Students
This is a great time to be a student in Emergency Medicine at the University of Calgary. Hope you enjoy the great opportunities offered by our department.
University of Calgary mandatory Emergency Medicine rotation (MDCN 522)
During this two-week rotation, students will experience a minimum of six shifts in an urban emergency room at any of our four teaching sites. During this rotation, students will experience the varied diagnostic and therapeutic challenges offered by emergency medicine, including the assessment and management of life threatening illness. Clerks will have access to all elements of health care delivery, including discharge planning, outpatient referrals, and direct interaction with consultants, ambulatory care and inpatient facilities, as well as diagnostic imaging. This type of integrated experience will provide the training physician with a unique and invaluable exposure to outpatient care not normally seen on the more typical inpatient rotations.
Pre-clerkship Opportunities
Career Development Week
Students currently enrolled in the Cummings School of Medicine are eligible to choose emergency medicine as their specialty of choice for Career Exploration Week. You will be scheduled for four shifts in one ED, each with a different preceptor in order to gain exposure to different practice patterns within emergency medicine. This is arranged by the pre-clerkship program coordinator.
Shadowing
Students currently enrolled in the Cummings School of Medicine are eligible to shadow in the ED in order to gain exposure to the life of an emergency physician. You may shadow for a maximum of two half shifts, or one full shift. If you are interested in this opportunity, please email cgyemergelectives@ahs.ca to be matched with a preceptor. If you would prefer to shadow an emergency medicine resident, please email the medical student liaison (yycemerg@gmail.com).
Please note, these opportunities are available to University of Calgary medical students ONLY.
University of Calgary Clerkship Electives
University of Calgary clerks can request adult emergency medicine electives during the elective period reserved exclusively for them by contacting the DEM Director of Elective and Off-Service Education by e-mail at elective@ucalgary.ca. These electives take place from mid-February to mid-April of each year, and can be of two, three, or four weeks duration.
Important Notes:
- The Department of Emergency Medicine only handles elective requests for Calgary’s four adult emergency departments, which are staffed by specialists in emergency medicine. Requests for pediatric emergency medicine electives should be directed to the Department of Pediatrics and requests for electives at our urban urgent care centers or smaller rural emergency departments should be directed to the Department of Family Medicine.
Visiting Student Clerkship Electives
The University of Calgary Department of Emergency Medicine welcomes visiting elective students from LCME accredited medical schools in Canada and the United States. Electives can be of two weeks of duration. All electives start on a Monday and end on a Sunday. While elective students usually work at both the Foothills Medical Centre and the Peter Lougheed Centre, students can also work at our other two adult emergency departments (Rockyview General Hospital and South Health Campus) by special request.
Note that we receive many more requests than we are able to accommodate, and interested applicants are advised to apply for an elective as early as possible after the applicant period opens in early February. All applications must be made through the AFMC student portal. Information on application procedures, deadlines, and blackout periods can be found on the www.ucalgary.ca/mdprogram/visitingelectives University of Calgary visiting student site. Students apply through the AFMC portal https://afmcstudentportal.ca/; questions go to visiting@ucalgary.ca.
Important Notes:
- The Department of Emergency Medicine only handles elective requests for Calgary’s four adult emergency departments, which are staffed by specialists in emergency medicine. Requests for pediatric emergency medicine electives should be directed to the Department of Pediatrics and requests for electives at our urban urgent care centers or smaller rural emergency departments should be directed to the Department of Family Medicine.
- Only applicants currently enrolled at LCME accredited medical schools in the U.S. and Canada are eligible to apply. No exceptions to this rule will be made, regardless of an applicants country of birth or citizenship.