Career Counseling

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Career Counseling

• Planning a Summer Experience

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Summer Experience

• Clinical opportunities in the summer
• Northern experience
• Rural experience
• Summer Early Exposure Program
• External electives
• BSc med program
• You need to be registered with the University of
  Manitoba for any experiences in the summer.

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Why choose a summer experience?

• Allows an opportunity to explore areas of
  medicine that seem to be of interest to you.
• Can rule things in or rule things out!
• Create mentorship relationships.
• Will contribute to your learning.

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Early Exposure Experiences

• Experiences during your academic year
• Contact the physician mentor and arrange a time
  to spend in that practice setting
• Provides a quick snapshot of that part of their
  practice
• Good to look at many different experiences

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Summer Early Exposures

• Periods of 2-12 weeks
• Arranged by the student
• Register with S204- Beth Jennings
• Submit form for approval and registration
• Objectives for the summer experience necessary
• Will appear on your university transcript

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Student name Clinical supervisor Dates Please
describe the early exposure experience (site,
type of experience, discipline) Provide in the
space below your objectives for your early
exposure experience Student signature Supervisor
signature Please return completed form to
S204 Approved by University registration
completed
Please return completed form to S204
Approved by   University registration completed

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Summer early exposure

• Must be with physician associated with the
  University of Manitoba
• Minimum of 2 weeks but can be longer
• Can do with more than one preceptor but must do
  at least 2 weeks with each preceptor.
• Completion of the early exposure will require
  signature from preceptor on evaluation form
• Pass/fail non-credit course on transcript.

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External Electives

• Outside of Manitoba
• Registration with the College in the province you
  are considering doing an early exposure in is
  required.
• Ontario is the only province that does not
  require registration
• Details regarding provincial registration is
  available thru student affairs office.

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External Electives outside of Canada

• If the activity does not require you to function
  in the role of a medical student registration is
  not required.
• If you will be functioning in the role of a
  medical student you need to be registered.
• Confirmation of the elective by the supervisor is
  required, experiences associated with a
  university are preferred.
• Please see student affairs regarding approval for
  any such electives
• Travel health requirements need to be fulfilled.

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BSC Medicine

• In the BSc med program you are registered as a
  medical student for the summer.
• As such you can arrange clinical exposures during
  the summer.
• Your preceptor may be able to find some
  experiences for you.
• If not please come and see us and we can try and
  find something for you.
• Needs to be fitted in around obligations to the
  program.

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Province/Territory Registration Requirements

• British Columbia
• All medical students must be registered with the
  College. The process occurs only through the
  undergraduate medical education office and for
  out of province students are granted only to
  clerkship level students and above.
• Alberta
• All medical students must be registered with the
  College, this process occurs through the
  undergraduate medical education office.
  Observerships do not need to be registered.

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Province/TerritoryRegistration Requirements

• Saskatchewan
• All students must be registered with the College,
  registration can occur directly with the College.
• Manitoba
• All students must be registered, registration
  occurs only through the undergraduate medical
  education office. The College does not approve
  observerships.

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Province/TerritoryRegistration Requirements

• Ontario
• In Ontario the undergraduate medical students are
  not required to be registered with the College.
  Out of province students seeking to do an
  elective are advised to contact the undergraduate
  medical education office associated with the
  locations they wish to locate in.

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Province/Territory Registration Requirements

• Quebec
• The College does not require registration of
  medical students, but the universities involved
  ask that the students register with the
  university involved in the site the students are
  wishing to student in.
• Newfoundland-Labrador
• All medical students must be registered with the
  College, registration must occur through the
  undergraduate medical education office, St.
  Johns, Newfoundland-Labrador.

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Province/Territory Registration Requirements

• Nova Scotia
• No reply to date.
• New Brunswick
• All medical students must be registered, can
  register directly with the College.

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Province/Territory Registration Requirements

• Prince Edward Island
• All medical students receiving an educational
  experience in the hospitals or doctors offices
  are required to be registered on the Medical
  Education Register. This would include summer
  students who are working in the offices of the
  Medical Society, and not necessarily under the
  auspices of a medical school.

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Province/Territory Registration Requirements

• Nunavut
• All students are required to be on the College
  register, they can register directly with the
  College.
• North West Territories
• Students are required to be registered with the
  College on an educational register permit.
  Registration can occur directly with the College.

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Province/Territory Registration Requirements

• Yukon
• All students must apply for and be issued a
  medical student permit. The application and
  licensing process is conducted through the
  Registrars office. One person is designated to
  coordinate medical student placement in the
  Yukon.