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For all year 4 elective opportunities please consult the AFMC student portal.
Les informations suivantes ne sont disponibles qu’en anglais.
For all year 4 elective opportunities please consult the AFMC student portal.
1 day – 8-hour
Or 2 days – 4-hour shift/day
1st or 2nd year medical students
Dependent on the availability of preceptors and the number of learners per site
Organized by the Undergraduate Office of the Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine at one of the following sites:
Undergraduate anesthesia coordinator at [email protected]
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The Department of Critical Care is committed to providing a practical, hands-on approach in the care of the acutely ill. We accept electives of 2 to 4 weeks in length. Electives are granted on a first come first serve basis, however elective requests will not be processed until after the 4th Year Mandatory Internal Medicine Rotation schedule has been distributed in the spring. Residents from Anesthesia, Internal Medicine, Emergency, Family Medicine and all Surgical Programs rotate through the Intensive Care Units at varying times during their training. This, combined with the daily teaching and excellent nursing and support staff, helps to make the ICU rotation one of the most sought after electives at The Ottawa Hospital.
We are committed to accepting our full complement of students during the 4th Year Mandatory Internal Medicine rotations that run from the middle of November until the end of March, and we are usually unable to accept electives during that time. If you have requested Critical Care in your 4th year Internal Medicine rotation, please dont schedule an elective unless you are truly interested in two Critical Care rotations in your 4th year. In this way we can accommodate all students interested in Critical Care.
As Critical Care is a very popular rotation, it is important that students commit to the elective, and if for some reason they must cancel, at least 4 weeks notice is required.
While in the units, the students are part of the multidisciplinary team and are expected to take responsibility for patient care. They are also expected to take supervised in-house call alongside senior residents, including weekends. The amount of call will vary depending on the number of junior (PGY1) residents we have at that time, but no more than 1:4 call will be assigned.
Attire should be professional-casual. If you have a lab coat you are welcome to wear it, however we do not provide them.
Residents rotate on a 4 week block schedule and our call schedules are set accordingly.
Call schedules are completed and distributed 2 weeks prior to the beginning of the new block. Requests for no call days need to be made at least 3 weeks before the beginning of the block.
The Critical Care Fellows rotate on a monthly basis and there is usually one or two on duty in the unit at any given time. Students are expected to report to the Fellows. If a fellow is not assigned during your rotation, then you are to report directly to the Intensivist on duty.
You are responsible for having your evaluation completed by a Critical Care staff physician at the end of your rotation. If there is no fellow assigned to the unit during your elective, please ask the most intensivist with whom you have had the most contact with to complete the evaluation.
Your feedback is important to us. Please take the time to complete the Evaluation of Your Rotation form at the end of your elective. With your assistance we can continue to improve the elective experience for medical students and residents.
Pre-Clerkship electives will only occur from March to July of each academic year, due to the high volume of senior electives from August to February. Application process will run from October 1-7 of each academic year. Students will receive an email from the EMIG president approximately late September advising of the process, as students must apply via a google form indicating specifics timeframes. Instructions will be clearly indicated on the notification email from the EMIG president.
The selection will be done through a «lottery system». Students may not contact the physicians directly, going through "back door" or self-schedule in such manners, as this is to ensure proper staffing in the Emergency Department, and to promote transparency and fairness in the process.
The students will shadow a staff physician or senior resident. They typically will not see patients by themselves or perform procedures on patients. Students must apply 4 months ahead of their requested time period. Due to the high demand for learners in the ED, the students cannot be guaranteed any particular time period in advance. Students will receive notification 4 weeks in advanced if they have a spot which will include scheduling instructions.
Goals:
The DEM will offer 2 types of electives:
The student will receive an evaluation at the end of their elective. The students are also expected to evaluate the elective and must send this evaluation to Ms. Margaret King before they will be credited for the elective. Students must bring an evaluation form during their final shift of the elective.
After the student is notified of an elective, they must contact the staff or resident they have been paired with to set the schedule during the subsequent month. If the student is unable to do the elective within the following month, they must notify Margaret King immediately, who will assign another student to the elective.
Please carefully read the guidelines below
The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care designates the Genetic Program located at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) as one of several regional centers in the province for genetic assessment, diagnosis, counselling, and testing. The program offers clinical, biochemical, cytogentics and molecular genetic diagnostic services. It is also the site of the Newborn Screening Ontario Program. The mandate of the Genetics Program is to provide clinical and laboratory services through all stages of life, including preconception, prenatal, pediatric, and adult. Therefore, the trainee will be exposed to patients of all ages.
The clinical service includes:
The laboratory service includes:
Genetics Diagnostic Laboratory; which provides Cytogenetic and Molecular Genetic testing such as chromosome analysis, microarray analysis, FISH testing and more than 15 identified genetic disorders including Inherited Cardiomyopathies and FSHD.
The Biochemical Genetics Laboratory provides testing for the Genetic Metabolic Disease Program.
The Newborn Screening Ontario Program provides screening for approximately 30 disorders to all babies born in the province.
Objectives:
The student will gain experience in clinical genetics, cancer genetics, dysmorphology, metabolic disease, prenatal screening and prenatal diagnosis. They will spend time with physicians and genetic counsellors. Students will learn how to obtain and record a detailed family history, perform a thorough dysmorphology examination and apply the principles learned during their didactic courses.
Please note: this elective should be requested as early as possible as there is high demand.
Summer research studentships may be available and should be discussed with potential mentors as early as possible.
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Please note that this department does not currently offer elective opportunities to pre-clerkship students.
An introduction to the Nuclear Medicine specialty, its field of practice and future contribution to medicine of precision.
