Dr. Jane Gair
Position
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Credentials
BSc (McMaster), BSc (UBC), PhD (UBC)
Area of expertise
Dr. Gair teaches in a variety of courses and modalities to the 1st and 2nd year UBC medical students at the Island Medical Program (IMP) at UVic.
Jane Gair
On July 1, 2016, Dr. Gair was promoted to Teaching Professor (with tenure) with the Division of Medical Sciences.
Dr. Gair teaches in a variety of courses and modalities to the 1st and 2nd year UBC medical students at the Island Medical Program (IMP) at UVic. She teaches the Foundations of Medical Practice course using the Case-Based Learning (CBL) method of teaching. She is the IMP Site Lead for CBL, she trains the CBL tutors to teach in the IMP as the site Director for CBL Faculty Development, and she is actively involved in the implementation and evaluation of the new medical school curriculum and ongoing faculty development for the medical program across the province. She also teaches in the FLEX (flexible and enhanced learning) course where she is an Advisor, an Assessor, and a Supervisor for students in both years. Dr. Gair also delivers lectures and teaches workshops in medical genetics -- her area of expertise.
She has an interest in medical education research in the areas of Problem-Based Learning (PBL), CBL, and other ways of learning using small groups to teach and learn. She is also interested in medical and higher education internationally and has medical education research collaborations at the University of Newcastle in Australia, and at the Patan Academy of Health Sciences in Nepal, and teaching and learning collaborators and projects at the National University of Defense Technology in Changsha, China.
Dr. Gair is the Director of the UVic branch of the national “Let’s Talk Science” Outreach Program that provides free science outreach activities to communities across Vancouver Island and beyond. This program also provides community outreach and engagement volunteer opportunities for the medical students and is also a project focus in their FLEX course.
She is a member of the Centre for Biomedical Research (CBR) at UVic and the Centre for Health Education Scholarship (CHES) at UBC.
Talks by Dr. Jane Gair
2019
Epigenetics and Personalized Medicine
Where: UVic Campus
When:March 12 – 14, 2019
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 pm
2018
"Personalized Medicine, Epigenetics and Health"
Women's Wellness Conference
Where: Gravenhurst Opera House, Gravenhurst ON
When: Friday, June 15, 2018
Time: 9:30am - 12:00pm
Link: http://www.stillsexyafter60.com/2017-womens-wellness-conference/
2017
"Your DNA: Nature vs. Nurture . . . It's Not All in Your Genes"
Women's Wellness Conference
Where: Gravenhurst Opera House, Gravenhurst ON
When: Saturday, October 21, 2017
Time: 8:30am - 10:00am
Link: http://www.stillsexyafter60.com
"Training the Trainers: Understand and Utilize Appreciative Inquiry"
Canadian Associates of Genetic Counsellors -- Annual Education Conference
Where: Delta Ocean Pointe Resort, Victoria BC
When: Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Link: http://www.cagcconference.ca/2017/
"23 and Me": Personal Genetic Information in the Age of Personalized Medicine
When: February 20 & 27, 2017
Where: Continuing Studies Building, UVic
Student Presentations
Talks and presentations given by Island Medical Program students.
2023 - 2024 Presentations
November 18, 2023 -- Mini Med School: New Canadian alcohol use guidelines
Files: Presentation | Video recording
November 25, 2023 -- Mini Med School: Accessing a family doctor in BC
Files: Presentation | Video recording
January 13, 2024 -- Mini Med School: Skin: conditions and concerns
Files: Presentation | Video recording
January 20, 2024 -- Mini Med School: Depression in the elderly
Files: Presentation | Video recording
February 3, 2024 -- Mini Med School: Ozempic and other GLP-1 agonists
Files: Presentation | Video recording
February 10, 2024 -- Mini Med School: Artificial intelligence in healthcare
Files: Presentation | Video recording
2022 - 2023 Presentations
May 10, 2023 -- Mini Med School (Claremont High School): Blood typing and clincal use
Files: Presentation | Video recording
May 23, 2023 -- Let's Talk Science Case Presentations: Digestive System & Circulatory System
Files: Presentation
May 25, 2023 -- Let's Talk Science Case Presentations: Respiratory System & Nervous System
Files: Presentation
2021 - 2022 Presentations
Nov 21, 2021 -- Mini Med School: What do your test results mean?
