Family Medicine Residency Site: Abbotsford-Mission

Hello Simulation Community! I’m sharing the request below on behalf of Respiratory Therapists Without Borders, a volunteer-run Canadian charity currently supporting a 200-bed mission hospital in rural Nepal.

The organization is primarily seeking simulation-related supplies and equipment to help strengthen local healthcare education and build simulation capacity in a training-focused hospital setting. In addition, there is interest in connecting with simulation labs or educators in Canada who may be open to hosting an observer visit or site visit this summer.

If you or your organization have the capacity to support this initiative, whether through equipment donations, advice, mentorship, or an opportunity to observe simulation programming, please reach out directly using the contact information in the email below.

Thank you, everyone, for considering how you might support this meaningful global health education effort.

Contact Information:
Eric Cheng, RRT, CRE, FCSRT
Simulation Based Education MSc Candidate 2028
Co-Founder & Co-Culture Creator
Respiratory Therapists Without Borders
Registered Canadian Charity
eric@rtwb.ca || www.rtwb.ca
+977.980.473.9485 (Nepal)
+1.778.807.9117 (Canada)

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Best,

Jacqueline

For my upcoming presentation on AI in medical education, I have posted a set of practical materials to support preceptors with narrative assessment and coaching language, including guidance on when AI support can be helpful, and when it should not be used. These resources were developed for our upcoming faculty development retreat, and are now available for our physicians to access anytime.

What’s included

• A short narrative assessment exercise (two scenarios) to practice rewriting “meh” comments into specific, actionable coaching language
• A structured activity that explores using AI as a data analyst for resident feedback (themes, patterns, and what can go wrong)
• A “Minimum Evidence Scorecard” to support thoughtful, defensible decisions about AI tools in clinical education

How to access the materials

You can view and download the package here:
Materials link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VP0ZahYwtkGVhuFsuwkAFvRIinWmROmc/view?usp=sharing

See you on Friday!

Dr. Jacqueline P. Ashby, EdD, MSc
Assessment and Evaluation Co-Lead, UBC Family Medicine Residency Program
Faculty Development Coach, Team-Based Primary Care Learning Centre

Quick reminder that The 11th Annual Women’s Health Research Symposium is fast approaching! Registration slots are still available for virtual attendance.

The theme for the 2026 WHRI Symposium is “From Science to Solutions: Building Bridges from Discovery Science to Women’s Health.”

March 6, 2026
8:00am to 3:45pm
Register here: https://lnkd.in/gPxABYXd

Celebrate local investigators who are driving research excellence in the discovery, basic, and life sciences within women’s health — improving women’s health in the long term. Whether you’re an established researcher, trainee, clinicians, or a patient or community partner, we invite you to participate in this forum for sharing new scientific knowledge, knowledge translation, and cultivating collaborations among those passionate about women’s health research.

You are invited! Register for our virtual session on Patients as Teachers: Who’s teaching whom? Part of the Research and Reflections on Teaching: A Medical and Health Education Series. Cross-cutting topics. Expert speakers. Attend one, two or all three of the sessions offered yearly.

Title: Patients as Teachers: Who’s teaching whom?
Date & Time: Tuesday, May 26, 2026; 5:30-7:00pm; Register here
Panel members: Bonnie Sawatzky, Carolyn Canfield, and more to come
Location: Zoom

Join us for an engaging session exploring how patient perspectives can enhance teaching and enrich learner experience. At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Describe how patients can be engaged in health education across the spectrum
• Elevate patient voices within teaching approaches  
• Consider how your experiences as a patient or caregiver can improve your teaching approaches 

All faculty who teach in the medical and health professional programs in the Faculty of Medicine are invited. 

Read more about the Research and Reflections on Teaching (R&R) Series, by visiting the Office of Faculty Development website.