During the elective, students will have the opportunity to rotate at both General and Civic campus of the Ottawa Hospitals, ensuring a wide exposure to the diagnostic and therapeutic aspect of NM. Students will be learning and actively participating in the performance, interpretation of the routine NM tests encompassing the entire human body, and they are encouraged to apply their acquired knowledge of physiology and pathophysiology of disease into the interpretation of NM tests. They will also learn to integrate anatomic imaging and functional imaging such as PET/CT to understand how the modality will be a significant contribution to the medicine of the future, the medicine of precision. They will have an active contact with patients in various settings of the diagnostics tests such as cardiac stress tests and also participating in evaluating patients for therapeutic procedures for benign or malignant conditions. They will be able to participate in various academic activities of the NM residency program. By the end of the elective rotation the student is expected to have familiarized and gained insight into the practice of Nuclear Medicine.
Please note that the Obstetrics/Gynecology electives will be coordinated through the Elective & Undergraduate Education Program Coordinator. Important note: Direct approach to Physicians can result in double-booking and may be declined.
Objectives:
Obstetrical experience accompanied by hands on skills in delivery. Students will work with the nursing staff and residents. Call shifts are 24 hour periods.
Welcome to the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Ottawa Eye Institute. The staff of the institute is committed to making your time with us as rewarding as possible. We are all at your service. Ask questions, learn, and enjoy.
The majority of your day will be spent in clinics. There are both subspecialty clinics and general ophthalmology clinics. Make the best of your clinic experience. Make notes on any interesting patients you see in the clinic and read about that topic at night. This would be a good time to ask any "burning" questions which have not been answered during the week.
Try to acquire a new skill daily e.g. taking visual acuity, performing confrontation fields, cover test for strabismus, viewing the macula, taking intra-ocular pressure, etc.
Our clinic teams are led by the attending and different staff may prefer you to work with a resident or to pre-select charts for you depending on their preference, the busyness of clinic and the number of residents present. So please introduce yourself to the supervising attending prior to assessing any patients and ask them to clarify what role they would like you to play. When working up a patient please do follow through and review this patient with staff (or their delegate) prior to commencing with another patient. Following these two simple steps will allow you to hit the ground running as an integral member of our clinic team.
Surgery will be going on daily in the Eye Institute and you are welcome to attend any surgical procedures which are of special interest to you.
The student should be able to:
Student will formulate the indications and contraindications for certain surgical procedures and appreciate the risk/benefit criteria for patient selection. Student will contribute to the preparation of patients for surgery and will participate in their care postoperatively. Student will be able to develop a surgical plan which includes:
Student should be able to diagram, discuss, or demonstrate on a model the essential parts of the operation. Student should become proficient in the performance of minor surgical procedures, and be able to perform the following: incision and wound closure; precise and delicate mobilization of tissue; correct use of instruments for tasks; dexterous manual coordination; physical assessment of problems and results.
Electives are currently offered for medical students in the Divisions of Anatomical Pathology, Hematology, Biochemistry, and Microbiology. When requesting an elective, students should state which Division they are interested in visiting.
First and second year medical students from the University of Ottawa may request a 10- or 20-hour elective.
Information about 1st year rotation can be found under "Introduction to Anatomical Pathology".
Information about setting up an elective can be found at the bottom of this page.
Anatomical Pathology is an area of medicine dedicated to the study of health and disease through the examination of human tissue. Physicians in Anatomical Pathology are specialist medical doctors who contribute to all aspects of patient care. Anatomical Pathology includes a wide range of subspecialties including dermatopathology, gynecological pathology, breast pathology, head and neck pathology, thoracic pathology, genitourinary pathology, cardiac pathology, and neuropathology.
Elective students visiting the Division of Anatomical Pathology will be exposed to a variety of subspecialties. Students will spend time with both staff pathologists and residents reviewing cases in the gross room and at the microscope. In addition, students will also spend time on the intraoperative consultation service and the medical or forensic autopsy service.
Electives in Anatomical Pathology are available for medical students in years 1 through 4.
Pediatric pathology is a subspecialty of anatomic pathology. The main goals of elective rotation are to become familiar with the basics of pediatric and perinatal pathology. At the end of the elective, the student will be able to recognize specimens that belong to the field of pediatric and perinatal pathology. The secondary aim is to allow the student to develop an understanding for the role of pathologists in an integrated health care delivery system and to be aware of the issues in health care management facing patients and physicians.
A rotation in Pediatric Pathology will provide the student with exposure to a variety of cases including blue round cell tumors, bone tumors, pediatric GI, and placentas. Students will also be able to participate in pediatric and fetal autopsies. The supervising pediatric pathologist(s) will help guide the student in gross and microscopic examination and will encourage the student to interpret the pathology findings in the clinical context. If interested, the student will also be provided with a brief walk through on pathology reporting.
Standard text books in pediatric and perinatal pathology are available for use by students. In addition, the supervising pathologist will guide and will work with the student on using the literature to solve specific problems that are pertinent to each case.
The Pediatric Pathology department is very active in research. Research opportunities are offered to rotating students, if they are interested.
Electives in Pediatric Pathology are available for medical students in years 1 through 4.
Objectives: At the completion of the elective, the student will be able to recognize significant hematological processes on peripheral blood films and bone marrows. As well, the student will have an appreciation of the role of the transfusion medicine laboratory and coagulation laboratory in patient care in a tertiary teaching hospital.
Description: The student will examine blood films and marrows on patients seen at the hospital. Instruction will be both by attendance at rounds (lymphoma rounds, leukemia rounds, consensus rounds) and by participation in the daily sign-out of peripheral blood and marrows, at a double-headed or multiheaded microscope. Emphasis will be on the recognition of anemia, leukemia and platelet disorders, their courses and further investigations. A half-day introducing to the transfusion medicine laboratory and coagulation laboratory will also be available for interested students.
Electives in Hematological Pathology and Transfusion Medicine are available for medical students in years 1 through 4.
For Hematological Pathology Elective for medical student at the University of Ottawa, please complete this application form (pdf, 111.16 KB)
Clinical Biochemistry is the division of laboratory medicine that deals with the measurement of chemicals (both natural and unnatural) in blood, urine and other body fluids. These test results are useful for detecting health problems, determining prognosis and guiding the therapy of a patient. As many as 60% of clinical decisions are made based on laboratory test results, the majority of which are Biochemistry.
