pictures and guest speakers that were in attendance. Guest Speakers: Dr. Rose Hatala Dr. Rose Hatala is a scholar at CHES, a general internist at St. Paul’s Hospital, and an associate professor in the Department of Medicine. She completed her…

As you are all aware, the CIHR Open Operating Grant Competition no longer exists, however, there will be a 2016 CIHR Project competition. Information has been posted on their website: https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=2237&view=currentOpps&type=EXACT&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true Since there is no limit to the number of CIHR Project Grants that may be submitted by an individual PI, we anticipate that there…

Course Description This course is specifically designed as a refresher course for General Practitioner Anesthetists. The didactic lectures will cover a wide range of topics including the ultrasound workshop, which were chosen to respond to the needs of family physicians practicing anesthesia in smaller communities. Objectives – Pre Conference Workshop Identify the challenges in FPA…

We are excited to announce that the UBC Pain Medicine Residency program is now accepting applications for one resident to start the two year program in July 2016. Our application criteria, process, and timelines are provided below. For your reference, please see links on the left for the sample rotation schedule for the 2 year…