Gary Poole, University of British Columbia

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Associate Professor Population and Public Health Vancouver, British Columbia gary.poole@ubc.ca Office: (604) 762-5431
(604) 827-4025

Bio/Research

Gary Poole teaches Research in Progress in SPPH and in the undergraduate medical program, primarily in Doctor, Patient and Society. Gary conducts medical education research, as well as research in health psychology.

From 2000 to 2010, Gary directed the Centre for Teaching and Academic G...


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Bio/Research

Gary Poole teaches Research in Progress in SPPH and in the undergraduate medical program, primarily in Doctor, Patient and Society. Gary conducts medical education research, as well as research in health psychology.

From 2000 to 2010, Gary directed the Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth and the Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at UBC. Gary has won an excellence in teaching award from SFU and a 3M Teaching Fellowship. In his years at UBC, he has received two teaching awards, plus a Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal for contributions to Higher Education and a Lifetime Achievement Award from STLHE.

He is the co-author of “Effective Teaching with Technology in Higher Education,” and “The Psychology of Health and Health Care: A Canadian Perspective.” Gary is also an associate professor in the School of Population and Public Health in UBC’s Faculty of Medicine and Senior Scholar in the Centre for Health Education Scholarship.



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