Sponsored Events

REAP helps financially support events that promote rural medicine. If you are hosting an event and would like to apply for support, please contact the REAP Program Assistant through the email address listed below.

Conference Sponsorship

REAP sponsors UBC medical students and residents to attend national and provincial rurally-focused medical conferences each year. Upcoming offerings include:

SRPC’s Rural & Remote Medicine Conference– April 24-26, 2025 – Winnipeg MB

RCCbc’s Rural Health Conference – June 6-8, 2025 – Prince George, BC

Benefits:

Conference registration funding to attend RCCbc’s Rural Health Conference or SRPC’s Rural and Remote Medicine Course.
Reimbursement of up to $1,200 of actual travel and accommodation expenses.

Eligibility:

Must be enrolled in the UBC MD Undergraduate Program or;
Must be enrolled in a UBC Family Medicine, Specialty or Subspecialty Residency Program and;
Must have an interest in exploring rural medicine upon completion of training.

To Apply:

Apply to REAP’s Rural Conference and Events Sponsorship Program online between December 15 and January 15 for the upcoming Spring conference season.

Rural Shadowing

REAP supports the UBC Rural Shadowing Initiative, a UBC Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG)-led activity that matches small groups of UBC medical students with rural preceptors. It provides early exposure to rural medicine for pre-clerkship UBC medical students, with the aim of stimulating interest in future rural practice. The initiative allows selected students to shadow family doctors working in rural settings for a weekend, promoting an understanding of rural practice and giving interested students the chance to meet physicians in their desired fields, while experiencing first-hand the differences between urban and rural family practice prior to clerkship.

Benefits

Reimbursement of up to $1,000 of actual travel and accommodation expenses/group. Groups consist of 2-4 selected UBC medical students shadowing family doctors in a Rural Subsidiary Agreement Community

Want to get involved?

If you want to participate in the Rural Shadowing Initiative, please contact us through the contact section below.

For program inquiries contact:

REAP Program Assistant
University of British Columbia
#300 – 5950 University Boulevard
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3
P: 604 822-2675
[email protected]

Rural Conference Sponsorship Program Guidelines & Policies

Sponsorship Frequently Asked Questions

To apply for financial sponsorship to attend events

Rural Shadowing

Rural Shadowing Initiative Guidelines & Policies