Clinical Biochemists are PhD level scientists with specialized post-doctoral training in laboratory medicine. All hold certification from the Canadian Academy of Clinical Biochemistry or equivalent.
The purpose of this introductory elective is to provide medical trainees with an overview of activities occurring in a teaching-hospital based Biochemistry laboratory. Students will be exposed to the four main areas of the Laboratory testing process: pre-analytical, analytical, post-analytical and Point-of-Care testing (POCT). Students will also be introduced to contemporary issues facing the clinical laboratory, such as test utilization initiatives, automation, quality assurance, standardization and regulatory requirements.
For Biochemistry Elective for medical student at the University of Ottawa, please complete this application_form_introduction_to_biochemistry_1st-2_year.pdf (pdf, 95.94 KB)
If you are a first- or second-year (pre-clerkship) medical student at University of Ottawa and would like to request an elective in our Department, please complete this application form (pdf, 114.77 KB) .
To gain knowledge of the programs and services delivered by Ottawa Public Health (OPH) that address public health issues affecting residents of Ottawa..
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) provides public health programs and services to individuals, families and communities in Ottawa while advocating for public health policies that makes our city and its residents healthier.
Under the supervision of an Associate Medical Officer of Health (AMOH), the learner will be exposed to the breadth of programs and services offered by Ottawa Public Health (OPH) in the areas of health promotion, health protection, disease prevention and surveillance. The learner will engage in scheduled field observation activities and meetings with a variety of OPH programs (e.g. Dental screening, Sexual Health Center, Immunization, etc.) and will learn how OPH creates a healthy and safe community that enhances the quality of life of its residents. (Note that the learner is not involved in direct patient care during this elective.)
The learner will participate in weekly teaching sessions with the AMOH and public health residents to discuss public health medicine and related issues. In addition, the learner will attend weekly Public Health and Preventive Medicine residency program Academic Half Days at the University.
The learner must complete mandatory e-learning modules (e.g. Accessibility, Baby-Friendly Initiative, Hand Hygiene, etc.) prior to commencing the elective. Once the elective is officially confirmed, the learner will be given information on how to access these modules.
Note: Apply at least 3 months in advance to the elective start date. Students must meet pre-clinical requirements (immunization, Flu vaccine, Police record check to be eligible for placement.
For more information and to apply, please visit Ottawa Public Health.
The Department of Radiology recognizes undergraduate student groups who wish to apply for observatory electives during their second year.
The Department of Radiology accepts all third year medical students for a one week Clerkship rotation.
The Department also recognizes undergraduate students in their fourth year who wish to apply for a two week elective.
No electives are offered to Y1 uOttawa students.
Year 2 uOttawa Students:
Y2 observatory elective requests must be submitted to the coordinator at the Diagnostic Imaging Undergraduate Education office by email, informing her of the area(s) of interest (MSK, Chest, Neuro and Abdominal imaging) and the preceptor of choice.
If the preceptor of choice is available, the student will be assigned to that preceptor. If not, then the coordinator will assign the student another preceptor in the same area of interest when possible.
The coordinator will then contact the preceptor and the student and advise them that they will be responsible for finding times to complete a ten or twenty hour observership over the next 6 months.
Please note that the observership will allow the student to shadow the preceptor during his/her hours of work but will NOT involve specific teaching. The purpose behind the observership is to give the student an idea of how the department works and what a radiologists day is like.
At the end of the observership, the student will have the Preceptor fill out the Y2 Observatory Elective Evaluation Form and hand it back to the coordinator. It is the students responsibility to have the internal Evaluation Form completed by the Preceptor and returned to the coordinator.
Student must register their elective in their CP account using Dr. Carolina Souza's name.
The Undergraduate Education Director will review the internal evaluation and fill/sign out the uOttawa Pre-Clerkship Elective form.
The completed uOttawa Pre-Clerkship Elective form is kept on file in the department; and scanned/emailed to the Electives Coordinator at the University of Ottawa with a copy to the student.
Undergraduate Director, Diagnostic Imaging: Dr. Carolina Souza
To introduce the student to a multidisciplinary cancer care setting, with an emphasis on the role of radiotherapy in the curative management of cancer.
To introduce the student to the multidisciplinary approach to cancer care in a variety of tumour sites. Students will be involved in outpatient clinics only. They will become familiar with the staging and investigation of cancer and cancer-related problems, including intra-operative assessments and procedures. In addition, they will have the opportunity to be introduced to the "behind the scenes" treatment planning, simulation, and delivery of curative radiotherapy.
Director: Dr. Choan E
Location: The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre
Duration: any duration to a maximum of 4 weeks
No. of Students: 2
Available for: 1st and 2nd years
Please note that this department does not currently offer elective opportunities to preclerkship students.
The Department of Surgery offers an elective rotation of up to 4 weeks maximum with exposure in General Surgery and in sub-specialties of surgery (minimum 2 weeks in each rotation): Neurosurgery, Vascular Surgery, Urology, Orthopedics, Plastic Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Ambulatory Surgery and Cardiac Surgery. The teaching hospitals affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa are: Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, The Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus, General Campus and Riverside Campus, and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
It is our intent to give the elective students a satisfactory experience in Surgery with the expectation that the students will participate actively in the activities of each of the assigned rotation. You are requested to review the information on the electives offered in general surgery and subspecialties of surgery. The students will receive a written evaluation based on knowledge, skill, attitude and professionalism.
Note:
The application for elective in Surgery should be made 4 months in advance.
The assigned rotation will be final and the student will not be allowed to make last minute changes.
You are advised to make sure that your elective application must first be approved at the Elective Office, which will then coordinate with the Undergraduate Surgical Education Office.
