*** Shared on behalf of the Psychiatry Summer Immersion Program (PSIP) ***
Dear Faculty,
We are currently looking for shadowing supervisors for the Department of Psychiatry’s 6th annual Psychiatry Summer Immersion Program, which will take place Monday, June 2 and Tuesday, June 3, 2025. The two-day program provides an opportunity for 1st Year medical students to explore the field of psychiatry as a potential career option through engagement with psychiatrists and psychiatry residents.
If you practice any of the following specialties and interested in providing shadowing opportunities for the students, please sign up from here:
- Addiction Psychiatry
- Emergency Psychiatry
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Reproductive Mental Health
- Sexual Medicine
Shadowing sessions take place on the Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning and should last approximately 3 hours.
Locations
| Site | Talks Location | Shadowing |
|---|---|---|
| Vancouver | Diamond Health Care Centre | within Metro Vancouver |
| Kelowna | Kelowna General Hospital | Kelowna |
| Prince George | University Hospital of Northern BC | Prince George |
Remuneration
Shadowing Supervision – $106.03/session with 1 student; $129.59/session with 2 students
Sign Up
Please sign up from here or by the link below:
https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0AL3QtRU3nUkar4. The sign-up deadline is April 24, 2025.
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Clare Beasley (clare.beasley@ubc.ca) or Ikuko Azuma (psychiatry.projects@ubc.ca).
Best,
Ikuko Azuma
Project Manager
UBC Department of Psychiatry
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).