In the News! ‘All the trends paint a dire picture’: B.C. facing looming shortage of family physicians
Dr. Anthony Fong, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor, writes about the looming shortage of family physicians British Columbia faces as an estimated 40% of family physicians are expected to retire in the next 10 years.
UBC Emergency Medicine Research Day 2022
REGISTRATON NOW OPEN! The 13th Annual UBC Emergency Medicine Research Day will take place online April 13, 2022. This year’s EM Research Day features presentations of completed or planned research in emergency medicine, plus a plenary presentation by visiting professor Dr. Samina Ali.
In the News! For Olympic hopefuls, long COVID poses career threat
Dr. Anthony Fong, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor co-writes about how world-class athletes are still facing the fact that age and fitness doesn’t spare them from prolonged COVID symptoms that could be career ending.
International Women’s Day 2022
In honour of International Women’s Day and the 2022 theme #BreakTheBias, meet some of the outstanding women in the UBC Faculty of Medicine—staff, learners and faculty members—who are transforming health for everyone.
Faculty Spotlight – Daniel Kalla
Meet Dr. Daniel Kalla, a clinical associate professor at UBC Department of Emergency Medicine, an emergency medicine physician at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, and an international bestselling author. His medical thrillers include Lost Immunity (2021), The Last High (2020), and We All Fall Down (2019). His latest thriller, The Darkness in the Light, will be released May 3, 2022.
UBC Department of Emergency Medicine Study Examines College Complaints Against Resident Physicians in Canada
New research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) Open—which began as research project by a then second-year resident physician with the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine—highlights areas of potential practice improvement in medical education. The study, which analyzed complaints involving Canadian resident physicians between 2008 to 2017, found that problems with communication skills […]
In the News! Emergency departments at a ‘tipping point’
Dr. Anthony Fong, a clinical assistant professor with UBC Department Emergency Medicine and an emergency physician at Delta Hospital, writes about a recent paper, “Saving emergency medicine: is less more?” published in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, and the state of emergency departments in Canada on healthydebate.ca.
In the News! Calgary cannabis road impairment numbers drop since legalization: police
Calgary Herald mentioned a study of emergency room blood samples led by Dr. Jeffrey Brubacher, a professor with UBC Department of Emergency Medicine, that suggests cannabis-impaired driving in B.C. has more than doubled since legalization in 2018.
UBC Emergency Medicine Researcher Dr. Jeffrey Brubacher Attracts CIHR Fall 2021 Funding to Study Inequality in Road Trauma Outcomes
Congratulations to UBC Department of Emergency Medicine Associate Professor Dr. Jeffrey Brubacher. Dr. Brubacher was among the 417 successful applicants for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grants Fall 2021 competition who were awarded a total of $325 million in research grants.
Faculty Spotlight – Joseph Finkler
Meet Dr. Joseph Finkler, a clinical professor with the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine, an emergency physician at St. Paul’s Hospital, and the recipient of the 2020 Dr. William Webber Award for his commitment to the medical student community.