{"id":355,"date":"2013-12-21T08:53:20","date_gmt":"2013-12-21T15:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/generalpractice\/?p=355"},"modified":"2013-12-21T08:53:20","modified_gmt":"2013-12-21T15:53:20","slug":"2013-happy-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/generalpractice\/2013\/12\/21\/2013-happy-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 &#8211; Happy Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear All<\/p>\n<p>It has been a busy, if not hectic, \u00a0year and hence blogs have dropped off the completed section of the todo lists &#8211; my New Year resolution is to improve communictaion and I will write the blog more frequently!<\/p>\n<p>I hope this message finds you all on the eve of what will be a restful and restorative holiday break.\u00a0 This year has been packed with activity and accomplishments\u2026I am just picking on a few as examples<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Postgraduate accreditation was a major piece of work and I am incredibly grateful to everyone who made this such a successful visit. There is work to be done but there were no surprises! The opportunity to visit so many of the teaching sites and see the residents and faculty was a highlight of the year for me.<\/li>\n<li>We welcome two new faculty &#8211; Joanie Sims Gould and Michelle Butler<\/li>\n<li>Michelle will be arriving in the new year to take up the position of Director of the Midwifery Program, while Joanie will be working at Hip Health.<\/li>\n<li>We welcomed the move Centre of Rural Health Research to our David Strangway Offices<\/li>\n<li>Oak Street Clinic moved to became the Broadway Family Practice Clinic and has so much more space to accommodate the 9 or so residents.<\/li>\n<li>The number of our clinical faculty has grown to over 1800<\/li>\n<li>The undergraduate program is changing with the third year rotation to happen over the whole year rather then just in the summer.<\/li>\n<li>Christie Newton, Maureen Ashe, Michael Koehle were promoted to Associate Professor<\/li>\n<li>Rob Lloyd-Smith was inducted to UBC Sports Hall of Fame; and Jack Taunton inducted to the BC Sports Hall of Fame<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The list of activities and accomplishments is way too long for a blog and this really just demonstrates the amount and the quality of the work being undertaken.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for all your contributions, commitment and continued collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes to you and your family over the holiday. Meanwhile I shall share the winter weather with our family.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-358\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/generalpractice\/files\/2013\/12\/luschka-snow-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/generalpractice\/files\/2013\/12\/luschka-snow-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/generalpractice\/files\/2013\/12\/luschka-snow-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The dog seems to be the most happy with the recent snowfall.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely<\/p>\n<p>Martin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear All It has been a busy, if not hectic, \u00a0year and hence blogs have dropped off the completed section of the todo lists &#8211; my New Year resolution is to improve communictaion and I will write the blog more frequently! 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