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Overview Currently reviewing 2024 applications UBC Faculty Affairs and UBC CPD have partnered to deliver a mentoring program to clinical faculty within the UBC Faculty of Medicine. The Clinical Faculty Mentoring program pairs junior clinical faculty/new educators (mentees) with senior clinical faculty (mentors) and includes the 22 departments and schools that make up UBC’s Faculty of Medicine. The program will run its sixth cohort from October 2024 to April 2025, with applications now open (see below). This program continues to find success by offering a semi-structured program with minimum

The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration in Autism ( CIRCA ) and UBC CPD have collaborated to deliver comprehensive multimodal educational offerings to support primary health care providers advance their confidence and knowledge in autism spectrum disorder diagnosis and management and equip these providers with relevant tools to better support their patients with autism spectrum disorder. The educational development and delivery will include online modules and webinars, with practical post-learning resources to support the facilitation of the newly acquired knowledge into

Course: Addiction Care and Treatment Online Course Background: Our goal was to adapt a comprehensive course from the BCCSU on addiction care, covering 20+ modules on topics such as opioid use disorder, cannabis use disorder, harm reduction, and many more. The intended audience: family physicians, specialists, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and other healthcare practitioners involved in addiction care and treatment. Problems: With our broad range of online learners, all of whom are receptive to different learning styles, it was important for us to establish a careful balance of

Overview UBC CPD recognizes the responsibility to support reconciliation with First Nations, Inuit and Métis people, advance anti-racism and improve the experiences of Indigenous peoples when interacting with the health-care system. To address the need for access to education, resources and practice tools for physicians in BC communities, UBC CPD has established a relationship with the Indigenous Specific Anti-Racism (ISAR) and Cultural Safety Team at Doctors of BC to deliver education to health professionals through a series of webinars. These webinars will provide health professionals with

Overview As Primary Care Networks (PCNs) across British Columbia (BC) work toward fostering interprofessional team-based care, UBC CPD aims to support the Team-Based Primary Care Learning Centres (TPCLC) project by delivering tailored learning resources to members of team-based primary care clinics, including physicians, nurse practitioners and allied health providers. Team-Based Primary Care Learning Centres (TPCLC) Project The Team-Based Primary Care Learning Centres (TPCLC) project is a three-year initiative supported by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and managed by the UBC Department of

Overview UBC CPD is proud to collaborate with BC Cancer to provide innovative education offerings and resources for health professionals to better support cancer care. In 2024, the BC Cancer Lung Screening Program identified a need to better support health professionals’ understanding of lung screening eligibility criteria and assessment process. To address the need to better support primary care providers’ understanding of contributing factors for lung screening eligibility, UBC CPD will design and deliver a webinar and online repository with resources on lung screening criteria and

Advancing abortion care through tools for health professionals In partnership with The Contraception & Abortion Research Team (CART) and funded by Health Canada, UBC CPD continues its partnership for ongoing development of education for health professionals across Canada who can provide abortion care. Providing optimal care to underserved populations The three-part project addresses intersectionality and the compounding of historic, systemic and sustained barriers to seeking care/optimal care for underserved populations. Through the discovery, creation and delivery of professional development

In response to the urgent demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, we offer timely, concise, and meaningful education and resources for BC healthcare professionals. Our CPD response includes a series of interactive COVID-19 webinars for family physicians, specialist physicians, midwives, physiotherapists, and other healthcare professionals. Expert panel presenters facilitate Q&A to review the most up-to-date information and address concerns in real-time. Since March 2020, we have delivered a robust webinars series to thousands of attendees, which include COVID-19 updates as well as impacts to areas