TouchPoints

In Community

Posted by in 2018 Fall/Winter

Students teach, learn, and practice beyond our walls Recent School of Nursing retiree Joanne Ricci and newly appointed instructor Ranjit Dhari trained and supervised students, like Angela Rivers-Bowerman, who gave seasonal protection to our Director, Elizabeth Saewyc (above left); Caryn Dooner, who vaccinated James Olson, Dean of Applied Science (centre); and Matt Russell, who gave shots to both Joanne (above right) and to President Santa Ono (below). Students also gave free flu shots at Oppenheimer Park in Downtown East Side in October. I was able to visit different locations in…read more

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Patients First Playbook

Posted by in 2018 Fall/Winter

The Afternoon Symposium The Afternoon Symposium was “powered by PechaKucha,” and it was indeed powerful. Throughout “Patients First Playbook,” eight speakers spoke for 20 seconds on each of 20 slides to present a total six-minute capsule of their perspective on patient-first care. Dr Dawn Stacey, 50th Marion Woodward Lecturer, offered observations between sessions. Among the speakers were faculty, students, patients, and caregivers. Their recommendations included: Open up research to patient collaborators and incorporate them fully into the partnership. The extra time it takes to explain and speak in layman’s terms…read more

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Strategies and Tools for Putting Patients First

Posted by in 2018 Fall/Winter

50th Marion Woodward Lecture A professor at the University of Ottawa and University Research Chair in Knowledge Translation to Patients, Dr Dawn Stacey presented the 50th Marion Woodward Lecture to about 170 participants on November 8, 2018. She began by laying out a problem: patients are often not given the opportunity to make decisions about their own care. The benefits are manifold and advice of an instructional manual as far back as the 1840s intoned that patient preferences matter, yet students of health care in the 21st century have been…read more

Sixty Years of Fabulousness

Posted by in 2018 Spring/Summer

The Class of ’58 Meets the Current Cohort                   A historic event took place at the UBC School of Nursing in May 2018 when the students in the current cohort met with graduates of the class of 1958. As part of their 60th reunion celebration (planned to coincide with the 2018 UBC Nursing Celebration Gala), the alumni asked for an opportunity to connect with the current class of students to share their experiences of being a nursing student in the 1950s and…read more

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Graduate Student Research

Posted by in 2018 Spring/Summer

The 6th Annual Symposium On May 2nd, 2018, the Graduate Student Nurses Association hosted their sixth symposium, Nurses as Emerging Leaders in Research, Education, and Practice. The symposium provides an opportunity for graduate students to practice their presentation skills by sharing innovative projects, scholarship, and research in a dynamic, interactive, and supportive setting. No project is too big or too small. Students in graduate and undergraduate programs in nursing and other health-related fields presented their posters and oral presentations in the Golden Jubilee Room at the I. K. Barber Learning…read more

Just Retired

Posted by in 2018 Spring/Summer

The Director’s full announcements are online: bit.ly/touchpointsx Joanne Ricci retired from the UBC School of Nursing after more than 40 years as a faculty member. Joanne likely holds the school record as the longest serving tenured faculty member in our nearly 100 years as a School, and such dedication is worth acknowledging — especially as she continued to work for the School nearly full-time for another five months after retiring on December 31st, 2017! Catherine (Cathy) Ebbehoj is one of our marvellous alumni; having completed both her BSN (1975) and…read more

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Kudos

Posted by in 2018 Spring/Summer

Dr Colleen Varcoe | Selected as a recipient of the UBC Killam Research Prize in recognition of her outstanding research and scholarly contributions, Dr Varcoe is a renowned researcher in violence against women and equitable health care. She has made substantial inroads in our understanding of the health consequences of violence, including policy and trauma-informed care. She has also informed the measurement of discrimination and advancement of cultural safety in Canadian health care. Dr Varcoe received her prize at an annual awards reception hosted by the Office of the Vice-President,…read more

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Trans Youth in Translation

Posted by in 2018 Spring/Summer

A Youth Creative Arts Knowledge Translation Project “It’s been really stressful for me, and I think it was really avoidable in a lot of ways.” “We suffer a lot and it’s really, really difficult.” “It absolutely sucks. I don’t know how to put it… it kind of eats away at you.” This is how trans youth describe their experiences when facing barriers to accessing needed hormone therapy in BC. The Trans Youth Hormone Therapy Decision Making Study explores how trans youth and their parents make decisions about initiating hormone therapy…read more

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Grad 2018

Posted by in 2018 Spring/Summer

115 BSN graduates tipped their cap to the Chancellor on May 31, 2018. Also crossing the stage were two MPH/MSN grads, ten MHLP graduates, 15 MSN graduates, 16 MNNP Graduates, and three PhD Nursing graduates. Celebrations continued at the Robert H Lee Alumni Centre. This year, each recipient of the Outstanding Completion Project Award receives the J Kirstine Griffith Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Nursing to recognize their outstanding contribution to nursing research and scholarship. The award has been made available through an endowment established by the Estate of Braham Griffith…read more

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Preparing the Next Researchers

Posted by in 2018 Spring/Summer

Student Synthesis Projects The School of Nursing’s Synthesis Project is a course requirement that brings student research out of the theoretical and into the real world. Within an imposed time frame, students design, develop, and sometimes implement (in partnership with health care programs and partners), projects that address challenges of nursing practice and lived experience of patients and families. Each year the students are given an opportunity to display and discuss their projects with one another and with guests. This year’s Synthesis Forum took place in the School of Nursing…read more

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