Doctor of Medicine (MD)

Doctor of medicine students start working with patients within the first few weeks of the program through a commitment to patient-centered and presentation-based learning. In the Faculty’s response to rural social accountability, the program provides teaching at several regional centres such as Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Red Deer, Yellowknife and rural sites such as Brooks, High Level and Pincher Creek. All students should expect to do from 8-16 weeks of their clinical experience (pre-clerkship and clerkship) outside the city of Calgary except in unusual circumstances. The UCLIC provides a further option for a longer rural training experience.

Admission Requirements

• Canadian citizen, convention refugee, or permanent resident.
• Minimum of two full-time years of undergraduate university education at an MD-PhD-granting institution or have completed two years of full-time post-secondary undergraduate studies that are fully transferable to an MD-PhD granting institution.
• Non-Alberta residents require a minimum GPA of 3.80 and Alberta residents require a minimum GPA of 3.20.
• Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).

What You’ll Learn

• Demonstrate the basic science and clinical science knowledge and skills necessary for the supervised practice of medicine, and use knowledge efficiently in the analysis and solution of clinical presentations.
• Evaluate patients and properly manage their medical problems by conducting a comprehensive medical history and thorough physical examination; reliably eliciting appropriate information in the history and detecting abnormal findings on the physical examination.
• Formulating and implementing a resource-conscious management plan to deal effectively with patient problems.
• Apply a comprehensive patient-centred approach in the evaluation and care of patients.