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​Greetings Residents!

UBC’s Phase 3 of the Stadium Neighbourhood public consultation is launching soon!

I encourage you all to share your expertise and contribute to this dialogue as the communities we design, build, and nurture influence our health and wellbeing. Safety, walkability, mobility, accessibility, economic health, green space, and inclusiveness are just some of the needs and desires that people identify as important characteristics of their neighbourhoods. Implementing these features into the built environment is a challenge and requires intention and collaboration. So take part in this opportunity and lend your voice!

Warmly,

Jacqueline

More from UBC below:

Provide your feedback on the Plan Options for the new neighbourhood to be located near the Thunderbird Stadium. The consultation will be running from October 1-21.

You can provide your input online or in person from October 1 to 21.

Online survey:

Survey will open from October 1-21

Public Open Houses:

October 3, 10am – noon, Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre, 6163 University Blvd

October 10, 4pm-7pm, Wesbrook Community Centre, 3335 Webber Lane

Building Happier, Healthier Communities: We are hosting two events with Happy City around the theme Building Happier, Healthier Communities. You are invited to take part in this important discussion on how we can build happiness and wellbeing into UBC’s neighbourhoods.

Public Talk: Join Happy City author Charles Montgomery for an evening of fascinating science and stories of transformation from cities around the world. Register here.
October 4, 5:30pm to 8pm, Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre, 6163 University Blvd

Workshop: Roll up your sleeves for a half day workshop on how to design happiness into Stadium Neighbourhood. The workshop will be co-facilitated by Campus and Community Planning and the Happy City team. Register here.
October 13, 12pm to 4pm, BC Hydro Theatre, CIRS Building, 2260 West Mall

To register for both of these events or to learn more click here.

Join us for our next Design Thinking session with IKONA Co-Founder & CEO Tim Fitzpatrick! Tim will be leading a conversation on improving patient education; provider training using immersive media; and why virtual and augmented reality have the power to transform the patient experience and improve outcomes.

Greetings Residents!

The 11th Annual Resident Talent Night is September 27, 2018! Resident Talent Night celebrates the resident community’s many talents beyond medicine, including musicians, spoken word poets, singer-songwriters, dancers, martial artists, magicians, acrobats, comedians, and more. It’s also a chance to showcase resident photography, painting and drawing submissions through an art exhibit. Learn more here!

We have also scheduled a Wellness Workshop this Thursday from 10:30 to 12:00 p.m. with UBC Resident Wellness Counsellor, Elizabeth Sabine. This session is focused on Resident Resiliency.

Residents may book a confidential counselling appointment on Thursday with Elizabeth. If you are interested, please contact her at elizabeth.sabine@ubc.ca.

Learn more about the UBC’s Resident Wellness Services and Resources.

A big thank you to celebrity chef Michael Smith for visiting the UBC Abbotsford-Mission Family Practice Residency Program! We greatly appreciated his time and insight as a champion for public health.

Our Resident, Dr. John Stimson, explained how Michael “educated us on the ground level problems facing dietary counselling of patients, namely the battle against commercial food. Food that is designed to be alluring to the taste buds, refined, and saturated with preservatives and sugar. Food that is cheap at the till but costly to the healthcare system. People are often left confused with what they should eat, constantly inundated with complicated diets or cure all food fads. He stressed that homemade meals can be accessible, affordable, and achievable for all citizens in the country, and that physicians are vital to promote this change.”

We also grabbed a signed copy of Michael’s new book! You’re welcome to check it out at our site’s little library!

Greetings Residents!

As many of you prepare for your rural rotations, we’d like to remind you to please complete the UBC Rural Academic Learning Log. The log is designed to help you keep track of your educational activities and academic teaching while you are on your journey.

Click here to download the log and instructions. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact me. Thank you!

Warmly,

Jacqueline

We’re thrilled to have Chef Michael Smith visiting us this Thursday as part of our Academic Half Day Design Thinking Lecture Series! Chef Smith will be discussing his new book “Real Food Real Good” and how he’s approached bringing his ideas about health, nutrition, and cooking to life!

We look forward to seeing you!

Warmly,

Jacqueline

Greetings All!

Our Faculty Development Breakfast has been rescheduled to the following date:

Tuesday, October 23 from 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Location: Mission Division of Family Practice, 7298 Hurd Street
Mission, BC  V2V 3H6 / Chinook Room #3
Facilitator: Jacqueline P. Ashby, Ed.D.
Register here!

