Visiting Resident Electives
training
General & Specialized Electives
General electives (SPH or VGH)
If you are interested in applying to do an elective with the UBC Respiratory Medicine Department complete the Proposal Postgraduate Resident Elective form .
As you complete your application, be sure to review the dates for our program blocks.
Submit your proposal to:
- VGH elective. Send proposal to: elly.tjin[at]vch.ca
- SPH elective. Send proposal to: RespiratorySecretary[at]providencehealth.bc.ca
Our program is now accepting resident electives. For the most up-to-date information please refer to the PGME Office website.
Specialized electives (Located at various sites)
We offer a variety of specialized training opportunities for residents. See our list of specialized clinics offered at VGH and SPH.
VGH thelungcentre.ca
- Pulmonary transplantation
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Chronic home ventilation program
- Occupational lung diseases
- Tuberculosis
- COPD
- Asthma
- Interstitial lung disease
- Lung cancer
- Pleural diseases including interventional bronchoscopy
SPH medicine.providencehealthcare.org/division-of-respiratory/
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Difficult asthma
- Pulmonary complications of scleroderma
- Pulmonary rehabilitation
- Sarcoid
- COPD
- Asthma
- Interstitial lung diseases
- Allergy and Immunology
- Immunodeficiency-related lung disease
- Lung cancer / pleural disease
How to apply
If your proposal is accepted, you will receive a confirmation letter verifying the dates of your elective, your preceptor and your job site.
Please complete the UBC Application for Post Graduate Electives:
- Canadian Residents: https://postgrad.med.ubc.ca/prospective-trainees/postgraduate-visiting-electives/
- International: https://postgrad.med.ubc.ca/prospective-trainees/postgraduate-trainees/
If your application is approved by the PGME Office you will require an educational license from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC) in the postgraduate (Resident Elective) class. It is the applicant’s responsibility to apply for the license and meet the CPSBC criteria for licensure.
Application components:
- You can contact the Postgraduate Training Program at pgme.electivesandfellows[at]ubc.ca electives (at various sites, depending on your preceptor)
- Letter from your Program Director stating agreement to this elective with contact information.
- Letter from your preceptor stating agreement to this elective with contact information. Applications submitted without preceptor contact information will not be approved.
- Online payment of the $100.00 non-refundable administration fee. Payment must be received prior to your application being processed. Please submit a copy of your receipt with your application.
UBCO Electives (Kelowna)
Residents interested in completing electives in Kelowna through Interior Health should contact Julie Zakus, Program Assistant, PGME Interior pgme.interior[at]ubc.ca.
Julie Zakus
Program Assistant, PGME Interior
Faculty of Medicine | Postgraduate Medical Education
The University of British Columbia | Clinical Academic Campus
2312 Pandosy Street | Kelowna BC | V1Y 1T3 Canada
Phone 250 980 1342 | Fax 250 862-4012
pgme.interior@ubc.ca