St. Paul’s
Site Information
Number of Residents: 13 CMG
Location: Vancouver, BC
Community: 600,000 – 2 million
Hospitals: St. Paul’s, BC Women’s and Children, Mount Saint Joseph’s
Curriculum Type: R1 Block / R2 Longitudinal
R2 Elective Time: 12 Weeks
Site Directors’ Message
Welcome to the St. Paul’s Site of the UBC Family Practice Residency Program! Our Site is situated on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), and the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nations. We acknowledge with gratitude their wisdom and stewardship of these lands, and for opportunities to work together in a good way towards healing, learning and reconciliation.
If you have a strong commitment to social justice and advocacy, along with excellent self-directed learning skills this may be the perfect site for you! Our site has ample opportunity to gain exposure to caring for a variety of equity deserving groups. This could include experiences with addictions, transgender health, Indigenous health, HIV/Hep C, houselessness/poverty and mental health.
Our first year consists of block rotations as well as longitudinal academic and Family Medicine time to help you build comprehensive clinical skills and start to experience continuity of care with your patients. Our unique “longitudinal” second year allows you to use your organizational skills to choose and coordinate your electives, “selectives” and rural opportunities in order to meet your interests. In second year, you will be able to divide your time like a family physician might: covering your home practice 2-3 days a week and balancing that with electives, shifts in the ER, hospital/nursing home, attending births, and taking call with your community preceptor. This provides you with a self-directed, flexible and unique opportunity to focus your training to build the skills you need to fulfill your career goals.
We value respectful relationships and resident wellness. We work hard to establish and nurture effective teamwork and self-awareness.
We are very excited about your interest in our training site and hope to answer any questions you might have at our open house and information sessions!
St. Paul’s CMG Co-Site Directors:
Todd Sakakibara, MD, CCFP, FCFP, (AM)
Todd.Sakakibara@vch.ca
Dr. Sarah Tranquilli-Doherty, MD, CCFP, dip. ISAM
sarah.tranquilli-doherty@ubc.ca
About
Contact: Sarah Tranquilli-Doherty
Todd.Sakakibara@vch.ca
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Lead Resident Message
Lead Resident Message
Thank you for your interest in the St. Paul’s Hospital (SPH) CMG Program! Located in Vancouver on the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh). Our site takes pride in training Family Physicians who provide full-service primary care, develop expertise in more focused areas in Family Medicine, and participate in research and medical education. Serving people who experience systemic oppression in Vancouver’s downtown core, SPH attracts members of the healthcare community who believe advocacy is fundamental to the practice of medicine. Residents from our site experience the full breadth and depth of Family Medicine and have unique opportunities to develop enhanced competencies in urban health.
Our program prioritizes resident success. Residents are provided ample opportunities to socialize, enjoy beautiful Vancouver, and build connections here. We are privileged to be backed by a superstar team of administrative staff who support us with anything we can imagine. Site Faculty are eager to engage us in shaping our curriculum and highly value our feedback and recommendations. In addition to a supportive faculty, our program itself is intentionally designed to promote both structured and self-directed learning. R1 begins with a Foundations block for learning high-yield topics and integrating into your home clinic and has significant elective time even in the first year. R2 is even more flexible with a mostly longitudinal schedule that can be personalized down to the day, emulating the adaptable schedule of a full-service family physician.
Residency is challenging no matter where you are, but we are all incredibly happy with our experience and we don’t think we can imagine ourselves training anywhere else. We encourage people to attend our Open House to learn more and connect.
Dr. Andrew Jeong and Dr. Alexandra Chirila
