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All Department members across the province are invited to attend the UBC Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds. The next session will be held Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 8:30 am on Zoom. The session, Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder: An update, is presented by Dr. Benicio N. Frey, Homewood Research Chair in Women’s Mental Health and Depression; Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University; and Academic Head, Mood Disorders Program, McMaster University

A single registration link is available for all 2025 Grand Rounds:

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

For additional information regarding the monthly UBC Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds please contact Kevin Elsaputra at kevin.elsaputra@vch.ca.

Add the 2025 Grand Rounds events to your calendar: Download calendar

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Previous Grand Rounds are now accessible on Canvas

Department of Psychiatry members with UBC CWL can self-enrol in the Grand Rounds Canvas course to view past recordings:

The VCH/PHC Regional Psychiatry Grand Rounds are now the UBC Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds and are accessible via Zoom to all Department members across the province. Grand Rounds are held the first Tuesday of every month (unless otherwise stated), from 8:30 am to 9:30 am.

The Grand Rounds are a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

**Shared on behalf of the Faculty of Medicine Postgraduate Medical Education Team**

Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) are committed to seeking ongoing feedback about the educational environment at all major teaching sites. In collaboration with Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) leadership, PGME are seeking faculty and postgraduate learner input on the work and learning environment via a short survey.  Previous feedback has resulted in actions which have initiated some positive culture change and this collaborative work is ongoing.

The PHSA (BCCW, Forensic Hospital, etc.) learning environment survey seeks to better understand the experience, scope and impact of the learning environment issues affecting residents, fellows, and faculty who work and train at these sites. Quantitative results will be shared with Health Authority Leadership, faculty, residents, and programs. Each comment will be reviewed by PGME leadership and shared with the senior and executive level Health Authority personnel.  Ongoing collaboration amongst all invested partners will be key in developing recommendations and action items to realize improvements.

We greatly value your input and expect the survey to take approximately 5 minutes to complete.

The PHSA survey will remain open until March 28, 2025. For any questions in regards to the survey, you are welcome to reach out to PGME at: pgme.educational.environment@ubc.ca

Sincerely,

Sonia Butterworth BSc MD FRCSC 
Assistant Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education Clinical Professor, 
Department of Surgery Faculty of Medicine | University of British Columbia   

Ravi S. Sidhu MD MEd FRCSC 
Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education Associate Professor, 
Department of Surgery Faculty of Medicine | University of British Columbia 

The UBC Department of Psychiatry Administration Office at the UBC Vancouver Campus 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).

**Shared on behalf of Dr. Irfan Khanbhai, Program Director, UBC Psychiatry Postgraduate Education Program**

March 4, 2025

CaRMS Match Day

Today was the CaRMS Match Day for the incoming class in July 2025, and we are pleased to let you know that we have done well again this year. The caliber of residents that are coming to us are very high and we are excited to welcome them all!

We have matched all of our spots across the province except for 2 positions in the Prince George Track. Hence, we will be going to the 2nd iteration process where we will interview other candidates for these 2 spots in the coming weeks.  

Thanks to all of you who contributed to the very important selections process.

Warm regards,

Dr. Irfan Khanbhai MD, FRCPC
Clinical Associate Professor
Director, Postgraduate Education Program
Interim Associate Head, PGE & CPD 
UBC Department of Psychiatry

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.