BK Lam, MD, FRCSC,
Director, Undergraduate Surgical Education
Pre-clerkship Students from University of Ottawa:
First and second year students from the University of Ottawa must consult the password protected Contact list of the different divisions in Ottawa (found on the Electives Website) to find out the name of the coordinator they should request elective availabilities to participate in their elective.
Once a student has decided area(s) they would like to participate in a 10 hour observership, they are asked to review their course calendar and submit to the department coordinator a list of specific dates, and times on each date they are available (i.e. Monday, February 10th from 1300 1630, Wednesday, February 12th from 1300 1630, etc.).
If area the student has chosen is booked up or has received a lot of requests, the department coordinator will let student know, and will ask if they would like to participate in an elective in another area, or would be willing to take anything she can find for the times they are available.
The department coordinator will then send an email to the admin for the department student has chosen/is available, and will let the student know which department she is waiting to hear back from. The department coordinator will also ask the student to contact her by email if they have not heard back from her in 2 weeks time so that she can follow up with the department she sent the request off to.
Once elective is officially confirmed, the student should then contact the supervisor of their elective to go over their elective objectives prior to commencing the elective.
As a medical student completing clinical placements at CHEO, it is vital that you complete your mandatory training requirements. This training ensures your health and safety, as well as the safety of our patients, customers and co-workers. Whether you are here for only a few days or for months, it is essential that you complete the following:
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Hand Hygiene and PPE – Make it Routine (every two years)
CHEO: Privacy and You (must be completed annually)
The expectation is that you will have completed them PRIOR TO commencing your clinical placement so please complete ASAP and email the admin at CHEO, you arranged the observership with, a screenshot of the PPE (results) and the Privacy (checklist and completion pages), as well as retain these reports for your records. Failure to complete prior will delay your ability to start your scheduled placement.
As well, when coming to CHEO for your scheduled observerhip you will come into CHEO utilizing the Main Entrance (do not use the LINK between the University and CHEO) and note that you must complete the CHEO hospital entrance screen each day you report to CHEO for all of your scheduled observerships. CHEO’s entrance screen is Staff Entrance Screen for COVID-19 (cheori.org) ---complete the Learner/Student/Resident/Instructors screen.
IT IS THE STUDENTS' RESPONSIBILITY TO FORWARD THEIR ONLINE EVALUATION TO THEIR PRECEPTOR AT THE END OF THE ELECTIVE.
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Thank you for your interest on partaking an elective in the General Internal Medicine. Please consult the information below to organize your stay with us.
Where to go
On your first day, please ensure to arrive at 8:00am for the morning report at the campus you’ve been assigned to:
Civic Campus
On the fifth floor in the B567 Conference room (code for the door is 2-4-5) and introduce yourself to the chief resident.
General Campus
On the fifth floor in room 5312 (code for the door is 5-3-1-2-4) and introduce yourself to the chief resident.
Pagers
We will lend you a pager for the duration of your elective; if the pager is broken, not returned or lost, you will be required to pay $45 to replace it.
We will take care of notifying and locating the chief resident of your pager number.
Please go to the EDUCATION OFFICE the first morning for a pager.
EDUCATION OFFICE - CIVIC CAMPUS (7:00 am - 3:00 pm)
The Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus
Parkdale Clinic Building (737 Parkdale)
1st floor, Room R159
Tel: 613-798-5555 ext: 18723
General Campus: Matthew will be meeting with you before morning report
EDUCATION OFFICE - GENERAL CAMPUS
The Ottawa Hospital - General Campus
501 Smyth Road
Main floor Executive Suites Room M1845a
Tel: 613-737-8900
Please wear your own university badge. Lab coats are typically worn by most staff, residents and medical students here at TOH.
You can get a TOH access card with a returnable deposit of $15 at the Photo ID office:
General Campus:
Open 7:00 am - 3:00 pm (closed 12:00-1:00 pm for lunch)
Located on the 2nd Floor - Room M2407 - ext. 71380
Civic Campus:
Open 7:00 am - 3:00 pm (closed 12:00-1:00 pm for lunch)
Located on the main floor in the security office - Room DM 181A - ext. 18061TACS team offers training at our Library Services sessions which are located at:
Library
Students have access to books in the Ottawa Hospital Library.
Call
CTU: You are expected to do call until 11:00 PM. If you are not on the call schedule you should speak with your staff and the chief to organize.
CT: You are not expected to do call. However, if you indicated to us that you want to, and you were not scheduled, you should speak with your staff and chief to organize.
The call schedule will be shared with you with the Orientation email.
Parking
Lockers
Medical Students will need to provide the Medical Education Office at The Ottawa Hospital with the exact start and end dates and the specific clinical service(s) of their elective(s) at TOH in order to be assigned a locker. Locker requests should be submitted only one week prior to the start of their TOH rotations. Due to capacity issues, lockers will NOT be assigned to Medical Students before start of elective.
Medical Students will simply need to submit their requests to [email protected] and [email protected]. We will also provide all combination locks and will maintain accordingly. Please note that the medical students will need to empty the lockers at the end of each TOH placement otherwise all their personal belongings will be removed.
Location:
An introduction to the Nuclear Medicine specialty, its field of practice and future contribution to medicine of precision.
During the elective, students will have the opportunity to rotate at both General and Civic campus of the Ottawa Hospitals, ensuring a wide exposure to the diagnostic and therapeutic aspect of NM. Students will be learning and actively participating in the performance, interpretation of the routine NM tests encompassing the entire human body, and they are encouraged to apply their acquired knowledge of physiology and pathophysiology of disease into the interpretation of NM tests. They will also learn to integrate anatomic imaging and functional imaging such as PET/CT to understand how the modality will be a significant contribution to the medicine of the future, the medicine of precision. They will have an active contact with patients in various settings of the diagnostics tests such as cardiac stress tests and also participating in evaluating patients for therapeutic procedures for benign or malignant conditions. They will be able to participate in various academic activities of the NM residency program. By the end of the elective rotation the student is expected to have familiarized and gained insight into the practice of Nuclear Medicine.
