FACULTY OF MEDICINE
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Department of Psychiatry |
The University of British Columbia Medical School is distributed such that students are admitted to the Northern Medical Program (NMP), in collaboration with UNBC and centered in Prince George; the Island Medical Program (IMP), in collaboration with UVic and centered in Victoria; the Southern Medical Program centered in Kelowna; or the Vancouver-Fraser Medical Program (VFMP), the traditional Vancouver core plus expansion sites through the Lower Mainland.
The current Psychiatry components in the UBC Medical Program are:
The curriculum emphasizes a problem-and case-based approach to learning throughout the Years. Students learn applicable basic sciences, clinical skills, clinical diagnostic reasoning, clinical therapeutic reasoning, communication skills and broader issues in a progression through the Years.
Brain and Behaviour is a nine-week block that includes lectures and small group sessions that integrates learning about the Peripheral Nervous System, the Spinal Cord, the Brainstem Systems, Higher Cortical Organization & Function, the Basis of Consciousness and Seizures, Chronic Pain, Neurotransmission, Psychosis & Movement Disorders, Emotion, Personality & their Disorders and Aging, Dementia & Sleep. There are weekly quizzes and an end of year exam.
Clinical Skills is a practical introduction to interviewing and documenting findings in patients with psychiatric illnesses. Students meet weekly for four weeks in small groups to interview, observe interviews, and discuss Mental Status Exam.
The Psychiatry Year 3 core clerkship is a six-week rotation. The first week in VFMP is the "Academic Half-Day" seminars: Psychiatry Assessment, Emergency Psychiatry, Anxiety and Sleep Disorders, Psychotic Disorders, Mood Disorders, Consultation Liaison, Personality Disorders, and Geriatric Psychiatry. Child/Adolescent/Family seminars for students at BCHH are distributed throughout the six weeks. The students are assigned to clinical learning at teaching hospitals for the subsequent weeks. For the IMP and NMP, seminars are tailored to the site needs and distributed through the six weeks. The clinical experiences are a balance of acute in-patient and out-patient as well as on-call/Emergency duties. Students are assessed formatively during the rotation with MiniCEXs and a mid-rotation evaluation. The end-of-rotation summative evaluations are clinical evaluations and a Clinical Reasoning Exam (CRE) and the National Board of Medical Examiners exam (NBME).
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Clinical Teaching Sites and Site Leaders
| Vancouver Fraser Medical Program: | |
| Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver |
Dr. Hiram Mok |
| St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver |
Dr. Christopher Murray |
| BC Children & Women's Hospital, Vancouver |
Dr. Ashley. Miller |
| Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster |
Dr. Anson Koo |
| Richmond General Hospital, Richmond |
Dr. Kathryn Fung |
| Lion's Gate Hospital, North Vancouver |
Dr. Arvind Kang |
| Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey |
Dr. Martina Smit |
| Abbotsford Regional Hospital, Chilliwack Integrated Program | Dr. Emad Zaghloul |
| Southern Medical Program: | |
| Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna |
Dr. Neil Hanon |
| Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops |
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| Island Medical Program: | |
| Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria |
Dr. Wei Yi Song |
| Cowichan District Hospital, Duncan |
Dr. Robin Routledge |
| Northern Medical Program: | |
| Prince George Regional Hospital, Prince George |
Dr. Rachel Boulding |
| Terrace Integrated Program, Terrace |
Dr. Colleen Froese |
| Ft. St. John Hospital Peace Liard Integrated Program | Dr. Carolyn Jones |
FACULTY OF MEDICINE
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Department of Psychiatry |