Message from the Department Director

Thank you for reading this April 2023 edition of the Family Practice newsletter and keeping up to date on the activity throughout our department. Now that we are through fiscal year-end, we can breathe a sigh relief and look forward to spring. With longer days we can look forward to rejuvenation and, hopefully, improved weather. I hope you took some time to pause over the long weekend and regroup.

Within our large, complex and diverse department, there is no end to the activity and developments of our colleagues. With your support, the newsletter has become an important source of information about the Department for those of us who work and learn in Family Practice. I would like to thank all who have contributed content and updates to our publication.

In this edition, you will read that:

Our programs in the Department have provided updates on their work to train future physicians and midwives in the province. They continue to prepare for new cohorts of learners and gear up for expansion planning.
Congratulations to Dr. Hamideh Bayrampour for receiving the UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship
There are numerous opportunities to engage in events and education being offered through the university. Don’t hesitate to consider taking part for engagement and learning.
Nominations are now open for an number of awards for staff and faculty. Please consider putting a colleague forward for consideration.
We have an extensive listing of new publications by department members. This is an impressive demonstration of the research that is taking place and showing how it makes an impact beyond our faculty and even UBC.
You can see who has been in the news from our department.
Please join us on April 19th @ 12pm for a Research Rounds presentation from Dr. Nichole Fairbrother.
Department updates, career opportunities and links to other Faculty of Medicine and UBC newsletters keep you up to date on the latest information from across the faculty and UBC.

Please check our social media channels for the latest news about the Department. If you have anything you would like to include in an upcoming newsletter, please email dfp.comms@ubc.ca.

Marni Fraser
Director, Administration

Awards and Recognition

The Cedar Awards

This month, the Department recognizes Jordan Christmas for the April Cedar Award. Jordan is an invaluable member of the team as the administrative coordinator.

Thank you and congratulations, Jordan!

UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship

Department of Family Practice member Hamideh Bayrampour received a UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship. This is in recognition of supporting early-career researchers ready to launch the next stage of their careers. Congratulations, Hamideh!

Learn more about Hamideh here.

Killam Teaching Prize

Dr. Maria Hubinette received the Killam Teaching Prize. This is awarded annually to faculty nominated by students, colleagues and alumni in recognition of excellence in teaching. Congratulations, Maria!

Faculty of Medicine Awards Nominations

Nominations are now open for the 2023 Faculty of Medicine Awards.

The awards acknowledge outstanding faculty and staff members who demonstrate exceptional contributions to the Faculty of Medicine, and who are dedicated to advancing the Faculty’s values and vision of transforming health for everyone.

Please review the awards and nominations guidelines carefully and submit your nominations by Friday, June 9, 2023.

Recipients will be announced this summer, and the awards will be presented at the annual reception in the fall.

Learn more here.

CIHR RED Early Career Transition Award

This award is intended to facilitate the transition of promising researchers who self-identify as Black (any gender) or racialized women into independent research faculty positions. Applicants may be post-doctoral researchers, clinicians, or research associates.

For more information on guidelines and eligibility, read here:

https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?progCd=11233&language=E&org=CIHR

https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53298.html

Research Award Nominations: Killam Prizes

Considered one of Canada’s most prestigious research awards, the Killam Prizes are awarded to active Canadian scholars who have distinguished themselves through sustained research excellence, making a significant impact in their respective fields.

Normally, five prizes are awarded each year, one in each of the following disciplines: humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences, and engineering. In last year’s competition, UBC researchers received awards in two of these five categories.

The deadline is June 2, 2023. Nominations must come from experts in the fields. In some instances, institutional nominations under UBC’s President are also possible.

Nominators are encouraged to contact the VPRI’s Office of Research Prizes and Awards (ORPA) for more information and for nomination support, including consultation and review of materials.

For all awards, departments, divisions, institutes, schools and faculties are strongly encouraged to embed equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) considerations in their nomination strategies.

More info: Please see full details on the NRC Killam Prize website.

Contact: Stephanie O’Neill, Award Nomination Development Officer stephanie.oneill@ubc.ca.

Events

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A Message from the Resident Resilience Committee Co-Chairs for Ramadan 2023

Many of our Muslim friends, learners and colleagues have been observing Ramadan with a whole month of fasting, prayers, self reflection, spiritual cleansing and community building.

Grants and Funding Opportunities

2023 Continuous Learning Advancement Fund

The Continuous Learning Advancement (CLAF) supports the creation, renewal and expansion of non-degree learning opportunities at UBC Vancouver. Initially launched in 2019 as the Online Learning Advancement Fund (OLAF), CLAF’s renewed focus is on growing UBC Vancouver’s capacity to serve continuous learners in British Columbia, as set out in the university’s strategic plans.

The CLAF fund accepts proposals for non-credit offerings, with preference given to proposals for fully online micro-credential non-credit programs serving continuous learners seeking to change (reskill) or advance (upskill) their careers in high-demand sectors.

$400,000 is available in funding for the 2023/24 CLAF cycle.

