Medical News, Exam Preparation, & Resource Links
Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) magazines
Canadian Task Force on Preventative Health Care
Family Practice Notes by Danielle O’Toole
Medscape: medical news, clinical trial coverage, and journal articles
New England Journal of Medicine: medical videos
The Hub: University of Toronto
The Review Course: Free study tips and links to Canadian guidelines
Toronto Notes: medical review revised by University of Toronto student contributors under guidance of the Faculty of Medicine
UpToDate: evidence-based clinical decision support resource

Artificial Intelligence in the Canadian Public Sector: Strategy, Legislation, and Worker Protection
AI Strategy for the Federal Public Service 2025-2027
Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA): Governs the collection, use, and disclosure of employee data.
Personal Information Protection and Electronics Documentation Act (PIPEDA): National standards for handling personal information in commercial activities across Canada.
Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA): ensuring AI systems used in Canada are utilized safely and ethically.
WorkSafeBC & OHS Canada Considerations: AI-related impacts on workplace safety and employee rights.
Digital transformation enabling AI adoption for First Nations in BC via First Nations Technology Council
Indigenous leadership in technology strategy via First Nations Technology Council

Artificial Intelligence at UBC: Guidelines, Networks, and Clinical Practice Resources
CFPC: Statement on Aritificial Intelligence
Doctors of BC: Practical Considerations Using AI Scribes
UBC Balancing AI and Human Interaction: Explore UBC’s generative AI principles and guidelines for teaching and learning
UBC Artificial Intelligence and Teaching in the Faculty of Medicine: Outlines how artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly shaping teaching and learning in medical education, and presents resources for instructors to explore its use.
UBC AI & Health Network: Building capacity for research, education and outreach that leverages the latest advances in artificial intelligence (AI) to drive health system innovation and improve patient care across B.C. and Canada.
AI & Digital Health in Rural Communities: Roundtable Discussion Hosted by UBC Data Science & Health
Cybersecurity & Using AI in Family Medicine (2025) via AMFM Blog.

Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Learning: Interactive Tools and Simulators
ChatGPT SCE Patient Simulator: An interactive model for simulated patient encounters. Use voice mode.
AI Patient Actor Case Bot: A useful tool for creating clinical cases formatted for the AI Patient Actor app.
SimPatient: A comprehensive video and platform supporting communication and clinical reasoning skills. Learn more here about the platform here.
Generative AI for Communication Training in Medicine: Lecture by Dr. Thomas Thesen on AI’s role in enhancing communication skills in medical education.

Assessment
Assessment Objectives for Certification in Family Medicine (2020) via CFPC

Cardiology: References
Elmayergi N. Colour Cardiology: A Primer 2.0. 2018.

Cardiology: Websites
ECG Made Simple

Chronic Illness
Sickboy: A discussion about the heavier sides of living with disease incorporating an unfiltered and unapologetic sense of humour

Communication
Patterson K, Grenny J, McMillan R, Switzler A. (2002). Crucial conversations: Tools for talking when stakes are high. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Consultation
Neighbour R. The Inner Consultation: How to Develop an Effective and Intuitive Consulting Style. 2nd edition. Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press; 2004.
Consultation Analysis: readings, video, and skills

Counselling Approaches
Rollnick S, Miller WR, Butler CC. Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behaviour. New York; The Guilford Press: 2008.

COVID-19 Teaching & Learning Resources
COVID-19 with intubation (video simulation) produced VGH ED
COVID-19 Resources Canada: Resources for research and clinicians fighting COVID
COVID-19 Response (online modules): via Pallium & CMA
COVID-19 Simulation Guide via BCSN
COVID-19 & UBC Faculty Development & Support
Cultural Safety Mindfulness During a Pandemic via Indigenous Patient-Led CPD
EM Rap COVID-19: Videos & Links
ICU Training for COVID-19 via University of Toronto
Teaching During Turbulent Times: Produced by our UBC Family Medicine Faculty Development Team.

Curriculum & Evaluation Objectives
Curriculum Mapping Guide 2018: UBC Faculty of Medicine (2nd edition)
Domains of Care & Core Activities: Core Learning Outcomes (May 2020)
Effective Communication Skills: CFPC
Evaluation Objectives: Additional links on CFPC
Recognizing Professionalism in Family Medicine: CFPC
Residency Training Profile for Family Medicine and Enhanced Skills Programs Leading to Certificates of Added Competence: CFPC
Working Group on Curriculum Review: CanMEDS-Family Medicine (2009)

Domestic Abuse: Resources
Women’s Resource Society of the Fraser Valley: Transition Houses
Abbotsford Police Department: Online Resource Library

Emergency Medicine
EM:RAP Emergency Medicine: Reviews and Perspectives podcast
Life in the Fastlane: source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care

UBC Enhanced Skills Program
UBC Enhanced Skills Program Site
A Guide to Integrating Quality Improvement into Family Medicine Programs (11/2021) via CFPC
Residency Training Profile for Family Medicine and Enhanced Skills Programs Leading to Certificates in Added Competence (5/21) via CFPC

Fiction
Nguyen, V. T. (2015). The sympathizer. New York: Grove Press.

Humanitarian Action
Orbinski, J. (2008). An imperfect offering: Humanitarian action for the 21st century. Toronto: Doubleday Canada.

