Program Overview

Pediatric Undergraduate Medical Education (UME)

Core Clinical Clerkship

The University of Calgary medical school curriculum is three years in duration. The largest amount of pediatric teaching occurs in the Women’s and Child Health course. This course introduced pediatric clinical skill training for all students since 2012 and allows students early exposure to pediatric clinical skills for patients of all ages.

In Year 3, the clerkship year, students rotate through different rotations and spend six weeks learning pediatrics. Our curriculum, based on the national undergraduate paediatrics curriculum, is highly regarded by most students.

• Most students will complete a three-week rotation in general pediatrics in one of the three locations:
  • Outreach sites in Medicine Hat and Red Deer (inpatients, outpatients, emergency department, neonatology)
  • Peter Lougheed Hospital (inpatients, outpatients, emergency department, neonatology)
  • Alberta Children’s Hospital (inpatients)
• The other three weeks will be a combination of (usually) two of the following:
  • Community Pediatrics
  • ACH Emergency Department
  • Neonatology
  • ACH subspecialties
• The ACH subspecialties available are:
  • Cardiology
  • Developmental / Adolescent Medicine
  • Endocrinology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Infectious Disease
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology
  • Oncology
  • Respiratory
  • Rheumatology

Electives

• Shadowing opportunities for junior medical students
• Med 440 Electives for University of Calgary Students Only
  • Please arrange details of a potential elective directly with the physician.
  • The elective may include dates and times, noting that many doctors only have clinics on certain half-days of the week.
• University of Calgary Students’ Clerkship Electives
  • Locate the elective catalogue for a description of the program and instructions on how to proceed.
• Non-University of Calgary Clerkship Electives
  • Review the criteria and guidelines for the University of Calgary.
  • If the criteria are met, proceed with an application.

Who We Are

• Clerkship Director: Dr. Susan Bannister
• Deputy Clerkship Director: Dr. Julian Midgley
• Clerkship Evaluation Coordinator: Dr. Nicole Johnson
• UME Program Coordinator: Jing Chao Wang
• Pediatric UME Program Coordinator: Henry Teng

Department of Pediatrics

The Department of Pediatrics is a partnership between Alberta Health Services and the Cumming School of Medicine.

Sections

• Adolescent Medicine
• Cardiology
• Child & Family Health Research Unit
• Child Abuse Service
• Community Pediatrics
• Critical Care
• Dermatology Service
• Developmental Pediatrics
• Emergency Medicine
• Endocrinology
• Gastroenterology
• Hematology
  • Hematology
  • Hematology
  • Immunology/Allergy
• Infectious Diseases
• Medical Genetics
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Newborn Critical Care
• Oncology and Transplant
• Palliative Medicine
• Pediatric Hospital Medicine
• Respirology
• Rheumatology

Education & Training

• Pediatric Undergraduate Medical Education (UME)
• Pediatrics Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME)
• Pediatric Continuing Medical Education (CME)
• Pediatric Human Simulation Education (HSE): The ACH KidSIM
• Resident and Fellows Research Course
• The Harvey Sarnat Clinical Research Fellowship in Neonatal Neurocritical Care
• Vaccine Confidence Toolkit

Research

• Request Internal Support
• Research On/Off-boarding & Workstation Requests
• Research Teams & Activities
• Resources
  • Presentations & Mentorship
  • Training
  • Staff Training Grant
• Publications

Resources

• Careers
• Funding
• Professional Development
  • Professionals Engaging with Purpose Program (PEPP)
• Onboarding
• The Thrive Home Podcast
• Pediatrics Grand Rounds

About

• Events
• Health & Wellness
  • Kudos Nomination
• Annual Reports
• Awards
• Weekly Bulletin
  • EDI Moments

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, we strive to learn together, walk together, and grow together “in a good way.”