Dear Colleagues,
As our current Clinical Faculty Affairs Representative for Psychiatry, Dr. Joseph Tham, is nearing the end his term on June 30, 2024, the Department is now inviting self-nominations, or nominations on behalf of clinical faculty who are interested in this role. The commitment will be for a three-year term from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027.
The Clinical Faculty Affairs Representative serves as the crucial link between UBC Psychiatry and the Clinical Faculty Affairs office, and will participate in the Faculty of Medicine Clinical Faculty Advisory Council, an advisory group consisting of representatives from each department with the Faculty of Medicine, as well in other committees within the Department.
General Responsibilities include:
- Representing the interests of Clinical Faculty across the province.
- Serving as liaison between our Clinical Faculty and the Faculty of Medicine.
- Working to foster and promote career development initiatives and opportunities for Clinical Faculty.
- Identifying issues of concern to Clinical Faculty, and developing and recommending actions to address them.
- Supporting the interprofessional mandate of the Faculty of Medicine by hearing and considering perspectives from all Faculty of Medicine programs.
Specific Responsibilities include:
- Presenting important issues and concerns of the Department to the Director of Clinical Affairs at Clinical Faculty Advisory Council meetings.
- Communicating information on relevant Faculty of Medicine initiatives to Clinical Faculty members in the Department.
- Discussing academic and administrative changes arising in the Faculty of Medicine, considering the potential impacts of them on Clinical Faculty, and gathering input from Clinical Faculty regarding that potential impact.
- Participating on the following committees**:
Within the Faculty of Medicine:
- Clinical Faculty Advisory Council; meets approx. every two months or at the call of the chair.
Within the Department:
- Clinical Faculty Appointment and Promotion Committee (CFAPC); meets twice a year in Spring and Fall to review case files
- Departmental Executive Committee; meets on the first Thursday of each month at 8.00am (usually September through June)
- Departmental Advisory Committee; meets biannually in May and November
- Awards & Recognition Committee; meeting schedule to be determined
- Any other Department Committees, as needed
**Eligible for compensation as per the Clinical Faculty Compensation Terms for Standing Committees and Search Committees for Senior Leadership.
We encourage you to review the Terms of Reference for the FoM Clinical Faculty Advisory Council here: https://mednet.med.ubc.ca/committees/clinical-faculty-advisory-council/
If you are interested in this role (or would like to nominate a colleague), please email Margaret Koshi, Director, Administration (margaret.koshi@ubc.ca ) with a brief rationale and a biographical summary by April 30, 2024.
Please note that an election will be held if there are two or more nominees.
Sincerely,
Dr. Lakshmi N. Yatham, Head, UBC Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Anson Koo, Associate Head, Clinical Affairs and Partnerships, UBC Department of Psychiatry
The UBC Department of Psychiatry Administration Office respectfully acknowledges the land on which we live, work and play is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-waututh).