Be at the Forefront
of Change
Rediscover your passion for health care. Understand the benefits of community-focused, team-based care and find new ways to integrate into your team and your practice.
The UBC Graduate Certificate in Primary Health Care was developed by the UBC Faculty of Medicine to support health care professionals with relevant, applied professional development, and to empower individuals to build collaborative and effective teams across disciplines and contexts.
Navigate the complexities of team-based care
Understand and apply key concepts, benefits and challenges of team-based primary health care. Build on existing patient-centered care principles as you start to transform your own practice.
Incorporate your skills to collaborate in an interprofessional team
Refine your understanding and discover what it means to practise effectively on an interprofessional team. Learn how to expertly facilitate team communication, mitigate conflict, explore team dynamics and collaborative approaches to leadership.
Integrate and apply your skills in your context
Understand how to deliver primary health care in urban, rural and remote communities. Examine team-based care within Indigenous, mental health and addictions, maternity, sexual health and ageing population contexts.
Program Highlights
Delivered part-time, primarily online
Interactive courses are offered online over 12 months, and include two face-to-face weekend intensives towards the end of the program. Apply what you learn in your own team as you progress and focus on issues that affect your team as part of in-depth project work.
Led by senior faculty & leading practitioners
The UBC Faculty of Medicine is a recognized leader in the science and practice of medicine. Benefit from a program designed, developed and taught by senior faculty and clinical instructors, and expert primary health leaders in the field.
An interactive learning experience that mirrors real teams
Engage, share experiences and practise skills with a cohort of professionals from a broad range of disciplines and backgrounds. Learn how to work as a virtual team, and build a community of practice and network of peers.
Primary Health Care in Perspective
The shift to team-based primary health care in BC
The concept of team-based primary health care has been around for decades. Here in BC, the Provincial Government is embracing this model of care with a view to improve patient outcomes and job satisfaction across primary care. Find out what this shift means for patients and our health care system, and access a list of resources.