The University of British Columbia

Dr. Danièle Behn Smith, CCFP-EM

Site Director, UBC Aboriginal Family Practice Residency Program

Postgraduate Medical Education

RJH - Eric Martin Pavilion

186 - 2334 Trent St

Victoria, BC V8R 4Z3

Email:  Daniele.BehnSmith@viha.ca

Global Health

The program will accommodate two R3 positions with up to 6 months of funding per position (including a 2 month field placement) running continuously or discontinuously (according to the resident's preference) over the academic year.  Participants will be encouraged to apply for placement in a resource-limited, international setting with the organization or health authority of their choice, after completion of the training period.  Advice and assistance in this process are available.

The structure of this program is based on the principles of self-directed learning.  As such, the residents are responsible for creating their own specific learning objectives and learning strategy;  the program coordinators will provide guidance in this task.  These objectives need to be in keeping with the objectives and time-line of the program.  The resident is expected to participate in a mid-term and final evaluation, and complete all self and clinical evaluation forms.  The resident will be involved in the evaluation and development of the R3 program.

Program Coordinators:
Dr. Richard Bedell bedellrichard@gmail.com
Dr. Maureen Mayhew maureen.mayhew@ubc.ca
Dr. Simon Pulfrey spulfrey@gmail.com
Collaborating Organization:  International NGOs

Application Process:
The following application material must be submitted electronically to Dr. Maureen Mayhew maureen.mayhew@ubc.ca AND to Ingrid Ahlsten ingrid.ahlsten@familymed.ubc.ca by midnight PST March 15th:

1. Completed Enhanced Skills application form.  [Save document as: lastname.firstname.app.R3GH]
2. Letter outlining reasons for interest in the program, including relevance to future career goals (maximum 2 pages).  [Save document as: lastname.firstname.R3GH]
3. A brief outline of the proposed curriculum (if different from sample timeline), including an indication of how you anticipate using the 37 half-days available to meet individual objectives, desired duration of field placement (2-3 months) and concurrent clinical work not funded by the R3 program (maximum 2 pages).  [Save document as: lastname.firstname.curriculum.R3GH]
4. Curriculum Vitae.  [Save document as: lastname.firstname.CV.R3GH]
5. Three Reference Letters as to personal capabilities and qualities including brief statement about relationship to applicant.  Please also provide us with the name and contact information for each (we must be able to reach them by telephone and email during the selection period).  [Save document as: lastname.firstname.referees.R3GH]

You will receive e-mail confirmation of receipt of your application.  A selection committee will review all applications.  An interview may be required.

Selection Criteria:
Required (all of the following unless specifically justified):

• Evidence of ability to practice independently as a clinician
• Intention to seek work relevant to GH within 1 year of program completion
• Ability to travel for this training and for GH work in future

Preferred (one of more of the following):

• GH exposure (for training or work) in resource-poor settings
• Clinical experience in rural setting in Canada
• Global residence or travel in resource-poor settings
• Cross-cultural clinical experience (in Canada or abroad)

Resident Evaluation & Remediation Process:

• Training needs assessment (pre-program)
• Evaluations (course grades, clinical skills evaluations, etc.) for each component
• End-of-training overall assessment (knowledge)
• If required, remediation and/or termination will follow the policies and procedures outlined by the Department of Family Practice Residency Program

*Applicants should not have experience, training and education which supersedes what this program will offer. 

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HIV/AIDS

In order to address the lack of experienced physicians in HIV/AIDS, the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV and AIDS is pleased to be able to offer a 12 month postgraduate training program or a shorter 3 month program of preceptorship training, both at an R3 level.  The primary objective of this comprehensive program is to enhance the provision of HIV care to patients in BC, especially for primary care physicians working in limiting settings.  The resident will be trained at a wide variety of clinical sites, encompassing inpatient and ambulatory training where they will participate in the primary care of the HIV patient and be exposed to a multidisciplinary approach in the management of HIV/AIDS.  This program has been developed as a partnership between the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and the UBC Enhanced Skills Program.

For further information on this program or to request availability of shorter training times, please contact:

Silvia Guillemi, MD 
Clinical Coordinator, AIDS Research Program
St. Paul's Hospital
667-1081 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6
Phone:  604-806-8415
Email:  sguillemi@cfenet.ubc.ca

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Hospital Medicine

The clinical training site is at Surrey Memorial Hospital serving a community of over 600,000 people.  At this point, SMH is the second largest hospital in BC with the busiest ER in the province.  This hospitalist program is available to candidates who have completed their residency in Family Medicine and have their CCFP or are qualified for the CCFP.  They must be licensed to work in the province of BC.  It is open to new graduates of the residency program in family medicine, or to those who have been in practice for a period of time and who have identified a need in their community for added hospital practice skills.  

