Important PGME Updates: CBD Workshop for PGY4 Supervisors | Second Iteration CaRMS Results | Clinical Teaching Payments

CBD Psychiatry Workshop for PGY4 Supervisors | PGY4s in Core Stage

This is reminder to join us for an online webinar titled “CBD Psychiatry Workshop for PGY4 Supervisors – PGY4’s in the Core Stage”. The webinar’s goal is to help you prepare for and describe what you need to know for the Core Stage of training in CBD for the incoming PGY4 cohort. 

This webinar is for all faculty, but particularly for those who will be supervising the incoming PGY4 residents. Note that this workshop is eligible for up to 2 MOC Section 1 credits for all attending faculty.

CBD Psychiatry Workshop for PGY4 Supervisors – PGY4’s in Core Stage
Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: Zoom(details to be sent out to faculty who RSVP’d)

Workshop Theme: This workshop focuses on the PGY4 Core stage of residency training. Discussion will include: 

  • Core Stage Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA’s)
  • Competencies and Training Experiences required for PGY4 residents in the new model
  • Review on how to fill out an EPA on Entrada
  • Question & Answer Period 

Please register through the link by Friday, April 28th: PGY4 CBD Workshop Sign Up Link

Sincerely,

Dr. Charles Ho, FRCPC, CBD Faculty Lead, Psychiatry, Chair and Member of the Scientific Planning Committee, Postgraduate Education Program, UBC Department of Psychiatry


Second Iteration CaRMS Match Results

We have received the results from the CaRMS Second Iteration Selections process and I am very pleased to announce that we have now matched all 7 positions in several of our tracks that had gone unmatched in the First Iteration.  

We are thrilled to welcome these excellent successful applicants to the program to the UBC family.

Best regards,

Dr. Irfan Khanbhai MD, FRCPC, Program Director, UBC Psychiatry Postgraduate Education Program


Update on PGME Clinical Teaching w/ Patient Care and EAPs Payment Process

This is to follow up on the email on March 7, 2023 regarding the automatization of the Clinical Teaching with Patient Care process for the Department PGME Programs (General Psychiatry and Subspeciality Programs) and the process for submitting Psychotherapy supervision (for MD supervisors and non-MD supervisors) and Research supervision billing for April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023.

Please note the further clarification below regarding processing of payments:

  • 2022/2023 Clinical Teaching with Patient Care: Payments cover the period April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023, and are being prepared and will be processed in the next few weeks.
  • 2022/2023 EPA (Entrustable Professional Activities): Payments cover the period April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023, and are being prepared and will be processed in the next few weeks.

Please feel free to share this email update with your colleagues.

If you have any questions, please contact Vicky Yau at vicky.yau@ubc.ca.

Sincerely,

Dr. Jordan Cohen, Associate Head, PGE & CPD
Dr. Anson Koo, Associate Head, Clinical Affairs & Partnerships
Dr. Joe Tham, Clinical Faculty Representative
Ms. Vicky Yau, Director, Administration