Program Overview
Introduction to the MD Program
The MD program at the Cumming School of Medicine boasts a complete pre-clerkship revamp in 2023 to align with the Strategic Plan, ensuring that education remains at the core of what is done, while training physicians who meet the needs of the people and communities they serve.
Program Details
The program offers the opportunity for students to engage with the community, perform scholarly activity, and travel throughout the world in partnership with the Indigenous, Local, and Global Health Office. There is a commitment to the Indigenous Health Dialogue with a dedicated Indigenous Health curriculum.
Graduation Educational Objectives and Competencies
The program's graduates are competitive in both their successful completion of the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Exam and the residency match. Students interested in physician-scientist training can explore the Leaders in Medicine Program, designed to support motivated and passionate students of medicine to achieve excellence in research, scholarship, and patient care.
Undergraduate Medical Education
The Undergraduate Medical Education program is led by the Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education (UME), Dr. Amy Bromley, Anatomical Pathologist, Alberta Precision Laboratories Group Leader, Autopsy.
Program Mission and Curriculum
The program's mission is to transform students into the next generation of physicians. The curriculum map outlines the program's educational objectives and competencies, ensuring that students meet the needs of the people and communities they serve.
Indigenous Health Program
The program has a dedicated Indigenous Health curriculum and is committed to the Indigenous Health Dialogue. The University of Calgary acknowledges and pays tribute to the traditional territories of the peoples of Treaty 7, which include the Blackfoot Confederacy, the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda.
Location and Context
The University of Calgary is situated on land Northwest of where the Bow River meets the Elbow River, a site traditionally known as Moh’kins’tsis to the Blackfoot, Wîchîspa to the Stoney Nakoda, and Guts’ists’i to the Tsuut’ina. On this land and in this place, the university strives to learn together, walk together, and grow together “in a good way.”