From my one of my family member's personal experience training nurses from UBC, they are very book smart but have poor hands on skills. It's the reputation amongst the local hospitals, not the universities I am referring to. I however would not know, it is simply a tidbit of information to consider, not necessarily accept. I'm sure many people would be surprised to hear anything negative about their schools. Various opinions exist and they're not all necessarily wrong just because they're not all the same :)