MD Program

Graduates of the NOSM University Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) program earn a Medical Doctor (MD) degree and are ready and able to undertake postgraduate training anywhere in Canada, with a special affinity for training and clinical practice in northern urban, rural, remote, Indigenous, and Francophone communities. The four-year Undergraduate Medical Education UME program curriculum is organized around six themes that connect learning and assessment into a single, integrated curriculum. Medical students engage in a combination of small and large group learning, practical and lab learning, and significant community-based experiences that combine clinical, medical, and human sciences into a powerful, innovative, and socially accountable program.

The program’s curriculum development team recognizes the importance of providing an immersive experience in the communities of Northern Ontario in order to promote an awareness of living and practising in these communities and to promote social accountability towards the people and communities of Northern Ontario. To this end, placements have been designed so that students experience remote, rural, Indigenous, and urban practices first-hand in diverse Northern locales. These placements are essential to meeting the learning objectives of the University. Student participation in all of these placements is a mandatory component of the UME program curriculum.

Admission Requirements

• Applicants must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident (landed immigrant) of Canada.
• The minimum admission requirement is a 4-year undergraduate university degree, or equivalent, from a recognized institution in any discipline.
• The minimum required overall GPA is 3.0 on the 4.0 scale.
• Non-academic considerations include Context Scores, the Autobiographical Sketch (ABS), and Confidential Assessment Forms (CAF).

What You’ll Learn

• Northern and rural health.
• Personal and professional aspects of medical practice.
• Social and population health.
• Foundations of medicine.
• Clinical medicine and therapeutics.