Transition into Practice Events
UBC Transition into Practice program Seminar Series:
- Tuesday (and some Wednesday) evenings from 6:00 – 7:00 PM, a wide range of non-medical topics.
- Residents of all levels and programs are welcome to attend via Zoom.
- Registration is required. Repeat attendance is welcomed.
Due to proprietary reasons and continuous updates, these sessions are not recorded.
- The TIP sessions are designed to provide a safe environment for presenting information, asking questions and sharing personal experience among colleagues. The content is intended for the professional development of a medical audience. It is not intended as public communication.
- Any reproduction of the session or provided materials in part or full requires the explicit approval of UBC PGME TIP.
- The use of any type of recording and/or AI technology/tool is strictly prohibited.
UBC Transition into Practice offers Academic Half Days each year in the Fall and Spring.
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- The content includes the core curriculum and is refreshed annually.
Upcoming Events:
August 12, 2025 6:00-7:00PM, PST
Understanding the Agreements and Contractual Terms Relevant for Newly Practicing Physicians
The session will provide a general introduction to contracts and contractual terms relevant to new physicians. Residents ideally should have a good understanding and ability to carefully consider the terms of a contract, which help them make informed decisions about the legal risks and benefits before signing. The focus of this session will be on the terms of contracts using the examples of different types of locum contracts and other contractual agreements. We will also touch on agreements relating to cost-sharing and release of information agreement terms. The session will review how to understand contractual terms using the examples of contractual rights and limitations, indemnification, liability, and confidentiality clauses and other clauses relevant to new physicians in practice.
August 19, 2025 6:00-7:00 PM, PST
The LFP Payment Model 101 – How to get Started
Tune in August 19 from 6-7pm to learn about the LFP Payment Model as a compensation option for longitudinal family physicians and locums.
August 26, 2025 6:00-7:00 PM, PST
Show Me The Money: The Business Behind Medical Clinics
This session is to explore the business side of community clinics, how they operate, and how operations impact provider experience. The session is meant to arm physicians with the understanding of what happens behind the scenes at their future place of practice, to increase transparency and knowledge of the business side of medicine.
September 9, 2025 6:00-7:00 PM, PST
Negotiated Benefits for all BC Physicians
This session provides an overview of BC government paid benefits available to all MSP billing physicians (including service contract, sessional, and fee-for-service). Benefits include CRPSP, CME, CMPA, REAP, PDI. We discuss how to access or apply for these valuable benefits.
This session is a general overview of personal insurance and focuses on how to prioritize personal insurance depending on practice type and/or family situation. Disability Insurance and its importance in a physician’s career are covered in this seminar.
September 16, 2025 6:00-7:00 PM, PST
This session will cover the foundational money management basics. Focus areas include getting your financial house in order, how to keep more of what you earn, how to reduce taxes, debt management, budgeting, and managing cash flow.
September 23, 2025 6:00-7:00 PM, PST
Don’t be a maverick: How to invest for real life success
Now that you’ve learned about different kinds of investment accounts, it’s time to find out what you can put in them! This talk is a practical guide of the different type of assets you can invest in, how they are similar and how they differ, explained in plain English, with a specific focus on stocks and bonds.
October 7, 2025 6:00-7:00 PM, PST
Debt freedom in residency? It’s possible!
This session will explore how to repay debt sooner by looking at spending plans, the snowball effect, and maximizing your tax refunds through credits and deductions. Using a resident case study, we will also navigate loan forgiveness programs.
October 14, 2025 6:00-7:00 PM, PST
New to Practice Contracts for Family Physicians
This session will provide an overview of the New to Practice Family Physician Contract available to family physicians who do not have an established practice with their own panel and are interested in providing community longitudinal family practice services. The session will also provide information on how to access these contracts, and the Doctors of BC supports available to family physicians.
October 21, 2025 6:00-7:00 PM, PST
Make PathwaysBC your go to resource for optimize referrals and so much more
A guided tour to Pathways’ online directory. Learn how to streamline referrals, access specialist/specialty clinic information (e.g., current wait times, sub-expertise, pre-consultation blood work, and imaging requirements) and search patient and physician resources.
October 28, 2025 6:00-7:00 PM, PST
How to build a ‘rich’ life: chart your own financial course and champion your own success
Our careers in medicine have become a key part of our everyday lives. We have become so accustomed to the time and energy this career requires that we often forget to acknowledge how this career shapes our daily life. Learn more about how career, money, and your life outside of work interact. Use that knowledge and power to chart your course and build a rich life that incorporates all these factors.
November 4, 2025 6:00-7:00 PM, PST
TBA
November 18, 2025
Transition into Practice Academic Half Day
November 19, 2025
Transition into Practice Academic Half Day
November 25, 2025 6:00-7:00 PM, PST
How to get paid as a doctor in BC: Understanding your options & financial considerations
This session will explore physician compensation models, and the financial and tax planning considerations associated with them. You will learn about the difference between fee for service and alternative payment plan, and the various ways of getting paid.
December 2, 2025 6:00-7:00 PM, PST
An overview of where to look, what to look for, and how to set up your first locum clinic.
CMPA Patient Safety Primer Workshop
We are pleased to announce the 2024-2025 schedule for the CMPA Patient Safety Primer: medico-legal essentials for residents. This 2.5-hour interactive, virtual workshop provides high quality medico-legal education for first year Family Medicine and second year Royal College residents. The workshop meets specific medico-legal accreditation standards and will help residents attain key competencies in CanMEDS and CanMEDS-FM roles.
About the workshop
Residents will explore cases facilitated by CMPA physician advisors and will identify practical strategies to mitigate medico-legal risk and improve patient safety through:
- Electronic learning activities to be completed before the workshop
- Interactive, practical exercises and large group discussion
- A dedicated Q&A session with legal counsel and a CMPA physician advisor
- Topics covered: documentation, informed consent, disclosure of a patient safety incident (accident in Québec), and teamwork.
Registration
Registration for this online workshop will be open to first year Family Medicine and second year Royal College residents across Canada, with the option to register for a workshop on a date and time that is most convenient to their schedule. SPACE IS LIMITED, so residents are encouraged to register for their preferred workshop as soon as possible.
What you need to know:
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- Registration is now open for the 2024-2025 academic year.
- Each workshop has a maximum capacity of 170 residents.
- Residents will need to complete about 1 hour of pre-work. We will send out an email one week before the session with all required materials.
- The live workshop will be hosted via Zoom
- Subject matter is targeted to PGY1 Family Medicine and PGY2 Royal College residents
After completing the pre-work and participating in the workshop, residents will receive a Certificate of Participation.
What residents are saying:
“I appreciated the level of interaction the workshop allowed for participants. The presenters’ enthusiasm also helped to make topics interesting! I would highly recommend this workshop to my fellow peers and those who need a refresher.” – University of Manitoba Resident (2024)
“The speakers were very passionate and engaging. The material was very relevant and geared towards residents.” – University of Ottawa Resident (2024)
“I liked hearing the thoughts, perspectives, and approaches of other residents. I took away quite a few strategies from them that I have not seen before but will be great to add to my practice.” – University of Alberta resident (2022)
Learn more about Patient Safety Primer: medico-legal essentials for residents
Please contact residents@cmpa.org if you require any additional information.
Doctors of BC Business Pathways Event
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Resident Doctors of BC Event
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