Key dates:

Letter of Intent submissions due May 10
Full project proposals due July 27
Funding will be released to successful proposals by the end of October

For details about the fund, including the application process, evaluation criteria and key dates, visit: https://exl.ubc.ca/claf.

If you have any questions, please email: claf.admin@ubc.ca

Education

The 2024-2025 ADFM LEADS Fellowship Call for Applications Are Open!

The ADFM LEADS Fellowship Program is designed for those who are interested in learning more about whether senior leadership positions in academic family medicine might be a good career fit and for those who aspire to become a senior leader in academic medicine or an academically affiliated health system (e.g., department chair, service line leader, associate dean, vice chair).

The goal of the fellowship is to train pluripotent leaders to have the skills/understanding of a high-level leadership position like a department chair/service line leader/etc. and who would also be competitive for other leadership positions beyond the scope of their current role within an academic medical center or an academic-affiliated health system. It is designed to be complementary to other programs and to also offer something unique without overlap, with an intent to provide high-level leaders for the discipline.

Learn more.

Midwifery

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Congratulations to Lorna McRae, and Drs. Cecilia Jevitt and Bill Rowe on the publication of their chapter, “Perinatal Substance Use Disorders,” in the 4th edition of The Oppression of Addiction

Drs. Jevitt and Rowe published the original chapter from the United States. With the writing of the 4th edition, they wanted to be sure the social work practice was compatible with Canadian standards. Lorna McRae provided the perfect expertise. Lorna, who was a social worker before becoming a midwife, provides care to pregnant individuals with substance use concerns in Victoria. She is a long time UBC Midwifery faculty member and clinical preceptor. This chapter provides general information on substance use in pregnancy and is useful reading for any health care student or provider.

Celebrating the Women of VCH

Professor Saraswathi Vedam was featured in the Vancouver Coastal Health article on International Women's Day. You can read the article here.

In Memoriam

Carol Hird

Carol thrived on helping people and had an innate ability to connect with others. Born in Hull, Yorkshire, Carol was drawn to the pursuit of midwifery and nursing, completing her studies in England before emigrating to Canada. Her work throughout the years as a clinician, teacher, administrator, nurse, and advocate in the midwifery movement greatly impacted her community.

Deborah Little

Deb was a highly respected Registered Nurse and then Registered Midwife. She was the co-founder of the Midwifery Demonstration Project at BC Women’s Hospital, culminating in the regulation of Midwifery in BC and a Clinical Assistant Professor with the UBC Faculty of Medicine. Deb has mentored nurses and midwives into Midwifery with profound wisdom, respect, and humour.

ISU

Team Up! Season 4

The ISU has just launched Season 4 of the Team Up! Podcast, a mini season focussed on Technology for Primary Care Teams. Short episodes release every Tuesday and recent episodes include EMRs, Telehealth & Teams, and Patient Portals – and coming up we have a really fun episode on AI! Season 5 launches on May 2nd with each episode focussed on a particular role in primary care teams.

Team Up! Webinar

The next Team Up! webinar is April 20th, from 12pm – 1pm, focussed on Team-Based Care: An Urgent and Primary Care Clinic (UPCC) Perspective. Join us for a panel discussion with UPCC providers and staff to learn about their approach to team-based care in the context of urgent care centres, an overview of the various UPCC styles across BC, and a discussion on solutions to overcome the challenges of working within this context. Register here!

Research

Reminder: Abstract submissions for FMF 2023 is now open!

Call for Big Ideas Soapbox: April 28, 2023 – 11:59 p.m. (ET)

For more information and to submit your abstract, visit the FMF website: https://fmf.cfpc.ca/abstracts/

Survey Opportunity

Dr. Charlotte Yong-Hing from the University of British Columbia is leading an international research group who are conducting a study on the awareness and reporting preferences of breast arterial calcifications (BAC) amongst referring physicians in Canada.

This study aims to assess physicians' awareness of the clinical significance of breast arterial calcifications (BAC) observed on mammography, preferences regarding reporting of BAC on mammography, and additional steps taken, if necessary, relating to patient care. Your responses to this survey will allow us as radiologists to better understand your preferences and potential changes to patient care based on our reporting of breast arterial calcifications on mammography reports. This study was developed in collaboration with the Canadian Society of Breast Imaging.

The study is conducted via an online survey using SurveyMonkey. Participation in the study is entirely voluntary. If you are interested and willing to participate in the study, please click on the link below to access a consent form for the study as well as the survey itself.

English: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B9YLY9V

French: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B9RQ5F9

If you have any questions or concerns about completing the questionnaire or about this study, please contact: cyonghing@bccancer.bc.ca or kaitlin.zaki@trinity-health.org

Publications

The association of facility ownership with COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care homes in British Columbia, Canada: a retrospective cohort study.

Antibody response durability following three-dose coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination in people with HIV receiving suppressive antiretroviral therapy.

Breastfeeding on Injectable Opioid Agonist Therapy: A Case Report.

