Congratulations to Forensic Psychiatry PGY6 Resident Dr. Mario Moscovici, who is the 2023 recipient of a Fellowship from the Canadian Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (CAPL). This national award is presented annually to a PGY4-6 resident who has made outstanding contributions to research in the forensic field. As part of the award, Dr. Moscovici received full funding to attend the CAPL conference which took place in Halifax last week, and was invited to present on his topic “Can We Treat Antisocial Personality Disorder?”
Dr. Moscovici was also recently awarded the Rappeport Fellowship from the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL), which offers the opportunity for outstanding residents with interest in psychiatry and the law to develop their knowledge and skills. He was presented with this award at the AAPL conference in New Orleans in October 2022.
Congratulations to Dr. Moscovici on his well-deserved recognition from both the CAPL and AAPL!
The award link: https://www.aapl.org/rappeport-fellowship
Congratulations to Dr. Mario Moscovici, Recipient of a CAPL Fellowship and the AAPL Rappeport Fellowship!
Call for Preceptors | Year 2 Psychiatry Clinical Skills Sessions in MEDD 421 this Fall
** Sent on behalf of Dr. Kathryn Fung, UGE Program Director, UBC Department of Psychiatry **
Dear Faculty:
We would like to invite you to teach our Year 2 Psychiatry Clinical Skills Sessions in MEDD 421 this fall (September, October, November, and December 2023).
We only require preceptors for Psychiatry 2 and Psychiatry 3.
Psychiatry 1 is as an online asynchronous module introducing principles of psychiatric interviewing and the mental status examination. Students will have protected time in the curriculum to complete Psychiatry 1 prior to Psychiatry 2 and Psychiatry 3.
The two preceptor-led sessions involve students interviewing a standardized patient (SP):
· Psychiatry 2 SP Daniela (Anxiety)
· Psychiatry 3 SP Ada (Depression)
Preceptors will be asked to complete a Workplace-Based Assessment (WBA) after Psychiatry 3 as the evaluation of each student’s performance in their group. Each student group will have Psychiatry 2 and Psychiatry 3 over two consecutive weeks on the same day of the week, either on a Wednesday or a Friday. If possible, we encourage you to select both consecutive sessions so you can teach the same group. Training materials are provided by the Clinical Skills program.
We need 4 tutors per day for optimal group size.
These sessions will be held in-person at the Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre (DHCC), 2775 Laurel Street, Vancouver, BC on Wednesdays or Fridays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Compensation:
For each session, if applicable/eligible, preceptors are paid through TTPS:
$91.80 per hour X 4 hours = $367.20
This is based on 3.5 hours for teaching and an additional 30 minutes per session for marking as students submit case write-ups.
All preceptors participating in these teaching sessions should have a faculty appointment or an appointment in progress. If you do not, please contact us.
How to sign up:
If you’re interested please complete the Qualtrics survey at the link below to provide your availability by June 22, 2023:
https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3WY468UDmymwYC2
We appreciate your interest in teaching our students. If you need additional information, please contact Sarah Liu Year 2 Program Coordinator at y2.cs@ubc.ca
Congratulations to Drs. Raymond Lam, Jill Murphy and Erin Michalak, Recipients of a CIHR-GACD Team Grant!
Dr. Raymond Lam, Dr. Jill Murphy and Dr. Erin Michalak have been awarded $1.64M over 5 years (2023-2028) by CIHR’s Team Grant – GACD 2021 NCD risk prevention across the life course program to support the development of an app to promote and support mental well-being among youth in Vietnam.
The Youth Promotion of Resilience Involving Mental E-health (Y-PRIME) study is in partnership with Vietnam’s Institute of Population, Health and Development, researchers from UBC, Simon Fraser University and the University of Melbourne, youth leaders at Foundry BC and the APEC Digital Hub for Mental Health. Y-PRIME will consist of engagement and capacity building for mental health leadership with youth in Vietnam, the adaptation and co-design of a population level, life skills-based intervention for delivery via an app, and testing the app among secondary school students in three Vietnamese provinces.
If you would like to learn more about this study, please contact Dr. Jill Murphy at jill.murphy@ubc.ca.
Congratulations to Drs. Lam, Murphy and Michalak on this fantastic news!
PLEASE RSVP | UBC Psychiatry Clinical Faculty Annual Dinner | Thursday June 8 @ 5:00pm | The Arbutus Club
Dear Clinical Faculty Members,
On behalf of the UBC Department of Psychiatry, I am delighted to invite you to the Annual Clinical Faculty Dinner, to be held on Thursday June 8, 2023 at 5:00pm (after the Research Day event) at The Arbutus Club (2001 Nanton Ave, Vancouver BC). The dinner will be an opportunity to recognize and show appreciation to all our clinical faculty members and their many valuable contributions to the Department.
RSVP: To all clinical faculty members who wish to attend, we ask that you please confirm your attendance by RSVPing here: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bp7urrz0YoRP6ei. Please kindly RSVP by the deadline of Sunday May 28, 2023 in order to be added to the Guest List.