Indigenous Health & Wellbeing
BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres
First Nations Health Authority: Health through Wellness
First Nations Health Council
San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training: BC Provincial Health Services Authority
UBC Faculty of Medicine: Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health
UBC Learning Circle: Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health

Innovation & Business
Cloud, H. (2011). Necessary endings: The employees, businesses, and relationships that all of us have to give up in order to move forward. New York: Harper-Collins.

Friedman, T. L. (2016). Thank you for being late: An optimist’s guide to thriving in the age of accelerations. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux .

Godin, S. (2008). Tribes: We need you to lead us. New York: Portfolio.

Heath, C., & Heath, D. (2007). Made to stick: Why some ideas survive and others die. New York: Random House.

Lencioni, P. (2002). The five dysfunctions of a team: A leadership fable. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Sinek, S. (2011). Start with why: How great leaders inspire everyone to take action. New York: Portfolio / Penguin.

Sinek, S. (2014). Leaders eat last: Why some teams pull together and others don’t. New York, New York: Portfolio/Penguin.

Internal Medicine
Hui D, Leung A, Padwal R (Eds). Approach to Internal Medicine: A Resource Book for Clinical Practice. Springer International Publishing; 2015.

Sabatine MS. Pocket Medicine: The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Internal Medicine. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2016.

Language
A Practical Guide to the Punjabi Language in Medicine

Late Stage and End-of-Life
Butler, K. (2013). Knocking on heaven’s door: The path to a better way of life. New York: Scribner.

Gawande, A. (2014). Being mortal: Medicine and what matters in the end (First edition.). New York: Metropolitan Books.

Kalanithi, P. (2016). When breath becomes air (First edition.). New York: Random House.

Libraries
Fraser Health Library Services
UBC Library

Medical Education
Teaching in your Office: A Guide to Instructing Medical Students and Residents (2nd edition) by Alguire, Dewitt, Pinsky, and Ferenchick

Nephrology
Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)

Obstetrics
Advances in Labour & Risk Management (ALARM) courses

Ophthalmology
Video series: UBC Medicine – Educational Media

Orthopaedics
Essentials of Musculoskeletal Care (AAOS).  Focus covering the shoulder, hip, and knee. You can access this book for free through our UBC Library using your UBC CWL account. The latest ebook edition is 2018. Author: AAOS Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC. ISBN: 1-284-16685-6, 978-1-284-16685-9.

Palliative Care
British Columbia Centre for Palliative Care: Compassionate Communities
British Columbia Government: End-of-Life Care
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association: Advance Care Planning
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Conference
Canadian Virtual Hospice
Speak Up: Advance Care Planning

Pediatrics
BC Children’s Hospital
Bilicalc App
Canadian Paediatric Society: resources for clinicians and parents covering child-related primary care topics
pedmed.org: BC Children’s and Womens Hospital Online Formulary

Presentations & PowerPoints
AHD Preparation
Create Slides People Will Remember
Five Rules for Presentations

Radiology
Radiopaedia

Research
Fraser Health: Finding Funding
Fraser Health: Researchers’ Cafe

Resident Wellness
UBC Resident Wellness Site
UBC Resident Wellness Blog

Rx
Drugs for Med Students Review Series: a series of pharmacotherapeutic presentations, pharmacy resources, and pertinent drug information tailored for the needs of medical students. (Co-created by our own Dr. Jen Chen!)
Rx Files: Objective Comparisons for Optimal Drug Therapy

Self Improvement
Duhigg, C. (2012). The power of habit: Why we do what we do in life and business. New York: Random House.

Groopman, J. (2007). How doctors think. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Heath, C., & Heath, D. (2010). Switch: How to change things when change is hard. Toronto: Random House Canada.

Kabat-Zinn J. Full catastrophe living (Revised Edition): Using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain, and illness. Bantam; 2013.

Sandberg, S. (2013). Lean in: Women, work, and the will to lead (First edition.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Social Determinants of Health
Abbotsford Community Services Program Guide 2016. Here you will find a list of programs offered by ACS.
British Columbia Disability Benefits Advocacy Program
British Columbia Health & Drug Coverage: check Pharmacare coverage.
British Columbia Income Assistance: apply for BC Social Assistance.
British Columbia Income Supports Patient brochure (April 2014).
Canadian Council on Social Determinants of Health
Government of Canada Benefits Finder: find benefits based on your circumstances.
National Collaborating Centre on Determinants of Health
Pharmacy Compass: compare drug prices.
The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada: Determinants of Health.
The Poverty Intervention Tool via The Divisions of Family Practice.

Surgery
Blackbourne LH. Surgical Recall. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2015.

Telehealth Training
Adapting family practice to virtual care (video/2020) via The Covid-19 Pivot.
CFPC’s Virtual Care Playbook (March 2020).
Doctors Technology Office via Doctors of BC.
Telehealth Training Manual (2015) via First Nations Health Authority: Health through Wellness. To learn more on the topic, FNHA’s Telehealth site and resources may be found here.
Virtual Care Toolkit via Doctors of BC
Practice Guidelines for Video-based Telehealth Services (2014) via BC Telehealth (Mental Health) Guidelines Committee