To provide the student with an understanding of surgical aspects of heart disease and the treatment modalities.
To understand the principles of perioperative care of cardiac surgical patients.
As a 1-2 week elective, the experience is designed to provide the student with an exposure to cardiac surgery. Through a series of lectures, indications for surgical treatment of various cardiac diseases including coronary disease, valvular disease, and arrhythmias will be presented. The surgical options for therapy will be discussed including coronary artery bypass surgery, valve repair and replacement, pacemaker technology and circulatory assistance. The student will be expected to participate in clinics, the operating room and the intensive care areas under supervision. For those students who have a special interest in cardiac surgery, a 4 week elective is provided. In addition to the experience provided above, the student will be introduced to various techniques in the operating room and intensive care areas. The student will be exposed to the perioperative care of cardiac surgical patients. Further experience will be provided to improve understanding of pacemakers, cardiopulmonary bypass, left ventricle assist device and other forms of mechanical circulatory support.
Available for: 1st, 2nd year students
To provide broad clinical experience in general surgical problems with emphasis on ambulatory diagnosis, surgical management, and perioperative care.
Clinics: Attendance at 2 ambulatory clinics per week with exposure to ambulatory learning and procedures.
Operating Room: Opportunity to participate in operation twice per week
Teaching Sessions: Formal and informal
GS Sub-Specialties: Colorectal, Liver & Pancreas, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Breast and Trauma
Available for: Introductory experience available for 1st and 2nd year students.
Active participation in acquiring clinical skills by obtaining focused clinical information, conducting neurologic examination and formulating investigation and management strategies in a supervised clinic/office setting of patients referred for neurosurgical attention. Out-patient clinics are conducted weekly at fixed times for the purpose of evaluating patients referred for neurosurgical consultation and for follow-up of previously treated neurosurgical patients.
Available for: 1st and 2nd year students
Orthopedic Surgery for Stage I (Preclerkship) students
The purpose is to emphasize applied clinical anatomy of the musculoskeletal system and to introduce the student to common orthopedic conditions. Some emergency and operative room experience is available.
Location: The Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus and General Campus
Available for: 1st and 2nd year students
To introduce the student to pediatric patient care;
To introduce the student to the function of a surgeon in an academic hospital
To arrange the rotation so that the student's knowledge of physiology and anatomy is reinforced by the clinical experience;
To encourage the student to consider academic pediatric surgery or pediatrics as a possible career.
The elective will be offered in Pediatric General Surgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, Pediatric Urology, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Plastic Surgery.
The student will attend one afternoon a week for 8 consecutive weeks. During this time he/she will have a set schedule involving 4 separate and different out-patient clinic visits. At this time, he/she will have a one-on-one experience with a pediatric surgeon and a pediatric surgical resident. The remaining 4 weeks will be allotted to one afternoon in the operating room, one afternoon attending teaching clinical patient care rounds, and two afternoons of electives.
On the first day of the rotation, the student will meet with the supervisor, at which stage the rotation will be further explained. In addition, the student will have the opportunity to discuss the experience with the supervisor at the end of the rotation.
To gain a basic understanding of common problems encountered by the Plastic surgeon, including their relevant presentation, pathophysiology, investigations and management.
The following is a list of common problems seen by the plastic surgeon. For each problem listed by the end of your rotation, you should be familiar with their clinical presentation, pathophysiology indicated investigations and basic management.
Elective hand and peripheral nerve diseases: Dupuytrens Contracture, Trigger finger, Carpal tunnel Syndrome, Cubital Tunnel syndrome, Tumors of the hand, arthritis
Emergency Hand and nerve diseases: Tendon lacerations, infections, fractures, amputations, nerve injuries
Benign and malignant skin lesions: cysts, lipomas, nevi; basal cell, squameous cell, malignant melanomas
Facial trauma: soft tissue and musculoskeletal
Burns
Acute and chronic wound care
Post-traumatic and cancer reconstruction: breast cancer, head and neck, upper-extremity, lower-extremity, chest wall, hand
Microsurgery for nerve, vessel and flap reconstruction
Ambulatory clinics are held by one or two plastic surgeons on Wednesdays and Fridays beginning at 0830, Module K at the Ottawa General Hospital.
For 2 week rotations, spend at least 4 out of your 10 days in clinic. Clinic provides the opportunity to see and review many patients with a plastic surgeon.
Before going to clinic in the morning and after clinic is completed in the early afternoon, return to the wards to round with the team. This will give you the opportunity to see more acute problems that have required hospitalization or see clinic patients who have been brought in for elective surgery.
Evaluations will be based on your attendance, enthusiasm and willingness to learn and participate in day to day activities while rotating through plastic surgery..
The following is a list of reference information:
Most topics covered in detail
This elective is offered to medical students, attending ambulatory clinics (4 per week) and participating in the operating room (4 days).
Available for: 1st and 2nd year students
Please note that this department does not currently offer elective opportunities to preclerkship students.
Please note that this department does not currently offer elective opportunities to preclerkship students.
Understand the roles and pathologies treated by a community paramedic
Recognize their scope of practice and know when to collaborate with this specialty
Collaborate with allied healthcare members
Inter-professional elective for pre-clerkship during which they will shadow a community paramedic.
Offered to (year of students): 1st, 2nd year students offered year round
Learn about Chiropody and the management of diabetic foot wounds and infected ingrown toenails
Follow a Chiropodist with the Champlain Diabetes Chiropody Program as they see a variety of high risk patients with active wounds, post wound follow up and ingrown nails.
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Learn more about the allied health field of Chiropody. Introduce students to wound care, debridement, dressings, total contact casting, other offloading devices.
The clinic has a focus on diabetic foot ulcers and offloading.
Available for: 1st and 2nd year students
Understand integrative medicine as a medical care philosophy as well as an inter-disciplinary method of providing health care.To learn about the profession of chiropractor and how to collaborate with these health professionals.
Inter-professional elective for pre-clerkship during which they will shadow a chiropractor.