“Empathy has no script. There is no right way or wrong way to do it. It’s simply listening, holding space, withholding judgement, emotionally connecting, and communicating that incredibly healing message of ‘You’re not alone.’” ~ Dr. Brené Brown

As part of our new Design Thinking in Residency curriculum, yesterday we explored the topic of Empathy that included exercises in emotion recognition and perspective-taking. Design thinking is a creative approach to problem-solving and Empathy is the paradigm’s first phase focused on understanding the user’s experience, insights, values, motivations, and feelings. Empathizing is also instrumental during design’s Discovery process where we unearth and investigate users’ needs, desires, and barriers that challenge them.

In medicine, research indicates that Empathy may improve physicians’ clinical competence, emotional regulation, and feelings of wellbeing (Hojat et al, 2002; Shanafelt et al, 2005); in addition to patient satisfaction, health outcomes, and adherence to medical recommendations or regimens  (Blatt et al, 2010; Derksen et al, 2013; Hojat et al, 2002; Reiss et al, 2013; Krasner et al, 2009). Empathy may also reduce medical-legal risk; healthcare costs; and physicians’ depersonalization and burnout (Epstein et al, 2005; Levison et al, 1997; Moore et al, 2000; Thomas et al, 2007).

Empathy and employing the user-centred approach are described in our CanMED Roles and UBC Family Practice Curriculum. Our session emphasized the following objectives:

• Demonstrate effective empathic communication skills including active listening, verbal and non-verbal skills, and expression of empathy.
• Build positive, compassionate therapeutic relationships.
• Use a patient-centred approach in the care of patients and families.
• Analyze the communities or environments that impact patient health.

We followed this session with a visit to Abbotsford’s first adult hospice, Holmberg House, conveniently located near Abbotsford Regional Hospital & Cancer Centre. Greeted by Holmerg House’s Director Rob Kuehl and Counsellor Dr. Lakhbir Jassal, our physicians learned about the program’s services provided and emerging research projects in Palliative Care. We toured the facility and gained a better understanding as to how designing with intention influences the relationship between person and place. The space also expresses the community’s connection, generosity, and support of residents and their families. We were able to observe how Palliative Care teams are embracing innovation as they rethink and redesign environments that offer the amenities and comforts of home while accommodating for residents’ psychosocial and medical needs.

We appreciate Holmberg House allowing us the opportunity to explore their unique context and in helping us comprehend the end-of-life experience.

Warmly,

Jacqueline

Join us for the Second Annual Resiraptors vs. Precipitators Volleyball Tourney 2018! Admittedly, I’m a bit nervous about this year’s showdown. Our incoming cohort though are strategic and we’ve got some height on our side. For those needing a recap of 2016, the Preceptors were victorious; however, that was after senior administration conveniently modified the rules during play. Not happening this year :).

Be there:

Saturday, August 18 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Mission Springs Pub (sandcourts in the back) Mission, B.C.

Residents, Preceptors, and your families are invited!

Cheers!

Jacqueline

“Access to active play in nature and outdoors—with its risks—is essential for healthy child development. We recommend increasing children’s opportunities for self-directed play outdoors in all settings—at home, at school, in child care, the community and nature.” ~  Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health (CCMOH)

Canadian physicians, moms, and BC Parks are joining forces to support the growing movement acknowledging the benefits of outdoor play! The Outside & Unplugged walks is a recent initiative that encourages families to get outside and connect with each other. Over 100 physicians have volunteered to lead these walks in their communities. The event takes place on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 10 am at 100 participating BC Parks.

Register to lead a walk at www.healthybynature.ca.

Read more on physicians’ support of this initiative: “Healthy-By-Nature with Outside-and-Unplugged Walks!” via BC Medical Journal.

Please see below additional resources and ideas to peruse through:

• Appalachian Mountain Club and MGHfC team up to help families live a healthier lifestyle: Learn more here.
• Gehle. 2011. Integrating environmental health into medical education.
• Nieuwenhuijsen. 2014. Positive health effects of the natural outdoor environment in typical populations in different regions in Europe (PHENOTYPE): A study programme protocol.
• Nisbit. 2015. Prescribing a dose of nature.
• Pope. 1995. Environmental medicine: Integrating a missing element into medical education.
• Puma. 2016. Rx: Exercise daily — Outdoors. Doctor’s Orders.
• Russell. 2013. Humans and nature: How knowing and experiencing nature affect well-being.
• Yu. 2017. Effects of short forest bathing program on autonomic nervous system activity and mood states in middle-aged and elderly individuals.

Warmly,

Jacqueline