Electives Policy Rationale The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada Undergraduate Deans acknowledge the role that electives play as part of the curriculum of every medical program in Canada. To ensure that students have an appropriate breadth of curricular experiences, guidelines were developed to promote diversification of elective content. At the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, electives make up proportionately more curricular time than other medical schools in Canada. is even more important for this reason. Guidelines on Elective electives in the MD Program must be organized so that each student has an elective experience in a minimum of three different disciplines (defined in the following table) throughout their 24 weeks of electives, each of which shall take place for a minimum of two weeks. Eligible disciplines: Anesthesiology, Medicine, Critical Care, Medicine,, Laboratory Medicine & Pathology,, Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Radiology, and Surgery. Students should work with their advisors to ensure that they meet the diversification elective requirements prior to graduation. Electives are considered complete only once the diversification requirements are satisfied. In some cases, electives may be credited to several different diversification disciplines (i.e. pediatric psychiatry = pediatrics OR psychiatry). It is up to each student how they wish to allocate their electives for diversification purposes, as long as the diversification requirements are met. Electives qualify for diversification purposes only if they are clinical in nature. The chart below indicates how each elective can be classified for diversification purposes. The elective should be classified under the discipline that most accurately reflects the nature of the elective experience (i.e. a chronic pain elective may have been performed predominantly in anesthesia, family medicine, or internal medicine and should be categorized appropriately). Non-clinical electives, including reading and anatomy electives, should be classified as non-diversification, reading, or anatomy.
Eligible for 280 236 ABORIGINAL HEALTH 78 ACUPUNCTURE 79 ADDICTION MEDICINE 234 ADDICTIONS 80 ADOLESCENT MEDICINE 77 ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPRT 76 ADVOCATING COMMUNITY CHANGE 81 AIR AMBULANCE RIDE ALONG 252 ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 165 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 82 ANATOMY 83 ANESTHESIA 173 ANESTHESIA ROTATION 283 APPROACH TO COMMON PRESENTATIONS 230 APPROVED LEAVE OF ABSENCE 229 AUTOPSY 84 BIOCHEMISTY 160 BIOETHICS 180 BURN UNIT 90 CARDIAC CARE UNIT 89 CARDIAC SURGERY 88 CARDIOLOGY 157 CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY 85 CHILD ADVOCAY AND ASSESSMENT PR 91 CHILD PSYCHOLOGY Page 2 of 11
Eligible for 92 CHRONIC PAIN 151 CLIN PHARMACOLOGY 93 CLINICAL CHEMISTRY 175 CLINICAL REASONING 94 CLINICAL SKILLS 255 COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL 96 COMMUNICATION SKILLS 95 COMMUNITY MEDICINE 97 COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE 98 CRITICAL APPRAISAL 231 CRITICAL CARE 99 DERMATOLOGY 245 DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICS 101 DISSECTION ANATOMY 102 EATING DISORDERS 104 EMBRYOLOGY 106 EMERGENCY 105 EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRY 107 EMS RIDE ALONG 108 ENDOCRINOLOGY 267 ENRICHMENT YEAR - RESEARCH 109 ENT 110 EPIDEMIOLOGY 103 EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE 111 FAMILY MEDICINE 275 FAMILY MEDICINE - SOCIAL WORK Page 3 of 11
Eligible for 276 FAMILY MEDICINE-SUBSTANCE ABUSE 193 FIRST NATIONS MEDICINE 113 FORENSIC PATHOLOGY 155 FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY 114 FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY 115 GASTROENTEROLOGY 279 GASTROENTEROLOGY ADULT 214 GENDER ISSUES 268 GENERAL DEUROLOGY 116 GENERAL MEDICINE 269 GENERAL NEUROLOGY 117 GENERAL PRACTICE 218 GENERAL SURGERY 118 GENETICS 168 GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY 119 GERIATRICS 195 GI SURGERY 121 GYNECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY 120 GYNECOLOGY 237 HEAD & NECK SURGERY 233 HEAD AND NECK ONCOLOGY 247 HEAD AND NECK SURGERY RESEARCH 122 HEALTH POLICY ANALYSIS 123 HEMATOLOGY 201 HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY 124 HEPTOBILIARY SURGERY RESEARCH Page 4 of 11
