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Initial Clinical Faculty Appointment

Application Package:

1. Clinical Faculty Application Form

MD Applicants
Non-MD Applicants

2. Signed letter of intent indicating how you plan to contribute to the department's education program.

3. Letter of support from the medical director at your hospital or the UBC Regional Associate Dean. If this is not applicable, then a letter from the UBC Program Director is appropriate. To facilitate this, we have provided a template for this letter: Support Letter Template

4. If applying for rank above Clinical Instructor, teaching evaluations or other evidence of teaching excellence is required.

5. Typed CV in UBC format - recommended for all applications but required for those applying for rank above Clinical Instructor.

Note: Applicants with work permits will need to amend their work permits to include UBC as an employer before their clinical faculty appointment can take effect on July 1st of the following year.  Please contact Janie McCallum, Manager of Human Resources for more information.

Deadlines and Timing

The committee meets to review all applications, reappointments and promotions in a series of meetings each fall. Therefore the deadline for all applications is October 1st every year. Approved applications are processed in a large group and become effective on July 1st of the following year.

Note: Initial applications at the rank of clinical instructor may be considered at other times of the year. Please contact Janie McCallum, Manager of Human Resources for more information.

Complete application packages are to be submitted by October 1 annually to:

Clinical Faculty Appointment & Promotion Committee
c/o sarah.maier@ubc.ca Undergraduate Education, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia
Gordon & Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre
2775 Laurel Street, 11th FloorVancouver, BC  V5Z 1M9


If you are applying from a distributed site please submit your application through the appropriate contact for your site instead of at the above address:

Island Medical Program: Karen Braun, karenb@uvic.ca
Northern Medical Program: Jennifer Hammond, hammond@unbc.ca
Kelowna/Interior: Carri Folk, carri.folk@ubc.ca
Lions Gate Hospital: Colleen Schneider, colleen.schneider@vch.ca
Richmond Hospital: Janice Westle: janice.westle@vch.ca
Royal Columbian Hospital: Kathleen McIntosh, kathleen.mcintosh@fraserhealth.ca 
Surrey Memorial Hospital: Barbara Gourley, barbara.gourley@fraserhealth.ca 
Southern Medical Program: Donna Russo, donna.russo@ubc.ca