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TRU Student Brings B.C. Health Care Crisis to Global Stage - Campus Life
- Jenna Sims, who is studying health science with a business leadership minor at Thompson Rivers University, will serve as Canada’s representative at the Map the System competition held at the University of Oxford from July 3 to 6.
- Sims began studying at TRU in 2022 after experiencing gaps in B.C.'s primary care system and severe bronchitis during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- In 2024, Sims conducted 11 interviews with healthcare professionals and patients to research systemic root causes of the province's primary care crisis.
- She transformed six interviews into the educational podcast Your Health Care Matters and recounted how it took her multiple attempts over several tiring days just to secure a phone consultation with a doctor.
- Sims advocates team-based care to reduce physician burden and improve access, suggesting long-term structural changes rather than quick policy fixes.
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TRU student brings B.C. health care crisis to global stage - Campus Life
Jenna Sims, a Bachelor of Health Science student minoring in business leadership at Thompson Rivers University (TRU), will represent Canada on the global stage at the University of Oxford in England, following her success at the national Map the System (MTS) competition. Sims, a former physical therapy assistant, presented her research on the root causes of British Columbia’s primary care crisis at the MTS national finals in Banff, Alberta, wher…
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