UBC Presenters at the 2025 International Congress on Academic Medicine
Once again, UBC has reason to be very proud of our extensive participation and contributions to the International Congress for Academic Medicine (ICAM), held this year in Halifax from April 3–6. UBC faculty, staff, and students were scheduled to deliver 2 workshops, 27 oral presentations, and 9 posters, all of which have been summarized below. […]
Visiting Scholar
Dr. Henry (Cheng-Heng) Liu Attending Physician, Department of Medical Education National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH), Taipei, Taiwan Dates of Visit: June 16 – August 14, 2025 Biography Dr. Henry (Cheng-Heng) Liu is an emergency physician and physician educator at National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, where he earned a master’s degree in medical education. […]
Mini-Sabbaticant
Kayla Fang, B.Sc. (Pharm), ACPR Lecturer, Entry-to-Practice PharmD Program Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of British Columbia Dates of Visit: May 12 – 16, 2025 Biography Kayla Fang is a Lecturer with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Entry-to-Practice PharmD program with a focus on experiential education. Kayla has an interest in community engaged […]
Visiting Scholar
Xuanxuan Ma, MPH, PhD Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Centre, Peking University National Centre for Health Profession Education […]
Visiting Scholar
Shewatatek Gedamu Wonde, MSc, MHPE Associate Professor of Medical Pharmacology Jimma University, Ethiopia Dates of Visit: March 4 – 26, 2025 (Virtual) Biography Shewatatek Gedamu Wonde is a Health Professional Education Specialist and an Assistant Professor of Medical Pharmacology. He received a FAIMER fellowship from the International FAIMER Philadelphia and submitted his PhD monograph for […]
Visiting Scholar
Terese Stenfors, PhD Professor, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics Karolinska Institutet Dates of Visit: November 10, 2025 Biography Terese Stenfors is Professor in Medical Education at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. With a background as a social science teacher and faculty developer, she defended her thesis in 2011. In 2011-2013 she did a post doctoral […]
Visiting Scholar
Sruthi Saravanan Medical Student, University of Nottingham School of Medicine Honorary Student, Cardiff University School of Medicine Dates of Visit: April 14 – May 16, 2025 Biography Sruthi Saravanan is a final-year medical student at the University of Nottingham-Lincoln Medical School with a keen interest in health professional education scholarship and management, as well as […]
Visiting Scholar
Roghayeh Gandomkar, MD, PhD Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Medical Education Tehran University of Medical Sciences Dates of Visit: March 3 – April 2, 2025 Biography Roghayeh Gandomkar, PhD in Medical Education, directs the Department of Medical Education, which its aim is to train Master and PhD students in health professions education. […]