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New Student Profile: Harinder Gill, VFMP 2019
Name: Harinder Pal Singh Gill Hometown: Surrey, BC What attracted you to the field of medicine? I had always been interested in science since my dad used to be a science lecturer and always talked...
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Spring 2016 VFMP Newsletter: a message from the Regional Associate Dean
Is it just me, or does it feel as though spring has come a bit ahead of schedule this year? I’m quite certain I have seen the daffodils and crocuses popping up much earlier than usual. This is not...
View ArticleInnovative ideas born at student led “Hatching Health” event
Their idea was simple: bring brilliant people with different perspectives together to tackle challenges in healthcare. When medical students Daniel Raff, Ameen Amanian (MD 2018) participated in the...
View Article2016 VFMP Graduate Profile Submissions
Congratulations to the class of 2016! Tell us more about your MD experience and what is next for you in your medical career. Name*Hometown*What have you enjoyed the most about your MD Undergraduate...
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Meet the Class of 2016: Vancouver Fraser Medical Program
With graduation drawing near, we thought it would be interesting to meet some of this year’s Vancouver Fraser Medical Program (VFMP) graduates. We asked them about themselves, their medical school...
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Grad 2016: from first year to Family Medicine
Mike Bergunder in his first year at the UBC MD program. When Mike Bergunder started the MD program four years ago, we asked him about his journey to medicine and the challenges he faced. These were his...
View ArticleMeet the Class of 2016: Southern Medical Program
This week, we introduce you to four grads from our Southern Medical Program...
View ArticleOffer Notifications Sent 2015/2016
All of the offer notifications have been sent and all applicants should know the admission decision on their file. Regardless of what type of news you received today, we would like to thank you for...
View ArticleWaitlist Questions 2015/2016
Every school treats their waitlist differently and we hope these FAQs will help to answer some common questions about our waitlist. These questions are mostly reprinted from an earlier post – we have...
View ArticleMeet the class of 2016: Northern Medical Program
This week we introduce you to three women who are graduating as doctors from our Northern Medical Program based at UNBC.
View ArticleNew Dakelh doctors look northward
Childhood friends Nathan Teegee and Todd Alec are among eight Aboriginal MDs graduating from the Faculty of Medicine this year.
View ArticleOffers 2016 – Round 2 Sent
We sent the second round of offers today. Congratulations to everyone who received one! The deadline for this round is Thursday, June 2 at noon Pacific Time; the next round of offers will go out after...
View ArticleOffers 2016 – Round 3 Sent
The third round of offers has been sent. As always, congratulations to everyone who received an offer! We will update the blog again after the deadline for this round, which is Friday, June 10 at noon...
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A Renewed Perspective
UBC MD student, Michael Rizzuto In August of 2015, the UBC MD Undergraduate Program launched a renewed curriculum. Based on longitudinal learning, the traditional smaller blocks of material that have...
View ArticleOffers 2016 – Round 4 Sent
Round 4 offers have been sent. The deadline for this round is Thursday, June 16 at noon Pacific Time, and we will update the blog after this deadline. Congratulations to this round’s offer recipients!
View ArticleUBC Welcomes our 15th President and Vice-Chancellor
Born in Vancouver and the son of a former UBC professor, Dr. Santa Ono has come home to lead UBC as it embarks on its next 100 years.
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Bringing health knowledge behind the walls
Rebecca MacLean-Angus meeting with four youths at the Burnaby Youth Custody Centre. Photo by Brian Kladko Matthew Smyth, a first-year medical student at UBC, tries to grab their attention – and hold it...
View ArticleOffers 2016 – Round 5 Sent
We have sent Round 5 of the offers. If you received an offer this round, congratulations! The deadline for this round is Thursday, June 23 and we will update the blog after the deadline.
View Article2016/2017 General Questions Post
The 2016/2017 application has been open for a week and a few applicants have already submitted their applications! For those of you just starting your application or working your way through it, this...
View ArticleOffers 2016 – All Positions Filled in MED 2020 Class
The deadline for Round 6 has passed, and we are both happy and sad to report that all of the positions for the MED 2020 class have been filled. If students withdraw their acceptances there is a chance...
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