We are very pleased to announce that Drs. Stephan Schwarz and Jennifer Shabbits are recipients of the 2017 UBC Killam Teaching Prizes
This award is to recognize an individual demonstrating an excellence and dedication to teaching and commitment to students. We would like to thank Drs. Stephan Schwarz and Jennifer Shabbits for their great contributions to our teaching program.
The UBC Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics is delighted to announce the 2016/17 annual Dr. Jean Templeton Hugill Visiting Professor Lecture, which will be presented on Wednesday, April 26 at 18:00 at Vancouver General Hospital, Jimmy Pattison Pavilion, Third Floor, Room JPPN 3414 (910 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC). A reception with light refreshments will be held prior to the lecture at 5:30 pm (JPPN 3151).
This year, we are honoured to have Dr. Gregory L. Bryson from the University of Ottawa as our Dr. Jean Templeton Hugill Visiting Professor.
The title of Dr. Bryson’s lecture will be
“FROM CLINICAL OBSERVATION TO PUBLICATION: THE CHANGING WORLD OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION”
Dr. Bryson is Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Research at the University of Ottawa’s Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia. An Associate Scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Dr. Bryson’s research agenda includes the rational use of preoperative testing and care of the ageing surgical patient.
Please mark your calendars and make sure not to miss this highlight. Everybody is cordially invited!
Professor Guy Dumont of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, who has extensive research collaborations with our department, has just been awarded the NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation (Category 1).
Please share in congratulating Guy for his outstanding work!
If interested in the details, please see: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Prizes-Prix/Synergy-Synergie/Profiles-Profils/Dumont-Dumont_eng.asp
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 Struggling Resident “Dr. S.R.” : Present vs. CBD
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 undergraduate honours program (and co-op) in 2013, and was admitted to UBC medical school and the UBC MD/PhD program. She is investigating a novel regulatory mechanism of a neuronal voltage-gated potassium channel involved in epilepsy. Her research project is supervised by Harley Kurata and Filip Van Petegem (UBC Biochemistry). Congratulations to Victoria for these well-deserved accomplishments!
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?
Venue: Arbutus Club
Application for MOC credits pending
Download the notice here
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
From Dr. Dermot Kelleher, Dean, UBC Faculty of Medicine:
Dear Colleagues,
I’m pleased to share with you the Faculty’s new strategic plan: Building the Future.
In “Building the Future,” we articulate the commitments, principles, goals and objectives that will propel us forward during the next five years. Each has been shaped through consultation with you, as well as our colleagues and partners. I look forward to now working together to develop a robust implementation plan that supports our collective plan.
Attached is a copy of the Strategic Plan; you are also welcome to download and visit our website at stratplan.med.ubc.ca. We will be sharing the plan with all faculty, staff and students in the coming days.
Thank you again for your input and support.
Best wishes,
Dermot
Dermot Kelleher, MD, FRCP, FRCPI, FMedSci
Dean, Faculty of Medicine
The University of British Columbia
