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The Department of Family Practice is dedicated to the education of physicians and midwives who will be effective providers of patient-centred care in the context of family and community. The Department will provide leadership in the stimulation and facilitation of academic and community-based research and education that addresses the needs of communities.

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Dr. Ruth Elwood Martin, Dr. Betty Calam and Kelly Murphy contribute to newly released book entitled Feminist Community Research: Case studies and Methodologies.


Feminist Community Research : Case Studies and Methodologies  >> more


Upcoming Postgraduate Reviews in Family Medicine

Wednesday, February 22 - Friday, February 24, 2012 - the 47th Annual Post Graduate Review in Family Medicine, at the Marriott Vancouver Pinnacle Downtown. >> more

 

Research conducted by Dr. Wendy Norman, of the UBC Department of Family Practice, made the front page news of the National Post.

November 17th, 2011 - To see the full article, click here.

Drs. Shafik Dharamsi and Robert Woollard participate in colloquium in South Africa

November 17, 2011 - Drs. Shafik Dharamsi and Robert Woollard recently participated in and helped organize an international colloquium on establishing and evaluating health promoting schools with reference to WHO Guidelines. It was held at The Wallenberg Research Centre, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, November 9 - 11, 2011. The following news story was featured on the Stellenbosch University Website.
Professor Saras Vedam chairs historic Home Birth Consensus Summit in the US

November 3, 2011 - On October 20-22, 2011, a group of sixty-eight national and international experts were brought together in Warrenton, Virginia to participate in a historic Home Birth Consensus Summit. The result of this three day meeting was the creation of nine statements of common ground regarding home birth and other controversies in maternity care.>> more


 

Project Managers for the Expansion Proposal for the Postgraduate Program, Family Practice


November 2, 2011
 - The Family Medicine Postgraduate Program has been expanding their number of sites since 2006 and has fourteen sites at present.

Under the Expansion and Distribution Proposal currently funded by the Federal Government there is an expectation to increase the numbers of IMG's in the Family Medicine Postgraduate Program by 40 (Health Care Contribution Program 2011- 2016). >> more

 


Upcoming Events

 

Apr 12-14, 2012 Retreat for Renewal and Reflection for Physicians
Jan 27th, 2012 CME on the Run
February 22, 2012  PostGrad Review 
 
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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