Recent News & Updates
Living Library: New Videos and Facilitator Guide Available
We have added three new videos to the Living Library, bringing the number of videos about patient voices to 23.…
UBC Health Awards: Anja Lanz, Lelainia Lloyd, & Bruce Raber Receive Kerston Award
On May 31st, Anja Lanz, Lelainia Lloyd, and Bruce Raber were presented with the R. Paul Kerston Community Educator Award for patient…
Patient & Community Voices: Our Last Workshop of 2021-2022!
On May 4, 2022, we partnered with the Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS), a provincial organization with a twenty-year history of…
2021 Kerston Community Educator Award: Three Recipients Announced!
The UBC Health Awards Committee has announced three recipients of the 2021 R. Paul Kerston Community Educator Award. Anja Lanz,…
Health Mentors: Cohort 10 Mentors Recognized at Annual Meeting
We are now in our 11th year of the Health Mentors Program! On January 24th, 2022 we held our annual Support Meeting for…
Living Library: Launched at BCIT!
The Living Library is now available to 30 health sciences programs at the BC Institute of Technology (BCIT). The collaboration between UBC and BCIT…
New Publication: Benefits of Mentoring
We published a study in the journal Medical Teacher about the benefits of being a Health Mentor in the UBC Interprofessional Health…
New Publication: Patient Partners in Continuing Medical Education
We partnered on a new paper published in the Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions about involving patients in the…
Patient & Community Voices: Impacts of Poorly Understood Chronic Conditions
On November 23 we held our second Patient & Community Voices workshop in the 2021-22 series. Unmet Health Care Needs:…
Health Mentors Program: Presented at International Conference
Angela Towle and Cathy Kline presented the UBC Health Mentors program at the International Conference on Health Care Communication in October.…