“Flowers have played a significant role in society, focusing on their aesthetic value rather than their food potential. This study’s goal was to look into flowering plants for everything from health benefits to other possible applications. This review presents detailed information on 119 species of flowers with agri-food and health relevance. Data were collected on their family, species, common name, commonly used plant part, bioremediation applications, main chemical compounds, medicinal and gastronomic uses, and concentration of bioactive compounds such as carotenoids and phenolic compounds.

In this respect, 87% of the floral species studied contain some toxic compounds, sometimes making them inedible, but specific molecules from these species have been used in medicine. Seventy-six percent can be consumed in low doses by infusion. In addition, 97% of the species studied are reported to have medicinal uses (32% immune system), and 63% could be used in the bioremediation of contaminated environments. Significantly, more than 50% of the species were only analysed for total concentrations of carotenoids and phenolic compounds, indicating a significant gap in identifying specific molecules of these bioactive compounds. These potential sources of bioactive compounds could transform the health and nutraceutical industries, offering innovative approaches to combat oxidative stress and promote optimal well-being.”

Learn more here: Exploring Plants with Flowers: From Therapeutic Nutritional Benefits to Innovative Sustainable Uses via NIH.

We are deeply shocked and saddened by the shootings at Tumbler Ridge and extend our deepest sympathy to all those impacted. This is a truly horrific event and our hearts are with the people of Tumbler Ridge and all British Columbians. For university community members impacted by this event and who are seeking support, please visit this site for a list of supports and resources: https://bit.ly/460hpjY

In acknowledgment of this tragedy, the University of British Columbia will be lowering its flags to half-mast.

To our residents, thank you.

Thank you for the steady presence you bring to every clinic day, and for the care you deliver when the work is complex and the pace is relentless. Thank you for showing up with curiosity, humility, and courage, for asking the hard questions, and for learning in real time with patients and teams who rely on you. You carry responsibility with grace, you make space for compassion in the middle of urgency, and you keep aiming to do better, even when you are tired.

Resident Doctors Appreciation Week is a small pause in a very busy year, but the gratitude is real. We see your effort, we value your growth, and we are proud to support you as you become the physicians our communities need.

Warmly,

Jacqueline

A 10-Minute Tune-Up for Our Assessment System

Assessment works best when we share the same mental model. Ahead of our March 2 retreat, we are using a short quiz to refresh key points from the CFPC resident assessment standards and to identify where we need clearer alignment across sites.

The goal is practical: reduce friction for preceptors and residents, strengthen our accreditation assessment story, and make it easier for Site Directors to use assessment information with confidence.

Review the Standards of Accreditation for Residency Programs in Family Medicine and take the Tune-Up Assessment Quiz.

Last night I attended the “From Hype to Hospital: How AI is being used in Healthcare and Research” hosted in British Columbia, Canada.

We’re surrounded by data in our healthcare system, but our ability to convert it into timely, trustworthy decisions is still limited by workflow, infrastructure, and governance. Provincial data collection continues to be labour intensive, often manual, and delayed.

As it was reported this evening, in trauma care, there can be a 12-18 month lag between what happens in the Emergency Department and Trauma Service, and what ultimately lands in registries, dashboards, and system-level reports. Check out the article “iROBOT: Implementing Real-time Operational dashBOards for Trauma care” to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gvBQKMgs

Other interesting points from presenters include:

+ Structured data is easy to analyze, narrative data holds the nuance that can change risk and interpretation.
+ AI can speed screening and reporting, reduce false positives, and support real-time dashboards, if evaluated honestly.
+ In BC, common use cases are emerging: early warning (sepsis, deterioration), staffing and scheduling, operational intelligence.
+ The hard part is the pipeline: discovery to pilot to scaled deployment, many projects stall before impact.
+ Implementation risks are real: trust (confabulation, over-reliance), privacy, environmental cost, workforce disruption.

My takeaway: We have a responsibility to educate and train healthcare practitioners in the use of AI, and to start asking critical questions about how it will affect patient care.

Slides attached are from Graham Payette’s AI BC briefing.

Sincerely,

Jacqueline