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I think that the choice of university doesn't matter that much. I matched to UdeM fam med in an urban site, while I did my MD at McGill (ranked UdeM higher). So it's probably safe to choose whatever university that you prefer!

Anatomical Pathology: Queen's CMG (Jan 10), Queen’s IMG (Jan12), Ottawa CMG (Jan 13), MUN CMG (Jan 16), UofC CMG (Jan 17), McMaster CMG (Jan 17), Dal CMG (Jan 17), Western CMG (Jan 18) Anesthesiology: Cardiac Surgery: Dermatology: Diagnostic Radiology: Emergency Medicine: Family Medicine: ULaval CMG (Jan 12), UdeSherbrooke CMG (Jan 12), UdeMontréal CMG (Jan 12), Ontario IMG Joint panel (Jan 15) General Pathology: General Surgery: MUN CMG (Jan 18) Hematological Pathology: Internal Medicine: Medical Genetics and Genomics: Medical Microbiology: UofC CMG (Jan 10), UofM CMG (Jan 11), UBC CMG (Jan 13), McMaster CMG (Jan 16), UofO CMG (Jan17) Neurology: Neurology - Paediatric: Neuropathology: Neurosurgery: Saskatchewan (Jan 16) Nuclear Medicine: Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Ophthalmology: Orthopaedic Surgery: Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery: UoT CMG (Jan 18) Pediatrics: Plastic Surgery: PM&R: Psychiatry: Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Radiation Oncology: Urology: Vascular Surgery:

I approve all of the above by @HoopDreams After my first interview at McGill I was directly rejected, and I was 4 spots away to get in at UdeM that same year. I wasn't sure I was going to reapply since I had been wailisted/rejected a few times before at French schools, but my friends counselled me to reapply one last time because, you know, 4 spots away. I spent that year doing a serious plan B, and went in the interview not caring as much and I got straight in. I'm not sure what was different that time, as I personnally thought my performance wasn't great at the interview... maybe caring less, having more experience at MMIs and a bit of pure luck went into play. I wish you the best!

If you don't want to do a PhD then don't do one. Even people who are enthousiastic and passionate about their PhD research find it very hard to keep going. Since it's a minimum of 4 years, it's definetely not the best option if you don't even see yourself in academia in the future. As mentionned above, exploring other healthcare professions might be more rewarding both for re-applying to medicine and as an alternative career.

Another one to consider could be Medical Genetics, also very "outpatient" oriented. Though some CTU/peds during 1st year of residency as far as I know. If you really consider quitting medicine, I would go for a gap year first, it's too much of a big decision to take when you're burnt out (also a Med3, I feel you!). You could do research/MSc in the meantime if you're afraid to "loose your time". It never hurts your CV. If it's really not for you (it's possible), then maybe PT/OT or Pharmacy would be a better fit for you?

You're usually not expected to "finish" the scenarios to do well because they often put you in situations that can't really be resolved. For example, if the scenario asks you to convince the actor to change their mind about something, it's quite possible their script tells them not to change their minds no matter what you say (this is a bit oversimplified but you get the idea). And congrats to all for the MMIs, you did it! I wish you all the best

Not many, but yes. You stop whenever you need to, and then you reintegrate your studies in the next year's cohort.

Core rotations are 8 weeks, but almost all blocks are subdivided in smaller blocks. To go back to fam med example, it's an 8 weeks block, with 4 weeks rural and 4 weeks urban. You also have selectives in some of the core rotations, so in core surgery, you do 4 weeks of general surgery and 2 weeks x2 in subspecialties (like ortho, urology, etc). Similarly, in the pediatric 8 weeks block, you can do selectives in NICU, adolescent medicine, etc. Electives can be 2, 3 or 4 weeks. In clerkship there is almost no stability in your schedule beyond the 2 weeks mark haha so yes it'll need a lot of support! And there are very few classes, usually it's a half day per week where you are free from clinical duties, and few simulated activities once in a while. Otherwise, you are expected at clinics/hospitals! There is also a policy on absences and leaves (you can google it for more info), where basically you can ask in advance for absences provided it's approved and that you don't miss more than 25% of the course (this is very tricky sometime). There are also sick days that you can use without prior notice, but again the 25% rule apply.

