Faculty Development Newsletter
The Office of Faculty Development sends quarterly newsletters to our community of teachers in the Faculty of Medicine. We share news, resources, and updates about upcoming events relevant to health professions education.
Subscribe to the Faculty Development E-Newsletter to find out about upcoming events and other ways to get involved!
July 2024 Issue
R&R Series – Generational Othering: How popular stereotypes impact our teaching and a scientific way forward
Register for this half-day event featuring the annual Webber Lecture on Generational Othering
Speakers: Drs. Joshua Jauregui and Adelaide McClintock, University of Washington School of Medicine
Date & Time: Friday, September 13, 2024, 8:30am – 1:00pm
This is a province-wide in-person event featuring local discussions and networking opportunities, with a virtual option for remote participants. Breakfast and lunch will be provided at distributed sites.
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April 2024 Issue
Research and Reflections on Teaching: A Medical and Health Education Series
Hosted by the Office of Faculty Development, this series features:
- Curated, current topics applicable to all faculty who teach in the MD Undergraduate Program, Postgraduate Medical Program, and Health Professional Programs
- Opportunity for connecting and networking
- Two virtual sessions and one hybrid session per academic year
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January 2024 Issue
Congratulations to 2023-24 Faculty Resident Development Initiatives Grant (FRDIG) Recipients!
This year the focus was on supporting faculty or residents as teachers and incorporating Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), anti-oppression, and anti-racism principles in the learning environment. Discover more about the projects of recipients Dr. Vincent Wong and Ms. Simone Gruenig.
Click to read the January 2024 issue.
October 2023 Issue
Each year, the Faculty of Medicine recognizes faculty and staff members for excellence.
The Office of Faculty Development would like to congratulate Katherine Wisener for being recognized for outstanding contributions by UBC staff and Sharon Doucet, Jennifer McKay and David Sanders for their strong commitment to living the Faculty of Medicine values of respect, integrity, compassion, collaboration and equity.
Click to read the October 2023 issue.
June 2023 Issue
2023 Faculty/ Resident Development Initiatives Grant (FRDIG) – Call for Applications is Now Open!
The Faculty/ Resident Development Initiatives Grant (FRDIG) offered by the Office of Faculty Development supports projects from faculty and residents in the Faculty of Medicine. The focus of the projects must aim to enhance the quality or scholarship of teaching in the Faculty of Medicine within the faculty development priority areas of health professions education that are widely transferrable across contexts.
Click to read the June 2023 issue.
March 2023 Issue
This year’s annual Medical Education Day was held on Friday March 3rd, in-person at the University Golf Club.
The theme for the day was Teaching and Assessing Learners with Disabilities. The 17th William Webber Lecturer was Dr. Lisa Meeks from the University of Michigan Medical Schooland and her talk was on Creating Inclusive Training Programs for Trainees with Disabilities.
Click to read the March 2023 issue.
January 2023 Issue
Dr. Heather Buckley has been appointed as Associate Dean, Faculty Development in the Faculty of Medicine, effective to November 30, 2027.
Dr. Buckley is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Family Practice and a scholar at the Centre for Health Education Scholarship (CHES). Her history of involvement in the Faculty of Medicine includes 20 years as a teacher and 10 years as a leader on the Vancouver Fraser Medical Program (VFMP) Faculty Development team. Dr. Buckley is the Provincial Portfolio Lead for the Undergraduate Medical Education Program, served as a fellow in CHES’s Clinical Educator Fellowship Program, and is a recipient of the Association of the Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) Award for Outstanding Contribution to Faculty Development in Canada.
Click to read the January 2023 issue.
November 2022 Issue
Thank you to Dr. Kiran Veerapen!
Dr. Kiran Veerapen has provided inspirational leadership to the Faculty Development portfolio within the Faculty of Medicine for the past seven years in her role as Assistant Dean. As her term comes to an end on December 31st, 2022, staff at the Office of Faculty Development wish to extend their gratitude towards Kiran and briefly reflect on some of her accomplishments.