Recent News & Updates
Health Mentors Program: Accepting Applications!
UBC’s Health Mentors program needs volunteers who live with a chronic illness, or who are caregivers, to share their healthcare…
Survey: UBC Health Wants to Hear from You!
UBC Health is at the mid-point of a 5-year strategic plan and wants to know, ‘How are we doing?’ The survey aims to…
CPERC 2024: Canadian Pharmacy Education & Research Conference
In June, Darren Lauscher travelled to Quebec City to present our collaboration with Dr. Jane Xia that brings patient journeys…
Student Research Project: Understanding the Experience of Persons Living with Mental Illness
My name is Patience Emanuel. I’m a first-year UBC medical student conducting research under the supervision of Dr. Angela Towle…
New Living Library Video: ‘We are much more than our diagnosis’
My name is Sara Mohamed, and I’m part of the MD class of 2027. For my FLEX project, I wanted…
Save the Date: 3rd International Conference Where’s the Patient’s Voice in Health Professional Education? Nov 12-15, 2025
It’s been 20 years since the 1st conference in 2005 started an international and interdisciplinary movement to embed the patient’s…
New Publication: Guiding Principles for Patient and Public Engagement
We recently published a set of guiding principles for patient engagement in health professional education. The principles were co-created with…
Conference: International Congress on Academic Medicine
In April, we gave several presentations and workshops at the International Congress on Academic Medicine in Vancouver. The conference brought…
Kerston Community Educator Award Announced: Karen Firus and Eve Sheftel!
The UBC Health Awards Committee has announced the recipients of the 2023 R. Paul Kerston award for outstanding community educators who…
Workshop: Mental Wellness Mental Health Way of Life
In partnership with the Richmond Mental Health Consumer and Friends Society, the Patient and Community Voices Workshop series presented Mental…