Improving rural and regional access to long-acting reversible contraception and medical abortion through nurse-led models of care, task-sharing and telehealth (ORIENT): a protocol for a stepped-wedge pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial in Australian general practice.

USING THE DELPHI METHOD TO VALIDATE INDICATORS OF RESPECTFUL MATERNITY CARE FOR HIGH RESOURCE COUNTRIES.

Protocol for a randomized controlled trial to assess the effect of Self-Management for Amputee Rehabilitation using Technology (SMART): An online self-management program for individuals with lower limb loss.

Development and pilot testing of the 2019 Canadian Abortion Provider Survey.

Sport and exercise medicine/physiotherapy publishing has a gender/sex equity problem: we need action now!

Physical Demands of Tennis Across the Different Court Surfaces, Performance Levels and Sexes: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.

Declining Comprehensiveness of Services Delivered by Canadian Family Physicians Is Not Driven by Early-Career Physicians.

Hockey fans in training (hockey FIT): Rationale, design, and baseline characteristics from a cluster randomized controlled trial in men with overweight or obesity.

Integration of midwifery care in Canada

People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Receiving Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapy Show Typical Antibody Durability After Dual Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination and Strong Third Dose Responses.

In the News

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HR Corner

Welcome to April! We hope everyone had time to enjoy the April Long Weekend with your family or friends, and we are hopeful to see more sunny weather coming up in the next few months! In our HR Corner, we will be highlighting a few UBC wide events, initiatives, and resources we encourage you to take part of.

HR Team Update

Thank you to our HR Work Learn Student! Since Sept 2022, Armaan Kahlon has been supporting our HR team on HR projects and administrative responsibilities, and has been a key member of our team. She will be wrapping up her term with us at the end of April 2023 and will be spending time studying in the summer and upcoming school year as a HR BCom student at UBC. Please join us in thanking Armaan!

We will be recruiting a new HR Work Learn Student for the summer term (May to August 2023) to continue supporting our HR team on special projects, initiatives, and administrative tasks.

As a reminder, the following are the employee portfolio split and responsibilities:

Maria Jurado, Manager, HR - Point of contact for tenured faculty lifecycle, Escalated questions and concerns
Annie Lai, Assistant Manager, HR – Escalated questions and concerns for term/clinical faculty lifecycle
Adrian Whitehead, HR Assistant – Point of contact for 1st level Staff/Student questions, Workday, Payroll Processing
Ara Silva, Clinical Faculty Coordinator – Clinical Faculty Appointment and Reappointment Process
Armaan Kahlon, Work Learn HR Student – HR and Administrative Special Projects

UBC HR

TA/T4As tax slips have been available. If you have questions about the information on your T4 or T4A slip, please submit a Workday support request using the Payroll category through the UBC Self Service Portal (CWL required) or call the UBC Integrated Service Centre directly at 604-822-8200 (UBCV) between Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.. Answers to some common questions about T4 and T4A slips are available on the T4/T4A FAQ page.

https://finance.ubc.ca/payroll/ubc-faculty-staff-self-service/access-tax-documents-t4t4a

Applications for the UBC Conflict Theatre Summer Intensive are now open for faculty and staff, and close on Monday May 1st. This workshop series will be held over several consecutive days in June in which participants will use forum theatre, games, and exercises to explore conflict through the development of original interactive plays. Participants will perform the new plays for the UBC community on the final day of the workshop — Tuesday, June 13. Learn more at https://hr.ubc.ca/working-ubc/news/april-04-2023/applications-open-conflict-theatre-summer-intensive

Access LinkedIn Learning through UBC HR website Faculty and staff can now sign up or login to their LinkedIn Learning account via the UBC HR website. Learn more at https://hr.ubc.ca/working-ubc/news/march-03-2023/access-linkedin-learning-through-ubc-hr-website

UBC Events and Initiatives

UBC employees are invited to join the Conflict Theatre monthly Community of Practice sessions. The first one will begin on April 20th. Learn more at https://hr.ubc.ca/working-ubc/events/conflict-theatre-community-practice-session-april-20-2023

Psychological Safety and Change workshop on April 24th. In this session we will explore the relationship between trust, psychological safety and adapting well to change. https://wpl.ubc.ca/browse/changeandtransition/courses/psychological-safety-and-change

Spring cleaning your finances: Money management best practices on April 27th. https://wpl.ubc.ca/browse/wellbeing/wellness/courses/spring-cleaning-your-finances-money-management-best-practices

Career Opportunities

Program Director, Postgraduate Medical Education

The Program Director, Family Practice Postgraduate Medical Education, is responsible for the overall conduct and evaluation of the Postgraduate Medical Education program in the Department of Family Practice. The Program Director is expected to liaise with the Department Head, and other educational leaders in the UBC Department of Family Practice and UBC Faculty of Medicine, to ensure that the training program offered is of the highest quality. The Director takes the lead in providing ongoing rich and diverse clinical & educational experience, meets the Royal College standards and objectives of training, and aligns with provincial priorities for family practice.