Often residency training can feel daunting, overwhelming, and impossible. Running 100 miles can seem impossible too- until it isn’t. Watch Brendan Leonard and Jayson Sime, two normal guys, train and conquer Run Rabbit Run, a 100 mile endurance race in Colorado with over 20,000 feet of elevation gain. As narrator Brendan Leonard suggests, the mental […]
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Enjoy some Stinging Nettle Ice Tea as the heat and hot weather come!
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Learn the difference between empathy and sympathy, and why empathy is important in creating a meaningful connection with others.
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After a night shift, workers are generally highly fatigued and have and can accumulated a huge amount of sleep dept. Read ways that you can help mitigate negative effects of working night shifts on your sleep patterns and how to optimize your daily schedule to accommodate sleep deprivation from night shifts. This information guide, designed […]
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Read about specific skills you can use to soothe nighttime anxiety.
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By Laura Abbott | April 15, 2019 Alan Tung is on a mission to make breathing tube insertion easier. As a fourth-year UBC anesthesia resident, he has performed many intubations – a life-saving procedure that involves inserting a breathing tube to allow a patient to breathe via ventilator. He and his colleagues are often performing […]
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Looking for ways to keep fit during residency? Fitin30 is offering a discount on personal training to residents! Have a look at other Health and Lifestyle Discounts available to you as residents. Feel free to have a look at the RWO Community Events page, which outlines different community fitness activities available in locations around the […]
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The man was brought to the Emergency Department from the nearby airport. He was agitated, confused and feverish. His heart rate was alarmingly high. The team of University of British Columbia residents responsible for treating him sprang into action. First, they had to make a diagnosis without the patient’s history, and only symptoms. Was it […]
Read MoreDuring her first years in medical school at UBC, Kathryn Darras remembers her excitement at discovering radiology. As a highly-visual learner, she knew that the specialty was a perfect fit for her. After finishing her UBC radiology residency, Dr. Darras is now a nuclear medicine fellow using technology to share her enthusiasm for radiology with […]
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Five graduate students and two medical residents from the Faculty of Medicine are among nine recipients of this year’s Friedman Award for Scholars in Health. The award supports learning and research opportunities for graduate students or medical residents working in the broad area of health, to bring new perspectives to their education and further their […]
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