Save the Date: Please open and save the attached iCalendar file to add the event to your Outlook calendar.
**Reminder: Anyone experiencing symptoms or feeling unwell should not attend.
Should you have any questions regarding the venue or event details, please feel free to reach out to Margaret Koshi at margaret.koshi@ubc.ca.
Sincerely,
Dr. Lakshmi N. Yatham, MBBS, FRCPC, MRCPsych (UK), MBA (Exec)
Professor and Head, UBC Department of Psychiatry
Director, Institute of Mental Health, UBC
Regional Head and Program Medical Director, VCH/PHC
FRAMES OF MIND Mental Health Film Series | Wednesday May 17 @ 7:00pm | The Cinematheque
Norway 2020
Directors: Margreth Olin, Katja Hogset, Espen Wallin
77min DCP
Wednesday May 17th @ 7:00pm, The Cinematheque (1131 Howe St)
Vancouver Premiere!
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Film Description
Lene Marie Fossen’s self portraits will break your heart. Beautifully composed and artfully presented, they are nevertheless photographs of a young woman in the throes of a long and drawn-out process of self-starvation. An overly anxious child, Lene Marie stopped eating at the age of ten; she was diagnosed with anorexia soon after and hospitalized off and on for years. Now 28, Lene Marie has never gone through puberty. Her pain is ever-present, but she has discovered a passion (and a great talent) for photography. When her work is lauded by Norway’s best-known photographer—resulting in an exhibition at a preeminent photography festival—an international breakthrough seems imminent. But a car accident leaves her unable to use her camera, and Lene Marie falls into a crushing depression. In October 2019, at only 33, Lene Marie passed away. She watched the finished film before she died and, together with her parents, wished for it to be released into the world.
“Self Portrait is the kind of movie that hits you hard from the beginning and stays with you … A perfect example of real-life cinema, boasting both authenticity and aesthetic vision. Relevant, brave, and emotional, it is a powerful documentary about illness and art, where photography can change our vision of life.” — Jihane Bougrine, FIPRESCI
“As a window into the grip of anorexia—with all its shame, dependency, and cruel, consuming finality—this is powerful stuff.” — Wendy Ide, Screen International
Post-screening Discussion:
Post-screening discussion with Dr. Seena Grewal. Moderated by Dr. Harry Karlinsky, Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia
About the Panel:
Dr. Seena Grewal is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and the senior psychiatric director of the Provincial Eating Disorder program at BC Children’s Hospital. Her clinical work has focused on eating disorders in children and adolescents as well as acute care/crisis interventions for youth.
Dr. Harry Karlinsky, the Series Director of Frames of Mind and a Clinical Professor in the UBC Department of Psychiatry, has a longstanding commitment to professional and public education. He has presented nationally and internationally on topics ranging from Alzheimer’s disease to information technology to narrative medicine to PTSD and to the use of films in health care education.
Want to be a regular at Frames of Mind screenings on the third Wednesday of every month? Subscribe to the email list and be the first in line for tickets!
2023 PGE Psychiatry Grad Gala on Friday June 23, 2023 | RSVP by May 16!
** Sent on behalf of the UBC Psychiatry Postgraduate Education Team **
Dear Faculty,
We welcome you to join the celebration with the Class of 2023 Psychiatry graduates. Please see details below and RSVP via the link below by Tuesday, May 16, 2023.
RSVP Link: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3I4Qk8kST3UTYd8
EVENT DETAILS
Date: Friday, June 23, 2023
Time: 5:30 PM
Venue: Shaughnessy Restaurant, 5251 Oak Street, Vancouver
Ticket Prices:
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- Grads – Free
- Grad’s Guests – $120
- Faculty, Allied Staff, Other Guests – $150
- Residents – $60
- Children age 6 -12 – $35
- Children age 5 or under – Free
- Department Head, PD, APD’s, MC’s, Grad Committee – Free
Payment Methods: Payment instructions will be provided at a later time. Please stay tuned for further details.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
Linda
Linda Chang (She, Her, Hers)
Manager, PGME Programs
Faculty of Medicine | Department of Psychiatry
The University of British Columbia | Diamond Health Care Centre | Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh Traditional Territory
Room 11169, 2775 Laurel Street | Vancouver BC | V5Z1M9 CanadaPhone 604 875 4111 Ext. 68102 | Fax 604 875 5438
linda.chang@ubc.ca
http://www.psychiatry.ubc.ca
I humbly acknowledge, with gratitude, that I live, work, and play as an uninvited guest on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh) Nations.
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
In Memoriam: Dr. Juhn Wada, Professor Emeritus
Dear Colleagues,
It is with profound sadness that I share the news that Professor Emeritus Dr. Juhn Wada passed away at his home on Saturday April 22, 2023 at the age of 99. To his many colleagues at UBC and beyond, Dr. Wada was a visionary in the neurological sciences whose decades of seminal research in epilepsy established pioneering diagnostic approaches that have transformed the field. I myself recall learning of Dr. Wada’s contributions, including the “Wada Test,” as a medical student and later as a psychiatry resident, which speaks to the renown he had attained internationally. I join his many friends and peers around the world who are receiving this news with a deep sense of loss, and it goes without saying that we will all miss him tremendously.