Residents involved in 3 to 6 months of training will be expected to develop a set of objectives for training which will be reviewed, and accepted by the faculty, and upon which evaluations will be basedIt is expected that at the end of the year, residents will have developed a skill set that will allow them to work in a community based or academic hospitalist program, or to work with greater skill and confidence in a rural hospital setting.   For shorter term residents it is expected that they will be able to function in a hospital setting with greater confidence and skill.

For more information please contact:

Dr. Diana Chang
Email:  diana.chang@familymed.ubc.ca

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Inner City Medicine

For information regarding training opportunities in Inner City Medicine, please contact:

M. Peter Granger M.D.
Medical Coordinator
Three Bridges Community Health Centre
Director, Division of Inner City Medicine
1292 Hornby Street
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1W2
Phone:  604-633-4234   |  Fax:  604-844-2223
Email:  peter.granger@vch.ca

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Musculoskeletal Medicine

The Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Centre at the University of British Columbia offers a primary care sports and exercise medicine year of training. This is a comprehensive training program to create expertise in the assessment, management and ultimately prevention of sport and exercise concerns. The endpoint is the creation of community leaders in this relatively new area of medicine. There is 1 position per year.

Objectives

1. to provide basic knowledge of primary care musculoskeletal, sport and exercise medicine
2. to teach both acute and chronic injuries/illnesses including management and prevention strategies
3. to promote the role of exercise and health
4. to teach the knowledge and skills necessary to perform as team physician including sport profiling, pre-participation examination and implementation of prevention strategies
5. to prepare the fellow to function as not only clinician but also educator and researcher
6. to develop a family physician with expertise in musculoskeletal, sports and exercise medicine who will lead in his/her community
7. to prepare the fellow for the successful challenge of the Canadian Academy of Sports and Exercise Medicine diploma examination

History

The program was initiated in 1982 and represented the realization of a specific postgraduate training initiative by sports medicine pioneers Drs. Doug Clement, Jack Taunton and Don Mckenzie. The career options of the graduates from the program reflect the diversity of musculoskeletal, sport and exercise medicine. This includes clinicians at community sports medicine facilities, university student health services, community family practice centers, worker compensation centers, national and professional sport teams and organizations; educators at the community and university level; and researchers in musculoskeletal, sport and exercise medicine/science.

For more information please contact:

Dr. Rob Lloyd-Smith
Phone: 604-822-3614
Fax: 604-822-9058

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Obstetrics

Training opportunities are available for added experience in obstetrics.  Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Three month training positions are available at BC Women's Hospital.

For additional information or for training at other locations, please contact Dr. Diana Chang.

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Occupational & Environmental Health

Following the Romanow, Naylor, and Bennet reports, the federal government is moving ahead with the Canadian Public Health Agency (or 'CDC North').  Its two major sites will be in Ottawa and Winnipeg with a network of regional offices.  Six Special Divisions are also being created and BC is fortunate to become home to two of these:  aboriginal health and environmental (including occupational) health.

We are offering the opportunity of 6-12 months training at the R3 level in occupational and environmental health.

Job opportunities include:  general practice with a special interest in occupational health, contract work with the WCB, academic studies, and private consultation work for government and corporate organizations.

Participating agencies include BC CDC Environmental Health Services (Dr. Ray Copes MD CCFP), OHSAH (Dr. Annalee Yassi), and the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology (Dr. Kay Teschke MPH PhD).

For more information please contact:

Dr. Trevor Corneil, MHSc, CCFP
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Family Practice
Email:  trevor.corneil@ubc.ca

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Oncology

The BC Cancer Agency’s (BCCA) Family Practice Oncology Network offers a flexible eight-week Preceptor Program to enable physicians outside major urban centres to strengthen their oncology skills and enhance care in their communities.  The objective is to have at least one, preferably two, family physicians with oncology expertise in every BC community with 15,000 people who can then support all aspects of oncology care in their community.

