A message from Sharmila Anandasabapathy, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health, UBC.
We live in extraordinary times — both in terms of the growing challenges to human health but also the rapidly expanding capabilities of modern technology. The old boundaries between disciplines, between research and practice, between local and global, are dissolving. Medicine and medical education must adapt.
It’s a challenge and an opportunity.
In the latest edition of Pathways Magazine, you will discover how all of us here at the UBC Faculty of Medicine are leading the way forward, with province-wide education and training at a scale unmatched in North America. Our students and resident doctors learn and train in every imaginable setting where care is delivered, gaining the diverse skills required to meet the changing health needs of people in British Columbia and beyond.
That’s more than 5,000 learners training under the guidance of over 13,000 clinical and academic faculty at more than 145 sites across the province.
In this issue, you’ll meet some of the many people in the Faculty who are bringing this extraordinary network to life — in urban, rural, remote and Indigenous communities.
You’ll follow dedicated clinical faculty as they mentor the next generation of doctors and health professionals in busy hospitals and clinics. You’ll meet medical students immersed in communities where culturally sensitive, relationship-based care shapes both practice and purpose. You’ll see how these experiences inspire so many UBC graduates to build their careers where they train, strengthening care across the province.
You’ll also discover how UBC resident doctors and health professions students are delivering care while they hone their skills; how clinician-scientists and graduate students are advancing clinical trials and community-based research; and how clinical faculty and biomedical engineering students are working together to create innovative training simulators for better surgical care here at home and around the world.
These stories and more show what’s possible when medical and health professions education is integrated, interdisciplinary and grounded in community. They show how the UBC Faculty of Medicine — together with our government, health authority, academic and community partners — is building the healthcare and life sciences workforce of the future, and creating better health for everyone, everywhere, every day.
This message was sent to all faculty, staff and learners in the Faculty of Medicine.
