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Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2021
... I went to the University of Calgary for undergrad and for med school. What did you like to do growing up? What wasn’t ... costs, and after a while we were graduating 120 medical students, whereas Alberta had 200. Eventually, what do you ... time you will represent a wide range of people—medical students, residents, family doctors, specialists. How will ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Vera Frinton, MD March 2018
... was admitted to UBC as one of the small quota of foreign students. He had always wanted to be a physician—there had ... 1950. George was admitted in 1951 after completing his pre-med studies and taking further English courses. In exchange ... this work, as did an interprofessional group for pre-med students. Overall the plan failed for many reasons, ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2017
... abstract. What do you think of the challenges that students and residents face today? Medicine has become so ... invent something and get it patented. After finishing med school, were you immediately drawn to working in a rural ... Initially we were an elective site for the urban family med programs, so everybody came for 8 weeks from the ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2011
... been through two upheavals in my life, in Iran I was at med school when the Shah’s regime ended and then there was ... under my care and I would do rounds with residents and students. I did that for a long time and practised ... us yes, even if you bring out double the number of medical students, our attrition rate is high.  The recent Physician ...
Obituaries / BY: Carolyn van Schagen, MD, June 2010
... that Kerry enrolled at Simon Fraser University for her pre-med classes, and despite narrowly missing the application ... School, class of 1993. Surely she is one of the only students to list playing the spoons as a skill.  As a ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: J.L. Benedet, MD, FRCS, October 2008
... of exceptional mentors who served their patients and students with distinction and class. Collectively they ... involved in the teaching and training programs of medical students and residents. His surgical skill and good judgment, ... in North Burnaby before enrolling at UBC for his pre-med education. As was common for many of his era, the pursuit ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: J.L. Benedet, MD, FRCS, April 2007
... physics, and he went on to UBC where, after 3 years of pre-med studies, he was accepted into the Faculty of Medicine, ... enthusiastic educator of interns and medical and nursing students, many of whom rated the time spent in his office and ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2006
... that we’re starting up is an increased focus on medical students. We are planning to address their debt problems, and ... something where we don’t just meet up with the medical students during their first year. We’re hoping to have ... It’s going to be fun and really rewarding for everybody. Med students now have a Family Practice Club—they run it, ...
Obituaries / BY: Peter Grantham, MD April 2006
... undergraduate at UBC, Bill became a “first class” pre-med student, universally recognized by us all as one who ... he of course did, no problem. For those in UBC Med ’58 he was top of the class each year and popular gold ... a photograph of half a dozen (oh-so-young) medical students in their short white coats apparently seriously ...