This Preceptor Program includes a two-week introductory module offered every September and February at the BCCA in Vancouver.  This module focuses on medical and radiation oncology, surgery, cancer screening, oncological emergencies and diagnostic imaging.  This first session also includes the opportunity to attend clinical rounds and tumour site conferences.  The remaining six weeks or modules can be completed within six months at any of the BCCA’s five cancer centres including the Abbotsford Centre, the Centre for the Southern Interior in Kelowna, the Fraser Valley Centre in Surrey, the Vancouver Centre and the Vancouver Island Centre in Victoria.

For these modules, participants are encouraged to tailor their learning specific to their community’s needs and can select from modules focusing on chemotherapy, radiation therapy, pediatric oncology and specific tumour sites.  Modules are also offered covering risk factors, genetics, prevention, screening, early diagnosis, staging, treatment modalities and management of side effects, follow-up and surveillance procedures, palliative care, future advances and methods to remain current and teach others.

Participants who complete the Preceptor Program are eligible to receive credits from the College of Family Physicians of Canada.  The Department of Family Practice’s Enhanced Skills Program provides remuneration at a third year residency level.  For REAP Advanced Skills trainees, travel and accommodation costs are covered in addition to a stipend.

To apply please complete:

• the Preceptor Program Application Form and submit to the BCCA Family Practice Oncology Network Manager, Gail Compton; and
• if eligible for REAP benefits, please complete the Advanced Skills Training Application Form and submit to:   
  Lisa Oliver,
  REAP Program, UBC Dept. of Family Practice,
  3100 – 5950 University Boulevard,
  Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3,
  Fax:  604-822-6950,
  Telephone:  604-827-4188. 
• if eligible through the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine, Third Year Residency Training Enhanced Skills Program, please complete the Enhanced Skills Application Form and submit to: 
  Ingrid Ahlsten,
  Enhanced Skills Program, UBC Dept. of Family Practice,
  3100 – 5950 University Boulevard,
  Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3,
  Fax: 604-822-6950,
  Telephone:  604-822-0869. 

If you have any questions about the Preceptor Program or would like more information, please e-mail Gail Compton or call her directly at 604-707-6367.

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Palliative Care

The UBC R3 Enhanced Skills Program provides R3 salary support to the Division of Palliative Care to create the following educational opportunities:

1. Training for practicing family doctors wishing to improve their competence in Palliative Care.
2. Training for physicians who wish to specialize in Palliative Medicine.

The Year of Added Competence is a 1-year full-time Palliative Care residency training program available to doctors from any discipline considering a career in Palliative Medicine.  It provides strong clinical skills training, and also development in research, teaching and leadership skills, to provide physicians with the skills needed to practice as Palliative Care consultants and program leaders.  Please see Category 1 programs.

Shorter training periods are also available.

For more information regarding any training opportunities in Palliative Care, please contact:

Program Director

Dr. Pat Boston
Providence Health Care
1081 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6
Fax:  604-806-8499

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Pharmacy & Therapeutics

There are training opportunities available (3-6 months) in pharmacotherapeutics, the assessment of drugs and their effectiveness as well as critical appraisal of the literature on drug effectiveness.  This program will equip physicians to be far more effective in selecting evidence-based therapies for their patients.

For further information, please contact Dr. Diana Chang.

Email:  Dr. Diana Chang

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Women's Health

Effective July 2010, we are offering a Women's Health Enhanced Skills residency position (R3) within the UBC Department of Family Practice.

Below is a brief description of the training being offered:

• Twelve weeks in duration
• Aimed at practicing physicians and new residency graduates wishing to offer enhanced skills in Women's Health to underserviced areas of British Columbia
• Encompassing a broad selection of Women's Health disciplines
• Incorporating focused time in two individually chosen areas of skill development
• Opportunity to spend two weeks in a Women's Health focused clinical practice
• The training will be oriented around specified learning objectives
• Supervision and support is provided on a regular basis

For more information please contact:

Dr. U. Malhotra CCFP (Women's Health), MBBcH, BAO, LRCS(P)I, dip IPHC
Medical Director, Options for Sexual Health
Program Director, Women's Health Residency Program
Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC

Email:  womenshealthmd@gmail.com

Dr. Roey Malleson, Director of Education
Department of Specialized Women's Health
BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre
Mailbox #55, 4500 Oak Street
Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1
Phone:  604-875-3543 Fax:  604-875-2177

Email:  rmalleson@cw.bc.ca

Fay Ferreira, Training Coordinator
Department of Specialized Women's Health
BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre 
Room F2, 4500 Oak Street
Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1
Phone:  604-875-2000 ext 6482 Fax:  604-875-2177

Email:  fferreira@cw.bc.ca

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