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Support the 2023 UBC Global Placement Program to send UBC Midwifery students to Nepal! Tax receipts will be provided.
Since 2007, The University of British Columbia (UBC) Global Placement Program has been working with Nepal health care workers in urban and rural services to foster reciprocal learning and build a partnership to better maternal and infant mortality in that country. Representatives from UBC first travelled to Nepal in 2007, with the first UBC student…
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Congratulations to Lorna McRae, and Drs. Cecilia Jevitt and Bill Rowe on the publication of their chapter, “Perinatal Substance Use Disorders,” in the 4th edition of The Oppression of Addiction.
Drs. Jevitt and Rowe published the original chapter from the United States. With the writing of the 4th edition, they wanted to be sure the social work practice was compatible with Canadian standards. Lorna McRae provided the perfect expertise. Lorna, who was a social worker before becoming a midwife, provides care to pregnant individuals with substance…
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Natalie Amram, RM promoted to Clinical Assistant Professor!
In addition to her regular work as a clinical preceptor with Vancouver’s Pomegranate Midwives, Natalie has supported the program by tutoring interprofessional placements and managing the program’s test bank for the last two years. This recognition is so well deserved. Thank you, and congratulations, Natalie!
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Professor Emerita, Cathy Ellis works with the Canadian Association of Midwives on improving midwifery education in Somalia
Their diploma program curriculum was approved by the Somaliland government. Cathy and CAM representatives taught the curriculum to midwives and physicians in Somaliland in the fall. UBC Midwifery students and other faculty members assisted with research and curriculum development. For more information, see https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1057199438315702&id=100069301685888
