Dear colleagues,
As the recruitment process for the position of Postgraduate Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) Subspecialty Program Director has concluded, we are delighted to announce that Dr. Ashley Miller has been appointed to this role for a three-year term, from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026.
Broadly, as CAP Subspecialty Program Director Dr. Miller will be responsible for the overall conduct and evaluation of the Postgraduate CAP Subspecialty Program, ensuring that the Competence by Design (CBD) curriculum in the CAP Program continues to fully meet the RCPSC standards of accreditation. Her duties will include facilitating regular review and updating of the Program’s overarching training goals based on the CanMEDs competencies, and maintaining the high quality of CAP subspecialty education in Vancouver and across our distributed training sites. Dr. Miller has served as the PGE Site Director at BCCH since 2018 and will be stepping down from this appointment in order to assume her new role in the Department.
A child psychiatrist at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) since 2007, Dr. Miller was appointed to the UBC Department of Psychiatry as a Clinical Instructor in May 2008, and was subsequently promoted to Clinical Assistant Professor in 2012 and to Clinical Associate Professor in 2020. In addition to her current role, Dr. Miller has served as co-coordinator and supervisor for both the UBC Resident Family Therapy Program and the UBC Resident Interpersonal Psychotherapy Course, for which she redesigned the curricula in 2012 and 2018. She was the recipient of a UBC Psychiatry Residents Association Award for Excellence in PGE Clinical Teaching in 2020, and recently published a book titled What to Say to Kids When Nothing Seems to Work: A Practical Guide for Parents and Caregivers.
Please join us in warmly welcoming Dr. Miller to this key leadership role in the Postgraduate program. As well, we wish to once again thank the outgoing Program Director Dr. Jennifer Russel for her dedication and many significant contributions over the last two years.
Sincerely,
Dr. Lynn Raymond, Professor and Acting Head on behalf of Dr. L. Yatham, UBC Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Jordan Cohen, Associate Head, PGE & CPD, UBC Department of Psychiatry
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