The UBC Psychiatry Festive Celebration was held on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, with another great turnout. It was wonderful to see so many faculty, staff, students, trainees and residents to gather together for a fun and relaxed evening. Thank you to all who attended!
View all the photos from the event in our UBC Psychiatry Flickr album
Dear Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students of the UBC Department of Psychiatry,
**As a reminder, please complete the UBC Department of Psychiatry Mistreatment Reporting Survey. All Department members are encouraged to complete the survey regardless of one’s personal experience with mistreatment.**
As you all are aware, the UBC Department of Psychiatry is committed to fostering inclusive, respectful, and safe work and learning environments that value diversity, and are free of harassment and discrimination. Any reported cases of mistreatment are taken seriously and addressed in the most appropriate manner while respecting privacy and confidentiality.
As a part of this commitment, the Department plans to conduct surveys and environmental scans of our work places on a periodic basis to get a better understanding of the prevailing culture and landscape in our programs and sites. The Departmental EDIA Committee, led by Dr. Andrea Tuka, has developed a Mistreatment Reporting Survey which provides an anonymous, confidential and safe space for Department members to report experiences of mistreatment and share open and honest views as they relate to reporting. This survey has been sent to Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students of the Department of Psychiatry. The Residents in our Post-Graduate Program will participate in the Resident Wellness Survey which will include similar questions related to mistreatment, to align with the survey for Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students.
We encourage you to participate in this survey which is conducted using Qualtrics; a reminder with the link to the survey was sent out at 12:00 pm on Monday, December 16, 2024, directly from the following address: noreply@qemailserver.com. If you do not see the email in your inbox, check your junk or spam folder. Please note that each survey link is unique and can only be used once. Please do not share or forward your link. The deadline to complete the survey has been extended until December 31, 2024.
We want to reassure you that survey responses are anonymous and will not reveal your identity. Data collected from this survey will be handled confidentially and will be used to inform and foster respectful work and learning spaces. A summary of feedback from the Mistreatment Reporting Survey will be shared with Department members.
If, at any time, you experience mistreatment in the workplace or you observe a co-worker being mistreated or harassed at work, please report the incident(s) to your immediate supervisor or contact your Administrator, Department Head, or your Faculty of Medicine HR Advisor.
Sincerely,
Dr. Lakshmi N. Yatham,
MBBS, FRCPC, MRCPsych, MBA
Professor and Head, UBC Department of Psychiatry
Director, Institute of Mental Health, UBC
Regional Head and Program Medical Director, VCH/PHC
Dr. Andrea Tuka, CD, MD, FRCPC
Clinical Associate Professor, UBC Department of Psychiatry
Chair, EDIA Committee, UBC Department of Psychiatry
LCol, Canadian Armed Forces
We 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) Nations.
**Shared on behalf of the Faculty of Medicine Digital Solutions Team**
Dear Entrada Faculty Users,
Entrada is experiencing an issue with the PIN used to complete EPA assessments. The cause has been identified, and the Digital Solution team is actively working on a fix.
If you encounter an “Invalid PIN” error message, you can proactively resolve it yourself by resetting your PIN:
We appreciate your patience and understanding as we address this issue and apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Kind regards,
Digital Solutions Team
Clinical Instructor, UBC Department of Psychiatry
**Shared on behalf of Dr. Amy Salmon, Director, Clinical Faculty Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, & Dr. Dennis Bhui, Associate Director, Clinical Faculty Affairs, Faculty of Medicine**
The UBC Faculty of Medicine is excited to launch a call for applications to the Sherrold Haddad Excellence in Medicine Award Program, which aims to support up to one clinician who holds a faculty position in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC and performs clinical duties at one or more of the following institutions: Surrey Memorial Hospital, Czorny Alzheimer Centre or Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre. This award provides essential salary buy-out funding and research support enabling recipients to dedicate more time to research aligned with Surrey Hospitals Foundation’s pillars of support.
Full details on the funding opportunity can be viewed from the following link: Sherrold Haddad Excellence in Medicine Award Program
Should you be interested in submitting an application for this exciting opportunity, please complete an Expression of Intent (EOI):
Expression of Intent (EOI) Deadline: January 6, 2025, 12:00 PM PST
Application Deadline: February 3, 2025, 12:00 PM PST
EOI Submission Portal Link: SHEM Award EOI
Please feel free to reach out to Corné du Plessis at corne.duplessis@ubc.ca if you have any questions or concerns.
Clinical Instructor, UBC Department of Psychiatry
Clinical Instructor, UBC Department of Psychiatry
Clinical Instructor, UBC Department of Psychiatry
Email: suneina.mohan@vch.ca
Congratulations to UBC Department of Psychiatry clinical instructor Dr. Clara Westwell-Roper on being awarded BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute’s Outstanding Achievement by a Sub-specialty Resident or Fellow Award!
Dr. Westwell-Roper is a recent graduate of the Department’s Resident Subspecialty Program in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Her postdoctoral research with Dr. Evelyn Stewart explores the factors contributing to comorbidity between immune-related conditions and psychiatric disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Dr. Westwell-Roper is particularly interested in the relationship between early-life events and immune function across the lifespan, as well as factors influencing families’ experiences of comorbid physical and psychiatric symptoms. From a clinical perspective, her focus includes consultation-liaison psychiatry, psychotherapy, and support for families facing severe mental illness.
Join us in congratulating Dr. Westwell-Roper on this well-deserved award!