*NEW*: University of British Columbia R3 Enhanced Skills in Hospital Medicine Opportunities

University of British Columbia

R3 Enhanced Skills in Hospital Medicine

         University of British Columbia offers 3-6 months of R3 Enhanced Skills in Hospital Medicine training and mentorship in integrated hospitalized complex patient, family and system-centered healthcare. Our residents are working in the context of a multidisciplinary team with the Hospitalist having the leading role in managing patients with multiple co-morbidities, and providing a skilled resource to transition of care by meeting the patients, families, hospital and community needs.

     Our R3 level trainees are mentored by faculty with focused practices in in-patient care as hospitalists, and by faculty from various Subspecialty Training Programs. This training opportunity represents one of the pathways for obtaining the Provincial Hospitalist Medicine Clinical Privileges. This training format might be the foundation for potential future Added Competence in Hospital Medicine (once Hospital Medicine is approved by the CFPC).

     Our program has a flexible format and will be tailored to the candidates’ learning needs. Our role is to connect your interests and skill set needs to advanced training pathways. We offer rotations in ICU/ CCU, ER, Nephrology, Geriatrics and Geriatric Psychiatry, Endocrinology, Respirology, Palliative Medicine and Hospital Medicine. Two block rotations of 1 month each in ICU/CCU and ER for procedural skills training are strongly recommended.

     For more information about applying to the R3 Enhanced in Hospital Medicine Program, please visit the UBC/Department of Family Practice Web site at: http://postgrad.familymed.ubc.ca/e3-enhanced-skills-programs/

Contact information:

Dr. Diana Chang, MD,CCFP(EM)


Director, Enhanced Skills Program

Email:  [email protected]

Ms. Ingrid Ahlsten

Coordinator, Enhanced Skills Program

Phone:  604-822-0869; Fax:  604-822-6950

Email:  [email protected]

Dr. Diana Stancu, MD, CCFP

Hospitalist Royal Columbian Hospital

Director, R3 Enhanced Skills Program in Hospital Medicine/ Vancouver Fraser

Email: [email protected]