Hi! There a many parents in my cohort, some of them had kids before med school and others during med school. You're right, the schedule over the first 2 years is pretty good in terms of lifestyle. During clerkship, you're requiered to do 1 month of rural family medicine, which means you might be unable to see your family during 4 weeks if you end up in Val d'or, but they also have sites that are closer to Montreal such as Valleyfield - however, there is no guarantee that you'll get a stage near Montreal. Otherwise, schedule varies a lot depending on your rotation. Family medicine is pretty much 8-16h most of the time, whereas in General surgery you need to be in hospital at 5h30 and you're not out before 18h on most days. On most of hospital based rotations, you'll have some on-call weekend days here and there, but nothing too crazy. In some rotations like IM and peds, you get some mandatory evening shifts, and a couple of night shifts in Obs-gyn. In any case, it's absolutely doable, although it definetly is an additional challenge that most of your collegues won't have. It's up to you to see if it fits you! I hope this is helpful

My condolences, it's always so terribly hard to loose a pet compagnon. It looks like she had a beautiful kitty life and was very much loved <3

If I remember correctly, there is also a section at the end of the work book to write additional stuff. I felt the need to add a few things there because I didn't have the most linear journey (mostly for my pre-degree-of-admission-life), but I never knew if it ever changed anything. If it relates to your 1st degree, I think you can put it there and ease your mind!

Salut! Si tu n'as jamais fait de cours à l'université dans le passé et que tu avais des bonntes notes au cegep, une option serait de refaire tes préalables au cegep. En plus de coûter moins cher, c'est généralement plus "facile" d'entrer en med à partir de ce contingent que pour les universitaires. Sinon je suis d'accord que faire un bac est probablement une meilleure option qu'un bac par cumul. Mais oublie pharmacie (à moins que tu voulais dire Sc biopharmaceutiques), car ça demande des notes aussi hautes que pour médecine ;-) Biochimie est super bien coté à l'udem, mais à moins que tu trippes vraiment beaucoup sur le sujet c'est pas la meilleure option pour avoir une belle GPA. Je ne sais pas si c'est un programme qui est encore bien coté, mais microbiologie et neurosciences seraient les meilleures voies à explorer selon moi. Bonne chance!

For a while I was doing anki cards (pre-made decks, for most part). But I droped the project about 2/3 through my first year because cards were piling up after weeks of adding more and more.... so I felt like I didn't have time for anything else. I was also doing hand writting note summaries for every lecture (tables, drawing, etc), but that also took a bit too much time after all. So I switched everything to computer notes, where I would still make tables to organize the info (if can't be put in table, I'd do bullet points). What's practical about it is you can copy-paste straight from the course ppt (time saving!), but you still have to actively think about how to organize the info. Also, it's much more easier to find information weeks and months after you did your notes with CTRL F ;-) Before exams though, i would go through my notes and hide parts of the tables on my screen to make sure I can retreive the important stuff from memory (same idea as a flash card), or I would write on a sheet of paper the things I remember from a certain topic and compare with my notes. Otherwise, during the courses, I didn't take much notes and when I did, I'd add the comments to my personal notes after. Maybe it depends on schools, but for us we rarely needed more than what was on the slides (even the slides were often too much haha). The most important info teachers would give was something like "please don't memorize this" or "this question often shows up in exams". If you really don't understand what a teacher is explaining in pre-clinic, it's almost guaranteed there's a video on Osmosis or Youtube that'll answer all your questions. So, no matter how you choose to take notes and study, make sure you do active studying (not just reading notes/ppt over and over again). This way, you'll learn better in the long run, and you'll end up studying less!

Not sure about your home university (since away electives are not happening at the moment I'm assuming you're at UoT?), but at McGill they made it clear that cancelling less than 4 weeks before an elective is a direct profesionnalism red flag. I suggest you look at your school's elective policies first, and then contact the person in charge of electives at your school to see if you can get an approval.

If you really want to study I'd go for anatomy. Less likely to change by the time you graduate