Eligible for 235 HEPTOLOGY 125 HISTORY OF MEDICINE 126 HIV PRIMARY CARE 248 HOSPITALIST 128 IMMUNOLGY 129 INDEPENDENT STUDY 130 INFECTIOUS DISEASES 221 INFERTILITY 177 INNER CITY HEALTH 281 INTEGRATIVE MED IN FM 272 INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE 127 INTENSIVE CARE 133 INTERNAL MEDICINE 181 INTERNAL MEDICINE RESEARCH 132 INTERNATIONAL HEALTH 256 INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY 169 IV INSERTION 134 LABORATORY MEDICINE 182 LABOUR AND DELIVERY 135 LITERATURE REVIEW 198 MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE 59 MD UNIT REVIEW 44 MED ED POP HEALTH 136 MEDICAL EDUCATION 137 MEDICAL ETHICS 241 MEDICAL FRENCH Page 5 of 11
Eligible for 246 MEDICAL ONCOLOGY 138 MEDICINE 139 MENTOR 140 MICROBIOLOGY 211 MIDWIIFERY 141 MUSCULOSKELETAL 232 NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE 282 NEONATAL ICU 143 NEONATOLOGY 144 NEPHROLOGY 179 NEURO PSYCHIATRY 220 NEURO PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH 2 NEURO RESEARCH 196 NEURO SURGERY RESEARCH 159 NEUROANATOMY 145 NEUROLOGY 170 NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE 244 NEUROPATHOLOGY 1 NEUROPSYCHIATRY 194 NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH 251 NEUROSURG 3 NEUROSURGERY 5 NUCLEAR MEDICINE 6 NUTRITION 228 OBJECTIVES NOT SUBMITTED ON TIME 7 OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY Page 6 of 11
Eligible for 8 OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE 10 ONCOLOGY 9 ONCOLOGY/HEMATOLOGY 11 OPHTHALMOLOGY 197 OPHTHALMOLOGY RESEARCH 12 ORTHOPAEDICS 209 ORTHOPEDIC ONCOLOGY 13 ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY 14 OTOLARYNGOLOGY 149 OTOLARYNGOLOGY 259 PAIN MANAGEMENT 15 PALLIATIVE CARE 18 PATHOLOGY 163 PEACE THROUGH HEALTH 166 PED ANESTHESIA 20 PED CARDIO 25 PED HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY 249 PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA 34 PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY 262 PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY 273 PEDIATRIC E-LEARNING MODULE 22 PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MED 21 PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY 24 PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY 23 PEDIATRIC GROWTH/DEVELOPMENT 250 PEDIATRIC GYNECOLOGY Page 7 of 11
Eligible for 26 PEDIATRIC ICU 27 PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 35 PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY 28 PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY 172 PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY 217 PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY 164 PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY 238 PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY 36 PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS 205 PEDIATRIC OTOLARYNGOLOGY 30 PEDIATRIC PSYCHIATRY 254 PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY 222 PEDIATRIC RESEARCH 31 PEDIATRIC RESPIROLOGY 37 PEDIATRIC RESPIROLOGY 239 PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY 150 PEDIATRIC SURG RESEARCH 32 PEDIATRIC SURGERY 33 PEDIATRIC UROLOGY 191 PEDIATRICS 277 PEDIATRICS COMMUNITY 278 PEDIATRICS GENERAL 29 PEDORTHO SURG 153 PEDPMR 174 PERINATOLOGY 38 PHARMACOLOGY Page 8 of 11
Eligible for 40 PHYSIATRY 43 PHYSICAL MED & REHAB 41 PHYSIOLOGY 42 PLASTIC SURGERY 253 PRENATAL CARE 154 PRES 47 PSYCHIATRIC ONCOLOGY 45 PSYCHIATRY 243 PSYCHO PHARMACOLOGY 46 PSYCHOLOGY HIV RELATED 186 PSYCHOSIS 162 PSYCHOTHERAPY 48 PUBLIC HEALTH 184 PULMONARY 49 RADIATION ONCOLOGY 200 RADIATION/MEDICAL ONCOLOGY 50 RADIOLOGY 52 READING ELECTIVE 215 READING ETHICS 223 READING MEDICINE AND THE LAW 54 REHABILITATION MEDICINE 171 REMOTE MEDICINE 55 RENAL /ELECTROLYTE DISORDERS 227 REPRODUCTIVE ENDCRINOLOGY 152 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH 56 RESEARCH Page 9 of 11
Eligible for 257 RESEARCH ENRICHMENT YEAR 216 RESEARCH RADIOLOGY 57 RESPIROLOGY 58 RESPITORY 60 RHEUMATOLOGY 224 RURAL ANESTHESIA 207 RURAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE 61 RURAL FAMILY MEDICINE 185 RURAL GENERAL SURGERY 258 RURAL INTERNAL MEDICINE 266 RURAL MEDICINE 212 RURAL MEDICINE WEEK 176 RURAL OBS/GYNS 210 RURAL SURGERY 271 Select Specialty 260 SEXUAL HEALTH 62 SEXUALITY 63 SPEECH THERAPY 64 SPORTS FAMILY MEDICINE 156 SPORTS MEDICINE 158 SPORTS MEDICINE 65 STD CLINIC 66 SURGERY 178 SURGERY/RESEARCH 161 SURGICAL ONCOLOGY 67 SUTURING Page 10 of 11
Eligible for 68 TB ELECTIVE 39 THESIS 69 THESIS COMPLETION 70 THORACIC SURGERY 71 TOXICOLOGY 206 TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE 240 TRANSPLANT 72 TRAUMA 188 TRAUMA ORTHOPEDICS 204 TRAUMA SURGERY 261 TRAVEL MEDICINE 73 TROPICAL MEDICINE 202 UNDERSTANDING CDN HEALTH CARE 225 UNIT 1 FAMILY MEDICINE 208 URGENT CARE 274 UROGYNECOLOGY 74 UROLOGY 242 VASCULAR SURGERY 213 WILDERNESS MEDICINE 75 WOMEN'S HEALTH Page 11 of 11