The UBC Midwifery Program has developed a new Strategic Plan to guide our work over the next four years. Through collaboration and thoughtful analysis, this plan addresses changing trends in midwifery, defines our priorities, and strengthens our mission to serve diverse communities.
During strategic sessions throughout 2024, faculty and stakeholders came together to:
- Identify internal strengths and weaknesses, as well as external opportunities and challenges.
- Examine societal, economic, and technological trends shaping midwifery education and healthcare.
- Revisit, validate, and update the program’s vision, mission, and values to reflect our evolving environment.
- Set clear priorities and success measures for the future of our program.
This plan builds on our strengths, responds to emerging needs, and ensures we remain leaders in midwifery education, research, and practice. We invite you to explore our updated Vision, Mission and Values outlined on our About Page.
The Midwifery Program strategic Framework supports and aligns with the Faculty of Medicine (FoM).
FoM four pillars — Education, Research, Organization, and Partnership — provide an organizing framework for our goals and strategies.
Strategic Priorities
Education: Improve the student experience and outcomes
- Strengthen the student/faculty relationship.
- Review and evolve course curriculum.
- Review the clinical placement model and allocation process.
- Foster greater Equity, Diversity and Inclusion within the program.
Knowledge Advancement: Advance Midwifery program profile, impact and advancement of knowledge
- Build infrastructure for research support and graduate student programming.
- Build a sustainable framework for the Global Health pillar.
Organization: Build Program Capacity
- Strengthen faculty capacity.
- Streamline policies and processes.
- Strengthen Midwifery identity and inclusion within the Department of Family Practice and the Faculty of Medicine.
Partnership: Strengthen Program Relationships
- Improve preceptor engagement.
- Collaborate with the health system, Midwifery partners and government to enhance integration and synergies between clinical care, research and education.
- In partnership with Indigenous peoples and communities, work together to advance truth and reconciliation and achieving health equity and reproductive justice for Indigenous people.
Strategic plan: PDF Coming Soon
UBC Midwifery is part of the Faculty of Medicine, and their strategic plan informs our own. For a detailed sense of their plans for the future, please visit their dedicated website – Building the Future: 2021–2026 , the refreshed strategic plan for UBC’s Faculty of Medicine.