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Understand the roles and pathologies treated by a chiropractor. Know when to refer to this specialty. Collaborate with allied healthcare members.
Inter-professional elective for pre-clerkship students during which they will shadow a chiropractor.
Gain an appreciation for the philosophy, approach, evaluation and management from various complementary health providers for patients with different health conditions.
To explore the evaluation and management of functional, non pathological disorders commonly treated in the community by non-allopathic providers
Interprofessional elective for both pre-clerkship and clerkship medical students to shadow and work with practitioners of different integrative health professions. Available health care providers include:
integrative medical doctors
chiropractors, physiotherapists, osteopaths, massage therapy.
naturopaths, whollistic nutritionnist, dietician, health coach
traditional chinese medicine, acupuncture
Please indicate the professions you would like to shadow during your elective when you contact the faculty supervisor and coordinator. Other professions may also be available by request.
Pre-Clerkship: This elective is flexible duration and is offered year-round. Includes a minimum of 3 half days of clinic with 10 hours of total observation time.
Clerkship: This elective is of flexible duration and is offered year-round. Options for 1 week or 2 week electives with minimum of 35 hours per week. Note that participation to this elective as a Year 4 student will count as a non-clinical elective. Therefore registered as such: Type: Year 4-Non Clinical Elective; Specialty: Interprofessional; Subspecialty: Integrative Medicine.
Number of students: 15 students/ year
Offered to: 1st and 2nd year students
Understand the roles and pathologies treated by a midwife. Know when to refer to this specialty. Collaborate with allied healthcare members.
Inter-professional elective for pre-clerkship during which they will shadow a midwife.
Offered to (year of students): 1st, 2nd year students year round
Understand the roles and pathologies treated by a naturopathic doctor
Know when to refer to this specialty
Collaborate with allied healthcare members
Inter-professional elective for pre-clerkship during which they will shadow a naturopathic doctor.
Offered to (year of students): 1st, 2nd year students year round
Understand the roles and pathologies treated by a physiotherapist
Know when to refer to this specialty
Collaborate with allied healthcare members
Inter-professional elective for pre-clerkship during which students will shadow a physiotherapist and learn about this profession.
Offered to (year of students): 1st, 2nd year students year round
The number of students at any one time is limited in order to enhance learning. Students are encouraged to book electives as far in advance as possible as they will be assigned on a first come, first served basis.
Useful links:
Cardiology Elective Information for 1st and 2nd Year uOttawa Medical Students (PDF)
List of Doctors for uOttawa Pre-Clerkship Medical Student electives (PDF)
Objectives:
To develop the skills required in order to elicit a pertinent cardiovascular history and the relevant physical examination findings in patients with cardiovascular disease;
To integrate normal and abnormal anatomy and physiology into the clinical setting;
To learn about the diagnostic tools available for the evaluation of cardiac patients.
Description:
The elective spans four weeks during the Cardiology content of Unit 1 of the first-year medical curriculum at the University of Ottawa. Each week, a different patient will be interviewed and examined by a cardiologist. Students will use stethophones to hear the patients heart sounds, both normal and abnormal. The relevant pathophysiology will be discussed as will some of the tools (e.g. ECG, echocardiogram, cardiac catheterization, etc) that can be used to further evaluate the patients problems. A sign-up sheet will be circulated by the Undergraduate Medical Office during the month of December.
Available to: | First year medical students at the University of Ottawa |
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Time: | 14:00-15:30 or 15:30-17:00 on Friday afternoons in January |
Location: | Foustanellas Auditorium, University of Ottawa Heart Institute |
Supervisor: | Dr. Kwan Chan |
Objectives:
To explore the field of cardiology through exposure to the practice of a staff cardiologist or senior cardiology resident or fellow.
Description:
Students will arrange to shadow a preceptor, ideally through a cross-section of his or her clinical responsibilities. Students may be involved in patient encounters in the ambulatory care clinics, on in-patient wards or in the coronary care unit, or be exposed to specialized diagnostic procedures or treatments, including echocardiography, nuclear testing, cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology studies.
Available to: | First and second year medical students at the University of Ottawa |
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Time: | Minimum 10 hours |
Location: | University of Ottawa Heart Institute or Ottawa Hospital, General Campus |
Supervisor: | Students are encouraged to contact individual preceptors with whom they would like to work. |
Recognize the morphology of primary and secondary skin lesions and medical terms used for description of skin abnormalities
Identify the general features of common bacterial, viral and fungal infections affecting the skin
Identify common skin diseases and infestations
List the general features of acne vulgaris and rosacea
Recognize benign skin lesions like seborrheic keratoses and melanocytic nevi
Identify the features of malignant skin lesions like basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma
Appreciate the role of commonly used diagnostic procedures in dermatology, and be familiar with the technique of performing punch and shave skin biopsies.
List common topical and systemic therapies used in dermatology, especially topical corticosteroids, and describe side effects
Appreciate the burden of skin disease on quality of life of patients and the interaction with the community and environment.
Attendance in outpatient clinics in various general adult and pediatric dermatology, cancer outpatient clinics and specialty by dermatology centre clinics.
Better understanding of dermatology conditions, increased knowledge of cutaneous morphology, understanding of diagnostic dermatologic procedures.
Supervisor (Faculty Lead): Dr. Carly Kirshen, Program Director
Location: The Ottawa Hospital, Civic and CHEO
Duration:
MS1 – 10 hours – July & August only
MS2 – 20 hours – July & August only
No. of Students: Maximum 2
Available for: Medical students in any year
Click here to view all Dermatology Elective opportunities.
Focused history and physical of diabetic patients, to learn about the complications of diabetes, exposure to specialty ambulatory care clinic, learn to function as part of an outpatient multidisciplinary team including residents, diabetes nurse and dietitian.
