Memorial University

Contact Information

709.864.6343

mun.ca/medicine

Faculty of Medicine

300 Prince Philip Drive, Suite M2M101
St. John’s, NL A1B 3V6

About the Faculty of Medicine

Memorial University accepts visiting elective applications for a limited number of clinical learning experiences at our affiliated sites. Eligibility is restricted to learners registered in the final or penultimate year of Doctor of Medicine (MD) programs at Canadian medical schools.

Memorial University is not currently accepting visiting elective applications from learners at international medical schools. In line with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador (CPSNL) and Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine, Undergraduate Medical Education will not consider applications for:

  • visiting observerships
  • visiting core clinical rotations
  • visiting electives for medical graduates

 

THE APPLICATION PROCESS

All applications must be made via the afmcstudentportal.ca. Successful submission of a visiting elective application does not guarantee an elective experience.

Beginning 11 May 2025, eligible Canadian medical learners can apply for visiting electives 12 weeks prior to the elective start date, every two weeks via the afmcstudentportal.ca. Visiting elective application rounds will open and close on the same schedule for all learners (12:00 am CT, 12 weeks prior to the requested elective start date) and elective allocations will be based on a lottery system (i.e., not first come, first served).

Once an elective is accepted by the applicant, Memorial University will send an acceptance package which includes orientation materials, policies confirmation form, and an application for educational registration with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador (CPSNL). The CPSNL application package includes:

  • an application form
  • a MINC memo,
  • a payment form for the educational registry fee.

 

The CPSNL application must include:

  • a letter of good standing from the home medical school, and
  • a Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Screening (dated within 8 months of the elective start date)

All electives offers are tentative until CPSNL approves the application for educational registration. In the absence of approved educational registration with the CPSNL, visiting learners will NOT be permitted patient contact and will not be eligible to receive academic credit for the elective experience.

Please email UGMEelectives@mun.ca if you have not received detailed orientation information from the elective site 2 weeks prior to your elective start date.

 

ABOUT US
Memorial University’s Doctor of Medicine (MD) program is built on a foundation of Distributed Medical Education.

The 5 main teaching facilities in the St. John’s metropolitan area include:

  • Janeway Children’s Health and Rehabilitation Centre
  • Health Sciences Centre
  • Clare’s Mercy Hospital
  • Leonard A. Miller Centre, and
  • Mental Health and Addictions Centre

 

A full list of clinical learning experiences and sites is available on the student portal.
Applicants are required to submit a separate application for each elective experience during an open application window. Applicants can expect to receive a confirmation or cancellation 11 weeks prior to the start date of the requested elective. Applicants must accept or decline the visiting elective offer through the student portal within 4 calendar days.

 

Language Requirements
English fluency, including reading, writing, and speaking is required.

January 7th, 2022

Portal and Visiting Electives update

The AFMC Student Portal for visiting electives is currently closed. Visiting Electives for the Class of 2022 were suspended during the AFMC Board meeting on April 18, 2021. That includes electives for both Canadian and International students. The Undergraduate Deans of Canada’s medical schools are meeting on a regular basis and the decision to re-open the Portal will be made collaboratively and consistently across the country taking into account learning opportunities, provincial covid restrictions and other public health concerns.

We are working with our new Service Provider to build out the new visiting elective service portal. It will be ready when electives are offered again.

December 21, 2021

Portal Home page Upgrade

The AFMC Student Portal will be offline starting December 23, 2021. The refreshed portal will being rolling out in late February 2022.

For MCAT® Fee Assistance Program Applicants please verify eligibility and submit application through our AFMC website.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

If you have any questions, please contact the Help Desk at service@afmcstudentportal.ca