Reaching over 1700 people in the community and the university, this newsletter promotes patient and community involvement in health professional education at UBC.
7th Health Mentors Symposium
The 7th annual Health Mentors Symposium took place on April 26th, attended by over 130 students and 38 mentors. It is the first time medical students from UBC's distributed sites have been part of the program.
Northern program medical students, Seamus Hogan and Jennifer Maxwell, flew in from Prince George to reunite with their groups for the event. Karol Boschung participated (virtually) via an iPad from the Island Medical Program in Victoria (see photo).
"I was able to attend via Skype. It was great to be able to see the different posters and marvel at all the hard work and creativity that had gone into them. Each person's story was so unique, and told in their own way. It was a highlight of the Health Mentors program for me," said Karol.
Groups shared their learning on poster boards and in a tweet. View some on twitter at #UBCHealthMentors.
New Mentors Needed for 2018 Health Mentors Program
Do you have a chronic condition or care for someone who does?
This 16-month program puts adult mentors and/or caregivers with groups of 3-4 UBC healthcare students. Mentors meet with their group six times throughout the program to discuss health care topics and help students learn about living with a chronic condition.
Health Mentors are experts in their health who want to share their healthcare experiences. Health Mentors should live in the Metro Vancouver area and be comfortable talking about their health condition.
2018 Community as Teacher Camps: Students Apply Now!
Are you a UBC health professional student interested in learning about an Aboriginal community?
The annual Community as Teacherprogram is a unique opportunity for UBC students to develop skills in cultural safety and interprofessional collaboration through immersion with the Stó:lō community in a summer camp setting.
You will learn about Aboriginal culture by spending time in the community, being with elders, and taking part in cultural events. Space is limited. Apply now!
Caregiver Camp (foster families)
July 18-20, Kwantlen First Nation Langley
Natural Changes (females only)
July 31-August 3
Warrior Camp (males only)
July 31-August 3
Family Camp
Aug 15-17 Kwantlen First Nation Langley
Learning to Provide Better Care for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
On May 14th, at the Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (WIDHH), 16 students from across disciplines (nursing, dentistry, dental hygiene, medicine, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, audiology and speech-language pathology) attended the first introductory workshop on providing better care for the deaf and hard of hearing.
The first of its kind, this workshop was made possible in collaboration with enthusiastic deaf and hard of hearing mentors who are passionate about teaching students how to be better communicators, and ultimately, better health professionals.
Jennifer Ham, a first year medical student, is developing the workshop with WIDHH as a focus of her MEDD 419 'FLEX' project. Read more...
Student Resource Rating Workshops
We are working to make learning resources recommended by patients and community organizations available to students. Over 65 resources were submitted by Health Mentors and community organizations. Kinesiology student, Lamiah Adamjee, created a database and held two workshops with students from different health programs to rate their usefulness for students.
Students, in small interdisciplinary groups, evaluated the usefulness of the resources and provided explanations for their scores. The work is part of a larger project to expand opportunities for students to learn about chronic disease from the patient’s perspective.
Ten students took part from Nursing, Pharmacy, Occupational Therapy, Medicine, and Speech & Language Pathology. The results of the ratings will help us identify what students find useful in resources and will be used to develop an online database.
A Visitor from 'Down Under'
Logan campus, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
In May, Dr. Jane Fowler, Program Director at the School of Human Services and Social Work at Griffith Univesity in Australia came to visit to learn about UBC's Health Mentors Program.
"It was my great pleasure to meet with Angela Towle, Bill Godolphin, and Jen McDonald who so generously gave their time to explain the nuts and bolts of UBC’s Health Mentors Program (HMP)," said Dr. Fowler. Read more...
