Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME)

Undergraduate Medical Education at Memorial University includes a wide range of teaching methodologies and takes advantage of small group teaching opportunities to facilitate a more tailored and personalized learning environment. The MD program provides clinical learning experiences in community and rural settings and facilitates learning through patient contact in the early stages of medical education.

The MD Program is divided into three phases, which are organized into themes with both horizontal and vertical integration of physician competencies, community engagement, clinical skills as well as basic and clinical sciences as they relate to common clinical encounters and patient symptoms. A continuum of learning is created through four integrated and recurring courses: The Patient, Physician Competencies, Community Engagement and Clinical Skills. Students learn through a variety of teaching and learning experiences, including didactic lectures, independent learning modules, integrated learning sessions, small and large group discussions, tutorials and case-based learning, labs, as well as self-directed learning. Learning is further blended among disciplines and subject areas providing a truly integrated curriculum.

Learners participate as members of the health care team gaining the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to assume the responsibilities associated with patient care. During the Core Experiences course the learners are immersed in the clinical environment through exposure to core disciplines including internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, rural family practice, pediatrics and psychiatry through the block or longitudinal integrated clerkship streams.

Admission Requirements

• Canadian citizen or have Permanent Resident status in Canada.
• Bachelor’s Degree.
• MCAT.
• CASPer.

What You’ll Learn

• Medical knowledge.
• Communication.
• Collaboration.
• Health Advocacy.
• Professionalism.
• Leadership.