3 endocrine clinics with special focus on diabetes
Supervisor(s): Members of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism with 1 staff for 3 clinics
No of Students : 1 (depending on availability)
To familiarize the student with inflammatory bowel disease, functional bowel disease, chronic liver disease and peptic ulcer disease in an out-patient and hospital setting.
The student will be attached to one of the G.I. teams which will include a resident trainee in gastroenterology. He/she will have the opportunity to first observe and do consultation under a gastroenterologist's supervision on out-patients and in-patients. He/she will also have the opportunity to work in an out-patient clinic and to observe gastroenterology procedures which are being done every day of the week in the Ottawa Civic Hospital G.I. Unit. These procedures include endoscopy, sigmoidoscopy. Colonoscopy, dilations, control of gastrointestinal hemorrhage and E.R.C.P.
The student will also attend the regularly held gastroenterology rounds and other activities such as GUT Club and Journal Club. In short, he/she will be a member of the team.
Available for: 2nd year students
Electives will only occur from September to June due to the high volume of senior electives. The students will shadow a staff physician in their clinics.
They typically will not see patients by themselves or perform procedures on patients. Students must apply 2 months ahead of their requested time period. Due to the high demand for learners, the students cannot be guaranteed any particular time period in advance. Please look over the policy carefully to ensure that you have the requirements needed to process your application.
1) To introduce the student to the clinical discipline of General Internal Medicine.
2) To introduce the student to the working environment of the GIM
3) To introduce the student to the unique nature of General Internal Medicine practice:
concise histories and physical exams
simultaneous patient evaluation and treatment
triage-distinguishing serious patients from those with minor complaints
To provide the student with the opportunity to gain experience in assessing a wide range of clinical problems seen in a teaching hospital;
To improve the student's ability to take an accurate and concise history and physical exam in the undifferentiated patient;
To improve the student's ability to develop a differential diagnosis, investigation plan, treatment, and disposition of the undifferentiated patient;
To improve the student's technical skills in providing patient care in GIM.
To improve communication, collaboration, and professional skills required for patient care in GIM.
Ottawa Hospital Riverside, Civic or General Campus
Elective can be of a duration of 10 to 20 hours.
The length of each shift will not exceed 4 hours.
There will be a maximum of 1 student at 1 site at any time.
The clinics occur during the day, there are no evenings, or weekend clinics.
The shifts will be assigned by the Division Head Secretary.
If the student is unable to do the elective within the following month, they must notify the Division Head Secretary immediately, who will assign another student to the elective.
Please arrive promptly and dress appropriately and conservatively. (no jeans, short skirts, sandals, logo t-shirts, bare midriffs, low cut tops or shirts).
Students should have lab coats and student ID.
Before you start your shift, introduce yourself to your staff.
Discuss goals for the shifts and preceptor expectations.
Did you know that the majority of your medical career will be spent in the care of the elderly and that by 2020, over 20% of the population will be over 65 years of age? It is estimated that the family physician graduating today will spend at least 60% of his/her clinical practice caring for elderly patients.
To learn what is different about the assessment of an elderly patient, including the problem list approach, functional assessment, mental status examination and assessment of social supports;
To interview patients and become familiar with the special aspects of history taking and physical examination that are of particular importance in the elderly;
To be exposed to the atypical presentations of illnesses in the elderly and be exposed to common geriatric syndromes including: dementia/delirium, falls and depression
Available for: 1st and 2nd years
The Division of Hematologys mission statement is to provide world-leading patient care, medical education and research in our two predominant programs of malignant hematology and thrombosis/hemostasis. Hematology is the field of Internal Medicine that includes the study, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the blood. Hematologists evaluate and treat patients with anemia, thrombocytopenia, enlarged lymph nodes or spleen, bleeding and clotting disorders, and other abnormalities of the blood. Hematologists manage chemotherapy for the treatment of hematologic malignancies. They prescribe blood product administration and removal of excess blood components as needed for a variety of blood disorders. Hematologists also prescribe anticoagulants, antiplatelet agents, immunosuppressive, growth factor, and biological therapy for benign and malignant blood disorders. Bone marrow and stem cell transplants are considered part of the specialty of hematology.
Our Division of Hematology at The Ottawa Hospital is a multi-disciplinary team of physicians, advanced practice nurses, nurse practitioners, liaison nurses, pharmacists, MBAs, social workers, MSc trained research associates, genetic counsellor and RN research associates. We work closely with the Division of Hematopathology. We provide core training in hematology to hematopathology trainees, internal medicine trainees, and provide electives for trainees in any other Royal College certified program. Research projects for trainees are always available and we provide summer research projects for medical students, undergraduate and postgraduate trainees.
1. The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program is a multi-disciplinary group that provides transplant care for patients from around the world. Clinics currently run daily. Between 90 and 120 transplantations are performed per year.
2. Leukemia Therapy and Research Program
We offer comprehensive care for patients with acute and chronic leukemia. This program is integrated into our Blood and Marrow Transplant Program. Clinics are run two days per week for patients with acute leukemia research.
3. Lymphoma Program
This program also integrates closely with the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, as a number of patients with lymphoma will require transplantation.
4. The Thrombosis and Hemostasis Program
The Thrombosis and Hemostasis Program runs on both campuses of the Ottawa Hospital. Currently, at the Civic Campus, we offer clinics five days per week for trainees to attend. There are also clinics on the weekends from 10 am to 2 pm. These clinics offer all ranges of services in the area of thrombotic diseases. We evaluate patients with suspected DVT and pulmonary embolism, patients with suspected hypercoagulable states, we treat new venous thromboembolic events, post-phlebitic syndrome, superficial phlebitis and we provide prophylaxis advice and intervention for high risk patients during pregnancy and in the post-partum period and in the post-operative period. We provide management of patients on chronic oral anticoagulant therapy who require bridging over time of operative procedures, and we provide an oral anticoagulation clinic.
The hemostasis part of the program includes the running of the Eastern Ontario Regional Hemophilia Program which operates out of our General Campus and provides service to hemophilia patients with a multi-disciplinary clinic involving rheumatologists, physiotherapists, orthopedic surgeon, nursing and hematology once per month.