Born in Tokyo in 1924, Dr. Wada embarked on his long and exemplary career at the Hokkaido Imperial University (HIU) in Sapporo, Japan, where he graduated with a degree in medicine in 1946 and completed postgraduate training in clinical neurophysiology in 1951. In 1953, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at NIU, and during this period he established a brain surgical unit for which he served as Chief for several years. Following two research fellowships at the University of Minnesota and the Montreal Neurological Institute, Dr. Wada was recruited to join the academic faculty of the UBC Department of Psychiatry in 1961 and in the same year, he became a citizen of Canada.
It was here at UBC that his research flourished, and for over half a century, Dr. Wada led a dynamic and leading-edge program in epilepsy research, integrating animal investigations and clinical research approaches to unravel the mechanisms of human epilepsy, with the aim of developing more effective treatment modalities for this condition. His many academic contributions include over 300 peer-reviewed papers in the areas of neurology and epilepsy, the publication of 11 medical books, and countless hours dedicated to the training and supervision of medical students, residents and fellows. Notably, the neuroimaging/neuropsychological evaluation tool he developed for assessing cerebral hemispheric dominance of language function, known as the “Wada Test” I had referred to earlier, continues to be the gold standard for establishing cerebral dominance and is conducted worldwide prior to epilepsy surgery.
In addition to his academic pursuits, Dr. Wada was an attending neurologist at VGH and UBC Hospital for over two decades, also establishing UBC Hospital’s first EEG and Seizure Investigation Unit, for which he served as Director for nearly 15 years, as well as its Epilepsy Surgical program. Further to these activities, his service to his profession included prominent roles such as founding President of the Canadian League Against Epilepsy, President of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society and President of the American Epilepsy Society. His career highlights also included a long list of prestigious awards, including the Herbert Jasper Award, the William G. Lennox Award and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the International League Against Epilepsy and the International Bureau for Epilepsy. As well, in apt recognition of his life’s work and distinguished achievements, Dr. Wada was the recipient of the highest honours of both Canada and Japan, namely induction as an Officer of the Order of Canada (OC) in 1992, conferral to the Order of the Sacred Treasure from the Emperor and Empress of Japan in 1996, and the awarding of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.
While Dr. Wada “retired” from his academic and clinical activities in 1994, at this time he was far from ready to wind down his activities or bid farewell to academia. He remained active in the Department as a post-retirement appointee, and with an ongoing drive and passion for his work, he continued to publish research and engage in scholarly discourse up until very recently. For many who had the pleasure of his friendship and collegiality over the years, Dr. Wada will be remembered not only as a brilliant scientist but also a man of genuine kindness, integrity and humility. While we celebrate his very long and remarkable life, we recognize the passing of Dr. Wada to be an immense loss to the Department, UBC and our broader psychiatry and neurology communities.
On behalf of the UBC Department of Psychiatry, I send my heartfelt condolences to the Wada family, and to our colleague Dr. Brenda Kosaka, alongside whom he worked very closely for over four decades.
Sincerely,
Dr. Lakshmi N. Yatham, MBBS, FRCPC, MRCPsych (UK), MBA (Exec)
Professor and Head, UBC Department of Psychiatry
Director, Institute of Mental Health, UBC
Regional Head and Program Medical Director, VCH/PHC
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).
Renewal of MOU between UBC Psychiatry and the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS)
Dear Colleagues,
I am very pleased to share that, on my recent visit to India, I had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Pratima Murthy, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in Bangalore, in order to renew the existing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between NIMHANS and the UBC Department of Psychiatry for a further five-year period.
The previous agreement, signed in August 2017 by Dr. Dermot Kelleher, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, established an understanding of a mutual desire to strengthen collaboration and cooperation between UBC and NIMHANS. This partnership has been extremely fruitful with research collaboration resulting in high impact publications and exchange of several fellows between our institutions. With the renewal of the agreement, we will continue to strengthen these collaborations with NIMHANS in regards to research projects, exchange of visiting faculty and trainees between institutions, joint organization of symposia, seminars and CPD events, and other related activities.
The Department is very fortunate to maintain a formal and ongoing partnership with NIMHANS, one of India’s premier centres for research, clinical services and training in mental health, neurosciences and allied fields. In renewing our pact with a fellow leader in mental health, the Department is fulfilling a key strategic priority outlined in the 2020-2025 UBC Psychiatry Strategic Plan, which is to build and leverage our partnerships around the world in order to expand our research capacity, welcome talented researchers and trainees from outside of Canada, foster knowledge exchange, and enhance the global presence and profile of the Department.
As we pursue new and exciting collaborative opportunities with NIMHANS, I look forward to sharing these updates with you in the near future.
Sincerely,
Dr. Lakshmi N. Yatham, MBBS, FRCPC, MRCPsych (UK), MBA (Exec)
Professor and Head, UBC Department of Psychiatry
Director, Institute of Mental Health, UBC
Regional Head and Program Medical Director, VCH/PHC
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).