Recent News & Updates

PULPIT Project: Survey Gift Card Winners Announced!
Thank you to all the students who completed the survey to help us gather information about current practices and gaps…

Patient & Community Voices: Caregivers Workshop
On November 28th, A Caregiver’s Journey: Heartbreak and Love was held at Vancouver General Hospital. An interprofessional group of students joined the workshop…

Health Mentors Program Launched for Physiotherapy Students in Lausanne, Switzerland!
In 2024, the School of Health Sciences (HESAV), HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (UAS), in Lausanne has…

Putting Patients First 2024
On November 14th, Cathy Kline, Darren Lauscher, Kent Loftsgard, Teo Quay, and Mandy Young presented a poster at the Putting Patients…

UBC Health Mentors Enters its 14th year
On October 7th, the UBC Interprofessional Health Mentors Program held its 2024-25 in-person Orientation at the Italian Cultural Centre in Vancouver.…

Kelly Allison, New Director of Education, UBC Health
Kelly Allison began a 3-year term in September as Director of Education for UBC Health. She takes on the role from Donna…

First Steps to Create a National Network
PCPE and colleagues from the Centre d’excellence sur le partenariat avec les patients et le public (Université de Montréal) hosted…

Annual Report: Highlights from our work in 2023-24
Over the past academic year, Patient & Community Partnership for Education (PCPE) supported 2,000+ students (including 40 in Prince George) to learn from…

Update: From the Desk of Mandy Young, Community Engagement Coordinator
Since joining our team in March as the inaugural Community Engagement Coordinator, Mandy has added much needed capacity to bring patient…

Last Call: 2024-25 Health Mentor Cohort 14 Applications Close August 15th
Do you know someone who would be a good health mentor? Encourage them to apply to the UBC Health Mentors…