Author: UBC Abbotsford-Mission Family Practice Residency Program

“There is a lot of fear in this current story, and until recently, the stories that seemed to have the most power are those of bitterness, of how it had all gone wrong for us individually and collectively. It has been inspiring to watch how the best comes from the worst. How people are waking up in this time of global reckoning to the realization that our connections with each other are some of the most important things we have.

But stepping back. For all we’ve had to lament, we spend very little time relishing the single biggest thing that has ever gone right for us. That we are here in the first place, that we are alive at all. That we are still alive. A million and a half years after finding a box of matches, we haven’t totally burned the house down. Yet. The chances of being here are infinitesimal. Yet here we are. Perils and all.” ~ Oliver Jeffers

Enjoy more of Oliver’s observations on how our ‘beautiful, fragile drama of human civilization’ is evolving here.

UBC Faculty of Medicine CPD: COVID-19 Update: Innovation and Change in Family Practice arising from COVID-19 Pandemic

This upcoming webinar will include a panel of presenters and participants will be prompted to ask their questions in real time using webinar technology. We encourage you to send your questions in early.

Key Speakers: Dr. Jaron Easterbrook, Dr. Daniel Ngui, & Dr. Richard Welsh

Date: Thursday, April 30, 2020
Broadcast starts: 7:00 PM PDT Online
Register here.

If you’re not prepared to be wrong,
you’ll never come up with anything original.

~ Dr. Ken Robinson

The Western Canada COVID-19 Medical Student Response Team (WE-CAN COVID-19 MSRT) is a student-led, grassroots initiative with the primary objective of empowering medical students to support physicians and public health authorities in their efforts against COVID-19.

More on WE-CAN COVID-19 MSRT here.

“We are pleased to announce Dr. Kate Shannon was awarded one of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Sex and Gender Science Chairs. Dr. Shannon is among 15 Canadian leaders across diverse disciplines who received CIHR Sex and Gender Science Chairs. 

Dr. Kate Shannon, PhD, MPH (Global Health) is the Executive Director of the Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity, a Professor of Medicine and a Canada Research Chair in Gender Equity, Sexual Health and Global Policy at the University of British Columbia where she helps lead the university’s efforts on gender equity and sexual health care among underserviced and marginalized communities.”

Learn more about her work here.

NEW: Indigenous Patient-Led CPD

We are an Elder-led group from Indigenous and non-Indigenous backgrounds working together to increase cultural safety and humility in rural BC by building relationships with First Nation communities and physician communities.
To learn more, visit Indigenous Patient-Led CPD.
To access the Cultural Safety Mindfulness During a Pandemic document, click here. 

Fantastic Quality of Improvement Project presentations this morning! Thank you to all who brought their a-game to the session. A special congratulations to:

Project Most Likely to Influence Practice Awards
Dr. Ashandeep Sandhu: Dyslipidemia in Diabetes
A chart review and discussion about meeting LDL targets in diabetic patients.

Dr. Senan Fernandes: HbA1c in the diabetic elderly: Are we too strict with our glycemic control?

Faculty Choice Award
Dr. Monika Wojtera: Penicillin Allergy Testing in the Family Medicine Clinic
Determining how many patients with a history of mild penicillin allergy could potentially benefit from an in-office graded oral provocation challenge with amoxicillin.

AMEE is hosting a special webinar, ‘COVID-19 Students’ and teachers wellbeing journey: Struggling, embracing, empowering‘ will be presented by Janusz Janczukowicz, Jo Bishop & Ewa Pawlowicz on Thursday the 16th of April 2020 at 1000 hrs UK (GMT+1).

As of 2019, the AMEE webinar series will be entirely free. Please register here.

Due to limited space, it is advisable to join on time as AMEE cannot guarantee entry to the webinars. More information and resources can be found on our special webpage here.

AMEE also has a Special Interest Group (SIG) if you wish to carry on the conversation with any of the presenters.

To access the SIG please log onto AMEE’s sister site MedEdWorld and register your details, once logged in you can access the group by clicking on ‘Special Interest Groups’ located on the left-hand side of your screen.

Join us this Thursday, April 16 for our AHD on Abbotsford-Mission Family Practice Residents’ Quality Improvement Projects. Please contact jacqueline.ashby@ubc.ca for connection details.