Public Engagement
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InterCultural Online Health Network (iCON)
iCON projects bring health care experts to communicate information in a variety of languages to community members about chronic disease prevention and management.
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ICON: Peer-to-Peer (P2P)
To facilitate the prevention of Type 2 Diabetes among Punjabi and Chinese speaking individuals by peer-led online education and support groups.
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Your Voice Counts: Training Patients to be Effective Partners
The purpose of this project is to develop the knowledge and skills required for patients to understand, be engaged in and contribute to the health system in BC.
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eHealth Mentoring: Building Pathways to Health Careers
Using and evaluating an online mentoring program for Aboriginal youth to increase Aboriginal student enrollment in post-secondary health science education programs.
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Community Learning Centre Toolkit
Evaluation of Community Learning Centres (CLC) in four communities located in the traditional territory of the Ktunaxa Nation in Southeastern BC.
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Health Optimization through Online Self Risk Assessment
A risk assessment survey will guide participants through health questions depending on their potential risks using evidence-based indicators for key common diseases.
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Online Psychoeducation for Sexual Dysfunction in Cancer survivors (OPES)
An online platform for the UBC Sexual Health Lab to use for their Online Psychoeducation for Sexual Dysfunction in Cancer survivors (OPES) project pilot study.
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Health and Lifestyle Survey
This collaboration with Vancouver Coastal Health is developing an online survey and website for evaluating health and lifestyle habits in lower mainland communities.
University/Faculty Engagement
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Knowledge Studio
Pairing creativity and multimedia with innovative technology to bring health and medical knowledge outside the university and across the province.
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Remote Hands-on Interactive Medical Education (RHIME)
A video-based educational program to address rural and remote medical students’ need for formal clinical examination skills to complement their rural training.
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Surgical Residents as Teachers (SRAT)
The Surgical Residents as Teachers (SRAT) program aims to develop, implement, and evaluate teaching skills curriculum for residents.
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Evaluating Electronic Medical Record Competency Skills
Developing and testing core electronic medical record (EMR) competencies to be included in medical students’ objective structured clinical exams (OSCEs).
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mPAL (Mobile Phone-a-Librarian)
Exploring technological solutions to connect medical residents in rural clerkship with librarians and medical experts for mentorship and knowledge exchange.
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Lights, camera, reflection! Scaling up Student-Created Video
A collaboration with the Faculty of Arts designed to apply lessons from the RHYME video project in developing video-based education in a variety of curricular settings.
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Faculty Engagement in Educational Technology: Portal
Implementing an online portal of existing educational technologies available to FOM teaching staff, a newsletter, and a survey for needs assessment.
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Healthy Workplace Initiatives Program (HWIP)
With support from UBC’s Focus on People initiative, eHealth Strategy Office is walking the talk of healthy living. Join us in making a healthier workplace!
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Market Research in eHealth Capacity Building Needs
A review of existing health informatics programs & declared competencies, as well as potential students’ and employers’ interest in and expectations of HI education.
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Educational Technology Evaluation Framework
This collaboration with the Evaluation Studies Unit and The Technology Enabled Learning group developed guidelines to be used in evaluation of educational technologies.
Professional Engagement
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Technology Enabled Academic Detailing (TEAD)
TEAD builds on the concept of traditional academic detailing by offering electronic tools and resources to support detailing sessions.
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BC Guidelines
The BC Guidelines project delivers GPAC’s condensed clinical practice guidelines via the CliniPEARLS mobile platform to physicians and other health professionals.
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Evidence2Excellence (E2E)
E2E is a not-for-profit academic organization established to improve clinical and operational outcomes for emergency departments across British Columbia.
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Collaborative Advantage in Action: InspireNet
A collaboration to assist in the evaluation of a growing electronic community that aims to develop capacity for nursing health services research in BC.
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Home-Based Telehealth for Chronic Disease Management
Building on the results of a scoping review to help decision-makers understand knowledge gaps, and to assess the viability of implementing home-based telehealth services.
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CAREX Workplace Exposures Mobile tool
A proposed mobile accessible software tool to assist doctors and health care professionals in identifying potential occupational settings that contribute to cancer.
