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IMP TIPP Course Lead

By adallman | February 21, 2025

The UBC Faculty of Medicine’s MD Undergraduate Program (MDUP), at The University of British Columbia (UBC), invites applications for the position of IMP TIPP Course Lead.

The TIPP Course Lead facilitates the Transition into Postgraduate Education and Medical Practice (TIPP) course (MEDD 448) for the Island Medical Program (IMP), Faculty of Medicine (FoM), University of British Columbia (UBC). They work in close collaboration with other UBC FoM TIPP Course Leads across the province (in the Vancouver-Fraser Medical Program (VFMP), the Southern Medical Program (SMP) and the Northern Medical Program (NMP) to ensure the goals and objectives of the programs are met.

The appointee will be a practicing local physician or newly retired physician with a commitment to the development of medical education on Vancouver Island, and an open and flexible approach to collaborative leadership within the MD Undergraduate Program.

The term of the appointment is 2-years, subject to a satisfactory performance appraisal at the end of the first year. This appointment is renewable, and the total time commitment is 0.2 FTE, equivalent to approximately 1 day per week or 8 hours per week.

Reports to the Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver Island. 

The successful candidate must hold a UBC faculty appointment or be eligible to hold a UBC faculty appointment with a background as a practicing local physician or a recently retired physician committed to the development of medical education on Vancouver Island. The IMP TIPP Course Lead will be a role model who has earned the trust of students and colleagues, and whose sense of duty to patients, families, coworkers, and learners is essential. A detailed job description, including a list of qualifications, is available below for those who wish to review it.

A letter of application, accompanied by a detailed curriculum vitae and names of two references should be directed to:

Dr. Laura Farrell 
Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver Island 
c/o Kyla Patterson 
Email: impadmin@uvic.ca 
Subject Line: IMP MEDD 448 TIPP Course Lead

The deadline for applications will be March 21, 2025.The anticipated start date for this position is May 1, 2025, or upon a date to be mutually agreed.

The expected pay (or pay range) for this position is $30,000 per annum at 0.2 FTE.

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Job Description

UBC — One of the World's Leading Universities. As one of the world's leading universities, the University of British Columbia creates an exceptional learning environment that fosters global citizenship, advances a civil and sustainable society, and supports outstanding research to serve the people of British Columbia, Canada and the world.

Our Vision: To Transform Health for Everyone.

Ranked among the world’s top medical schools with the fifth-largest MD enrollment in North America, the UBC Faculty of Medicine is a leader in both the science and the practice of medicine. Across British Columbia, more than 12,000 faculty and staff are training the next generation of doctors and health care professionals, making remarkable discoveries, and helping to create the pathways to better health for our communities at home and around the world.

The Faculty — comprised of approximately 2,200 administrative support, technical/research and management and professional staff, as well approximately 650 full-time academic and over 10,000 clinical faculty members — is composed of 19 academic basic science and/or clinical departments, three schools, and 24 research centres and institutes. Together with its University and Health Authority partners, the Faculty delivers innovative programs and conducts research in the areas of health and life sciences. Faculty, staff and trainees are located at university campuses, clinical academic campuses in hospital settings and other regionally based centres across the province.

UBC hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. All qualifies persons are encouraged to apply. Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.