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99-year-old Salt Spring Island resident donates 250 handmade quilts to UBC Midwifery Program for Ugandan babies
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Admissions 2014 Update – February 20th, 2014
The Assessment Team is completing the last reviews of all supplemental applications. The Midwifery Program will be compiling the scores in combination with GPA assessments completed by Enrolment Services, and will be contacting those eligible for Interviews by the end of February/early March. Interviews for the 20 seats offered for the Fall of 2014 will…
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U.S. home births found to have low intervention and mortality rates
UBC Midwifery Associate Professor, Saraswathi Vedam (second from left) assists at a home birth. Planned home births among low-risk women in the U.S. result in low rates of birth interventions without an increase in adverse outcomes for mothers and babies, according to research by the University of British Columbia and three U.S. universities. The study…
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2014 Admissions Update
The application process for entrance to the Midwifery Program for September 2014 is now closed. The program is currently reviewing all supplementals and awaiting the completion of GPA assessments. Calls for interviews should be made close to the end of February, with interviews tentatively scheduled for late March. Good luck to all applicants!
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Reminder of Midwifery Application Deadlines
The application process for the September 2014 intake into UBC’s Midwifery Program is coming to a close. Applications for entrance to UBC, identifying Midwifery as your choice of program must be submitted to http://you.ubc.ca/admissions/ by 11:59 pm, Monday, December 2nd. Once you have submitted your application to UBC, you will have until 11:59 pm, Friday, January 17th, 2014 to submit…
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UBC Midwifery Fall Information Sessions
The UBC Midwifery Program will hold information sessions around the province during the month of October. The Student Services Manager will first review the program and then present the admissions requirements and application procedures. A Question and Answer period will follow, with a current student midwife and practicing midwife joining him to answer your questions. Registration is…
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UBC Midwifery students join First Nations elder to harvest and blend local medicinal teas
Part 1 By Rachelle Fulford, 2nd year UBC Midwifery student This summer the UBC Midwifery Program arranged for midwifery students and clinical faculty to participate in a two-part workshop to learn about plants useful for midwifery practice. It was an experience rich with culture and joy. Situated at UBC Farm on traditional Musqueam land, the…
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Welcome Midwifery class of 2017!
The UBC Midwifery Program is excited to welcome the graduating class of 2017, the first cohort of 20 students to enter first year.
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Message from the new Director
I am absolutely delighted to have been selected to be the new Director of the Midwifery Program at UBC and I look forward to taking up my post in January 2014. I visited UBC in June and was really impressed with what has been achieved on the midwifery program over the last ten years. This…
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Dr. Michelle Butler appointed Director, UBC Midwifery Program
The Department of Family Practice and the Midwifery Program are delighted to announce that Dr. Michelle Butler has been appointed as the new Director of the UBC Midwifery Program. Dr. Michelle Butler is an experienced midwife, teacher, researcher, and university administrator. She qualified as a Registered Nurse and Midwife before pursuing a BSc in Health…
