The Program


What is A Day in the Life of a Preceptor?

In 2020, Dr. Meera Anand and Dr. Heather Buckley put in a proposal to the UBC Faculty of Medicine Strategic Investment Fund to create a teaching curriculum for family doctors, by family doctors. Since inception, the curriculum has been designed with input from family physicians from all over British Columbia. Each topic area has a family physician lead; the project team worked closely with each lead to create a curriculum that responded to the needs of community based family physicians. After a long labour of 18+ months, “A Day in the Life of a Preceptor” was born.

Earn a UBC certificate when you complete all 5 topics in 10 months (that’s only 3.5 hours every 2 months!)


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My Division is not listed as participating on the registration form. How do I get involved?

In order to register as a course participant, you must be part of a participating Division as this program is a partnership between UBC and the Divisions of Family Practice in British Columbia. If you think your Division might be interested, please get in touch with our Faculty Team Members who would be delighted to speak with you.


What is the program schedule?

Each topic begins with a Live Virtual Meeting with real-time interaction between program facilitators and participants. These meetings are meant to engage and inspire your learning in the topic area. The first meeting (September 17) includes orientation and will run for 1.5 hours from 5:30pm – 7:00pm. The rest of the meetings will run for 1 hour from 5:30pm – 6:30pm on the days below. All Live Virtual Meeting will be on Tuesdays.

  • Live Virtual Meeting 1 – September 17, 2024
  • Live Virtual Meeting 2 – November 19, 2024
  • Live Virtual Meeting 3 – January 21, 2025
  • Live Virtual Meeting 4 – March 11, 2025
  • Live Virtual Meeting 5 – May 13, 2025

Next, you will complete an hour’s worth of Self-Paced E-Learning content on UBC’s online learning platform. Sounds fun, doesn’t it (we promise we really tried to make it fun and relevant)?

Finally, you will complete the topic by attending a Small Group Case-Based Learning Session hosted by your Division. You will have the opportunity to interact and discuss case scenarios with your peers in an informal and relaxed way.

Abbotsford, Chilliwack, & Mission Divisions

  • Small Group CBL Session 1 – Date, time, and location TBD
  • Small Group CBL Session 2 – Date, time, and location TBD
  • Small Group CBL Session 3 – Date, time, and location TBD
  • Small Group CBL Session 4 – Date, time, and location TBD
  • Small Group CBL Session 5 – Date, time, and location TBD

Cowichan Valley Division

  • Small Group CBL Session 1 – Date, time, and location TBD
  • Small Group CBL Session 2 – Date, time, and location TBD
  • Small Group CBL Session 3 – Date, time, and location TBD
  • Small Group CBL Session 4 – Date, time, and location TBD
  • Small Group CBL Session 5 – Date, time, and location TBD

East Kootenay Division

  • Small Group CBL Session 1 – Thursday, October 24, 2024
  • Small Group CBL Session 2 – Date, time, and location TBD
  • Small Group CBL Session 3 – Date, time, and location TBD
  • Small Group CBL Session 4 – Date, time, and location TBD
  • Small Group CBL Session 5 – Date, time, and location TBD

Fraser Northwest Division

  • Small Group CBL Session 1 – Thursday, October 3, 2024 @ 6:30-8:00 PM (Division Office)
  • Small Group CBL Session 2 – Wednesday, January 8, 2025 @ 6:30-8:30 PM (Division Office)
  • Small Group CBL Session 3 – Date, time, and location TBD
  • Small Group CBL Session 4 – Date, time, and location TBD
  • Small Group CBL Session 5 – Date, time, and location TBD

Richmond Division

All meetings will be in person at the Richmond Division of Family Practice, Unit 780-8100 Granville Avenue, Richmond BC, V6Y 1R4

  • Small Group CBL Session 1 – Thursday, October 24, 2024 @ 5:30-7:00 PM
  • Small Group CBL Session 2 – Monday, December 9, 2024 @ 5:30-7:00 PM
  • Small Group CBL Session 3 – Thursday, February 6, 2025 @ 5:30-7:00 PM
  • Small Group CBL Session 4 – Thursday, April 10, 2025 @ 5:30-7:00 PM
  • Small Group CBL Session 5 – Thursday, June 5, 2025 @ 5:30-7:00 PM

Surrey-North Delta Division

  • Small Group CBL Session 1 – Thursday, October 17, 2024 @ 6:00-7:30 PM (Division Office)
  • Small Group CBL Session 2 – Tuesday, January 7, 2025 @ 6:00-7:30 PM (Division Office)
  • Small Group CBL Session 3 – Thursday, February 20, 2025 @ 6:00-7:30 PM (Division Office)
  • Small Group CBL Session 4 – Monday, April 7, 2025 @ 6:00-7:30 PM (Division Office)
  • Small Group CBL Session 5 – Monday, June 2, 2025 @ 6:00-7:30 PM (Division Office)

Virtual Cohort (Burnaby, Sunshine Coast, Vancouver, White Rock-South Surrey)

  • Small Group CBL Session 1 – Wednesday, October 23, 2024 @ 5:30-7:00 PM (Zoom)
  • Small Group CBL Session 2 – Tuesday, December 17, 2024 @ 5:30-7:00 PM (Zoom)
  • Small Group CBL Session 3 – Thursday, February 20, 2025 @ 5:30-7:00 PM (Zoom)
  • Small Group CBL Session 4 – Wednesday, April 9, 2025 @ 5:30-7:00 PM (Zoom)
  • Small Group CBL Session 5 – Tuesday, June 3, 2025 @ 5:30-7:00 PM (Zoom)

Is this program accredited? Yes!

This program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the BC Chapter for up to 18 Mainpro+ certified credits. Participants are required to complete all components of the Mainpro+ certified activity to be eligible to receive the approved credits. Keeners can definitely gain more credits through other opportunities mentioned during the course.