BRIEFING NOTE Supporting Indigenous Medical Learners in Visiting Electives

AFMC | IPACAssociation of Faculties of Medicine of da | Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada BRIEFING NOTESupporting Indigenous Medical Learners in Visiting ElectivesJune 2026 | Issued by AFMC in collaboration with IPAC   Purpose This note has been prepared to provide an important clarification regarding visiting electivesarranged directly between Indigenous medical learners and Indigenous family […]

CLARIFICATION SUR LES CAPACITÉS D'ACCUEIL DES STAGES À OPTION

AFMC is happy to report that the recent upgrades to the Student Portal are yielding positive results for learners across the country. To date, we have completed eight rounds of matching using the new capacity-based model. Applications have increased almost sixfold over last year and there has been a 24% increase in placements. Eighty-nine percent […]

Modification des règles relatives aux stages à option pour étudiants visiteurs

In April 2023, the AFMC Board of Directors approved the recommendation from the AFMC Committee on UGME that starting in the Fall of 2023the following rules apply to visiting electives: These are an amendment to the rules approved in June 2022. The undergraduate programs are aware that there is currently limited capacity for visiting electives […]

MD program at the University of Toronto

Starting on September 19, 2022, the University of Toronto will begin the process to receive applications for electives, with placements beginning in January 2023. Note: Specialties available for placements for visiting electives in January to April, are limited to: Emergency Medicine Family and Community medicine General Internal Medicine Pediatrics General Surgery Psychiatry Students from Canadian […]

Stages à option pour étudiants visiteurs pour la classe de 2023

At the AFMC Board meeting on January 25, 2022, the Board approved the recommendation from the AFMC Committee on Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME) that there be no visiting electives for the class of 2023. This includes no virtual electives, virtual research electives or observer-ships.  a) Any exceptions (where there is no ability to provide a […]

Stages pour étudiants visiteurs pour la classe de 2022

At the AFMC Board meeting on April 18, 2021, the Board approved the recommendation from the AFMC Committee on Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME) that there be no visiting electives for the class of 2022. Any exceptions (where there is no ability to provide a particular clinical experience in the home school) will be considered by […]