The new Gateway Health Building at UBC slated for occupancy in 2025, will house the School of Kinesiology, School of Nursing, Integrated Student Health Services and the Gateway to Team-Based Care clinic.

The Gateway clinic will be a provincial centre for collaborative health education, interdisciplinary research, and innovation in team-based primary care. The Gateway to Team-Based Care aims to build capacity for collaborative health education to advance and accelerate the delivery of patient-centered, team-based primary care. It will support learners from across the health disciplines to work and learn in a team environment through collaborative health education—building capacity of health professional graduates and a future workforce prepared to work in team-based care that will ultimately enhance patient and caregiver experience and improve the health of people in British Columbia.

Students will have the opportunity to gain experience in interprofessional teamwork and collaboration in a primary care setting, develop innovative approaches to team-based care, and recognize the value of diverse perspectives and roles in the team. The Gateway to Team-Based Care will enable students to be better equipped to carry the requisite knowledge, skills, and values into their future practice of collaborative, interprofessional, team-based patient care.

Building on the BC Government’s commitment to improving access to and advancing team-based primary care, the Gateway to Team-Based Care will align with best practices and scholarship in collaborative health