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University of British Columbia – Public Health and Preventive Medicine including Family Medicine – Vancouver

Public Health and Preventive MedicinePublic Health and Preventive Medicine Including Family Medicine

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Dr. Trevor Corneil

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Rishi Chatterjee

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Program Highlights

As a resident physician in our five-year postgraduate Public Health and Preventive Medicine (PHPM) Residency Program, you’ll build the skills required to understand the health needs of populations, and develop strategies for improving health and well-being through health promotion, disease prevention, and health protection.  This flagship post-graduate training program paves the way for the public health specialists and leaders of our future. Equipped with a broad base of knowledge and skills appropriate for diverse career paths, our graduates work as medical health officers, physician epidemiologists, researchers, and population-focused clinicians.

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General Information

Improve the health and well-being of people where they work, live, and play

Public health and preventive medicine (PHPM) is the medical specialty primarily concerned with people’s health and well-being, with a particular focus on disease and injury prevention and control through health protection and health promotion activities. Encompassing a broad range of acute and chronic health issues, including those that may be related to environmental exposures, PHPM focuses on the health needs of a population.

Monitoring and assessing these health needs, a PHPM specialist develops, implements, and evaluates strategies for improving health and reducing inequity, and is competent in:

  • Clinical medicine and the determinants of health
  • Epidemiology, biostatistics, and surveillance
  • Health promotion and prevention, and healthy communities
  • Environmental health, occupational health, health emergency management
  • Program and policy surveillance, planning, implementation, and evaluation
  • Leadership, collaboration, advocacy, and communication

 

The PHPM Residency Program at a glance
  • A five-year specialty training program (for new entrants) or a three-year program (for re-entrants) that prepares residents for certification as specialists in PHPM in Canada
  • Based at UBC’s School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) and accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)
  • Draws teaching faculty from public health physician specialists working across five regional health authorities, two provincial health authorities, and several provincial agencies
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Salary Information

Post graduate salaries and benefits differ by province and are determined by two things: your training year, and the province you work in. See below the salaries and benefits for University of British Columbia - Public Health and Preventive Medicine including Family Medicine - Vancouver.
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Vancouver cityscape
Vancouver
Vancouver (/vænˈkuːvər/ (listen) van-KOO-vər) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2.6 million in 2021, making it the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada.

Resident Experience

Rohit Vijh
R3
In your opinion, what are the highlights of your program?
– Tight knit group of residents that are supportive and really forming a family – Revitalization of the curriculum with a lot of resident input – Longitudinal PH experiences across 5 years – One year MPH program for PHPM residents with integrated opportunities to apply skills in regional and provincial public health organizations in BC – Supportive faculty, program director and administration
– Other residents and faculty come from wide variety of backgrounds, training and life experiences which make for excellent learning and personal growth – Living and working in British Columbia
See above. Super collegial and supportive. Lots of informal mentoring between senior and junior residents.
Awesome! Live right by the ocean, go on daily walks year round. I have a small mini dachshund that keeps me busy. Lots of places to run, hike and tons of cool new places to eat and hang out with friends.
We have dedicated funding for wellness events and journal clubs which allows all the residents to check in every month or so. We have an annual wellness retreat. We also have protected time for exam prep, as well as protected time for asynchronous learning each week! The program is quite supportive of life circumstances and adjusting around that as well.
To start my senior public health rotations!

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