Back to School 2016

Welcome to the UBC Faculty of Medicine

From the clinic to the lab, UBC Faculty of Medicine students are on the path to becoming the next generation of health care professionals and scientists for British Columbia and beyond.

Explore some of the highlights from our undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs and join us in welcoming our new and continuing students for the 2016-2017 academic year.

Highlights

Read about highlights from the start of the academic year:

Largest class of speech-language pathology students

UBC welcomes largest cohort in history to join speech-language pathology program

Residency expands to South Okanagan

A new UBC family medicine residency site in the South Okanagan welcomes its first cohort of residents

New virtual tool

First-year medical students will be using a state-of-the-art touch-screen table for anatomy lessons

Meet our Students

Meet a few students and learners in the Faculty of Medicine:

Kennedy Borle

Genetic Counselling

Andrew Irvine

Paediatrics Residency

Boluwaji Ogunyemi

Dermatology Residency

More Students

Join the Conversation

Tag #IAMUBC in your social media posts!

Learners @UBCmedicine return to training! See mine & other profiles at: https://t.co/pFyniEvKq6 #IAMUBC @UBCNMP_unbc pic.twitter.com/aRs2tfeS1s

— Bolu Ogunyemi, MD (@OgunyemiMD) September 6, 2016

A big warm welcome to our new medical students pictured here with Doctors of BC President Alan Ruddiman #UBCMedicine #backpack2016 #UBCMed2020 #DoctorsofBC #students and the backpacks are blue this year!!

A photo posted by UBC Faculty of Medicine (@ubcmedicine) on Sep 2, 2016 at 2:29pm PDT

Welcome to #UBCmedicine 1st year medical students! Today begins a journey in an amazing provincial program! 🙌🏻

A photo posted by UBC Faculty of Medicine (@ubcmedicine) on Aug 22, 2016 at 11:32am PDT

"University is not just a place for the education of the mind, it is a place for the education of the heart and soul." —@ubcprez #IAMUBC

— UBC (@UBC) September 6, 2016

Before joining #UBC’s Midwifery program, Erika designed blast patterns for an open pit diamond mine. Why the switch? Find out in the Back to School Series [link in bio]

A photo posted by UBC Faculty of Medicine (@ubcmedicine) on Sep 7, 2016 at 4:34pm PDT

shoutout to largest class of #SpeechLanguagePathology #students at @UBC #IAMUBC #UBCTuumEst @ubcprez @UBCmedicine https://t.co/4JYdKLvxx1

— Roger Wong (@RogerWong10) September 4, 2016

Say hello to some of our 1st year @UBCIMP med students!https://t.co/iY4pNmXshN #IAMUBC #meded #UBC pic.twitter.com/ieg7D0aXH9

— UBC MD Program (@UBCMDUP) September 7, 2016

Back to School 2016