UNIVERSITY* | NO. OF ACADEMIC HALF-DAYS IN GLOBAL HEALTH | THIRD-YEAR RESIDENCY IN GLOBAL HEALTH | OTHER |
---|---|---|---|
University of British Columbia | 2 | Yes | Aboriginal Health Program |
University of Alberta | 0 | No | |
University of Calgary | 2 | Yes | |
University of Saskatchewan | 4–5 | No | |
University of Manitoba | 6 | No | Residents Without Borders† Northern Remote Program |
Northern Ontario School of Medicine | 1 | No | Rural and Remote Program |
University of Ottawa | 1 | Yes | Global Health Stream‡ |
Queen’s University | 2 | Yes | 6 online global health modules Queen’s Social Medicine Group (group for social justice issues run by family medicine residents) |
University of Toronto | 4 | Yes | Global Health Education Institute Certificate§ Markham family medicine teaching unit Health for All Family Health Team Residents Without Borders† |
McMaster University | 3 | Self-designed program allows for global health focus | Global Health Interest Group Global health curriculum in development |
University of Western Ontario | 1 | No | Bimonthly global health speaker series|| |
Université de Montréal | 8 | No | |
Laval University | 0–2 | No | |
McGill University | 1–2 | Yes | McGill Humanitarian Studies Initiative¶ McGill Interprofessional Global Health Course# |
Dalhousie University | 1 | In development | Global Health Interest Group |
Memorial University | 2 | No |
↵* There was no resident representative from University of Sherbrooke on the Section of Residents’ Council at the time of this survey, so no data are presented for University of Sherbrooke.
↵† Open to all postgraduate residents; not specifically for family medicine residents.
↵‡ This involves extra elective lectures (1 h/mo), electives in inner-city health, and mentorship opportunities.
↵§ Provides residents with knowledge and skills relevant to global health practice. It is delivered as a series of modules: participants are required to attend 6 core modules (of 8) and 6 elective modules (of 16). Tuition for this 2-y program is $1500.
↵|| Run by the Global Health Office and open to all residents.
↵¶ Student-organized elective course available to students in the health professions and graduate students; it runs in the evenings during the winter term.
↵# Multidisciplinary program that provides residents with robust, didactic teaching in humanitarian studies (monthly evening seminars plus a 2-wk intensive course at Harvard University), a 3-d weekend disaster simulation in Massachusetts, as well as a 1- to 3-mo international field placement.