Files: Presentation | Video recording
Nov 28, 2021 -- Mini Med School: The role of genetic testing in medicine
Files: Presentation | Video recording
Dec 5, 2021 -- Mini Med School: Diabetes
Files: Presentation | Video recording
Jan 16, 2022 -- Mini Med School: Common medications - How do they work?
Files: Presentation | Video recording
Jan 23, 2022 -- Mini Med School: Popular diets
Files: Presentation | Video recording
Jan 30, 2022 -- Mini Med School: The biology of stress
Files: Presentation | Video recording
Feb 6, 2022 -- Mini Med School: Stress management
Files: Presentation | Video recording
Feb 13, 2022 -- Mini Med School: How to avoid drug interactions
Files: Presentation | Video recording
Feb 20, 2022 -- Mini Med School: Herbal supplements
Files: Presentation | Video recording
2020 - 2021 Presentations
May 4, 2021 -- Mini Med School: Nutrition
Files: Presentation | Video recording
May 11, 2021 -- Mini Med School: Exercise, Bones & Muscles
Files: Presentation | Video recording
May 13, 2021 -- Mini Med School: Sleep
Files: Presentation | Video recording
May 18, 2021 -- Mini Med School: Exercise, Cardiovascular Health, Hypertension & Diabetes
Files: Presentation | Video recording
May 20, 2021 -- Mini Med School: Vascular Disease
Files: Presentation | Video recording
May 25, 2021 -- Mini Med School: Exercise, Mental Health & Cancer
Files: Presentation | Video recording
May 27, 2021 -- Mini Med School: Nature
Files: Presentation | Video recording
June 1, 2021 -- Mini Med School: Prehabilitation (Preparation for Surgery)
Files: Presentation | Video recording
2018 - 2019 Presentations
Mar. 26, 2019 -- Let's Talk Science: Public & Preventative Health Across the Ages
Files: Poster | PowerPoint
Let's Talk Science: Medicine in the Movies - 3 part series. Medical student Becca Lumley she explores depictions of mental illness in cinema with a focus on mood disorders.
- Part 1: Jan 29, 2019, Constructing Cancer
- Part 2: Feb. 5, 2019, Depicting Disability
- Part 3: Feb. 12, 2019, (Mis)representing Mental Illness
Jan. 22, 2019 -- Let's Talk Science: Cardiac Arrest in the Community: Will you know what to do?
Files: Poster
Dec. 6, 2018 -- Let's Talk Science: Why Can't I Eat Sushi? The Science Behind Prenatal Guidelines
Files: Poster | PowerPoint
2017 - 2018 Presentations
May 10, 2018 -- Let's Talk Science: The Role of Suffering and the Right to Die
Files: Poster | PowerPoint
May 3, 2018 -- Let's Talk Science: Rights of Minors in Healthcare Decisions
Files: Poster | PowerPoint
April 25, 2018 -- Let's Talk Science: Determinants of Childhood Growth and Development
Files: Poster | PowerPoint
March 20, 2018 -- Let's Talk Science: Watching Your Health: The Use of Smartwatches for Personal Health Monitoring
Files: Poster | PowerPoint
March 15, 2018 -- Let's Talk Science: FAD or FACT: Current Controversies in Nutrition
Files: Poster | Powerpoint
January 15, 2018 -- Let's Talk Science: Mental Health: Success, Challenges, and Misconceptions
Files: Poster | Powerpoint
October 12, 2017 -- Let's Talk Science: Let's Talk About Sex
Files: Poster | PowerPoint
2016 - 2017 Presentations
April 26, 2017 -- Let's Talk Science: Knockin' on Your Noggin
Files: Poster | PowerPoint
April 5, 2017 -- Let's Talk Science: To Tan Or Not To Tan, That Is The Question
Files: Poster | PowerPoint
March 3, 2017 -- Let's Talk Science: The Good, The Bad, and The Gluten
Files: Poster | PowerPoint
January 25, 2017 -- Let's Talk Science: Spinal Cord Injury
Files: Poster | PowerPoint
November 1, 2016 -- Let's Talk Science: Medical Marijuana
Files: Poster | PowerPoint
May 17, 2016 -- Let's Talk Science: Live and Let Die: An Explanation of Physician-Assisted Suicide in Canada
Files: Poster | PowerPoint