5. General Hematology Program
Most of the members of our Division remain very active in clinical care of patients with general hematological disorders. All of the general hematological problems are looked after in clinics that take place almost every day. We, of course, offer a consultation service in the hospital, for patients with general hematological disorders. We offer electives / selectives for students and residents in this area. The rotation through our Hematology program for Internal Medicine trainees is either a ward or a consultative and ambulatory care General and Malignant Hematology exposure.
For first and second year medical students, short electives are offered. This will mainly include attending general hematology clinics, with an option to attend some of the subspecialty clinics depending on availability. Most clinics are currently held in the am, and therefore many pre-clerkship students choose to do rotations with us during their summer months. There is also the option to organize short electives with individual CBL tutors during hematology block.
Infectious disease is a clinical sub-specialty that focuses on the presentation, treatment and laboratory diagnosis of microbial infections.
The student will perform a research project in association with a designated Infectious Disease faculty member.
The Division of Infectious Disease is active in several research areas. Clinical research is antimicrobial therapy: Comparing and assessing new treatments in Infectious Disease and AIDS.
Basic science research: Laboratory based research in trichomoniasis, chancroid and HTV.
Pharmacokinetics Research: Study of drug interaction and antimicrobial kinetics.
Individualized electives will be arranged for interested students. For first and second year students this could entail spending 1 afternoon/week on a chart review to look at patient outcome and performing simple statistical analysis. For third and fourth year students or as a summer project, a student could elect to spend 8-12 weeks in one of the basic science labs performing experiments under supervision. Students are encouraged to discuss these interests with the faculty so that special arrangements can be made.
The student will be exposed to a variety of clinical infectious disease problems and their management and will be exposed to the principles of appropriate antimicrobial utilization.
In this elective, the student will spend one afternoon/week rounding with the I.D. service. He/she will be exposed to a variety of infectious presentations from sexually transmitted diseases to severe infection in immuno-comprised patients, including those with AIDS. Some time will be reserved for the student to be exposed to the diagnostic microbiology laboratory. The emphasis will be on gaining an appreciation of the interaction between the host and the microbial organism(s) and the approaches to diagnosis and management. The rational use of antibiotics and infection control practices will also be discussed.
Available for: 1st and 2nd year students
To observe a nephrologist at work by accompanying him or her on hospital rounds;
To familiarize oneself with the structure and function of the kidneys through selected readings;
To develop interviewing skills and an understanding of the impact of illness by interviewing a patient with chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis;
To give a general overview of the research interests and relevance of basic science done in the University of Ottawa Division of Nephrology;
The student will have the opportunities to do the following:
Spend one 2-3 hour session in an out-patient clinic with a nephrologist, seeing patients with renal disease, possible renal symptoms or other abnormalities, hypertension, etc.
Spend one 2-3 hour session rounding with the nephrologist looking after the chronic hemodialysis unit, with the opportunity to interview a chronic hemodialysis patient and discuss technical and/or medical aspects of hemodialysis.
Spend one 2-3 hour session in the home dialysis unit seeing how peritoneal dialysis is done, with perhaps the opportunity to interview a patient being trained.
Follow along with a nephrologist caring for the in-patient renal service, to get a feel for in-patient nephrology.
Attend informal 2-3 hour classroom type sessions reviewing topics of interest related to nephrology, including a general overview of the kidneys and renal failure.
Depending on commitments of Faculty, perhaps spend 1-2 hours with Drs. Burns and/or Hebert to discuss their research interests and the physiology underlying these interests. Actual observation of experiments may be possible.
Opportunities can be made available for students to interview patients with kidney disease on their own, followed by a brief discussion of the interview with the attending nephrologist.
For more information on the Adult Neurology Program at the University of Ottawa, we encourage you to visit our official website
The student will:
Acquire confidence and experience in performing a "complete" and "screening" neurological examination;
Learn the process of anatomical localization and etiologic differential diagnosis;
Learn the indications and interpretation of neurological investigations.
See a variety of neurological patients on the in-patient Service
Have the opportunity to join Residents for inpatient Consultations
The undergraduate Neurology rotation at OCH is open to all medical students. It is presently primarily based in the Clinical Teaching Unit. While on service, the student will care for patients with acute stroke as well as with a variety of neurological conditions under the close supervision of more senior neurology residents and staff.
There is also an opportunity for the student to participate in the inpatient consultation service, however this is scheduled at the students request.
Unfortunately, given the high volume of rotators we are unable to presently offer clinic based elective time.
Exposure to the ambulatory management of cancer patients in the Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre (Civic and General Divisions) and to inpatient care in the Division of Medical Oncology.
Students will participate in the clinical evaluation of patients with cancer and learn about the medical management of specific disease sites and symptom complexes. There will be ample opportunity to practice techniques of physical examination, to learn about cancer staging, to observe multidisciplinary interactions and decision-making and to develop skills in interpretation of radiological and other imaging techniques. Students will have opportunities to observe/perform various diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. (e.g. bone marrow, pleural aspiration and spinal fluid examination).
To develop communication skills that lead to a therapeutic relationship with patients who are terminally ill and their families.
To experience an interdisciplinary team and a wholistic approach to assessment and management of patients.
To manage symptoms and end-of-life using a palliative approach to care
During the elective, the student, under the supervision of a Palliative Care Physician, will admit and assist in the care of patients as a member of the interdisciplinary team of professionals and volunteers, or assist in the consultation of admitted patients under other services. Orientation materials and educational sessions are provided. Students are encouraged to consider reflective practice with a focus on personal objectives.
Contact: [email protected]
Palliative Care Unit - Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital
Inpatient Consults - Ottawa Hospital, General or Civic Campus
Regional Palliative Consultation Team - Community and home visits, based out of Bruyère Hospital
No. of Students: Varies from site to site
NOTE: 1st and 2nd year students can do 10 or 20 hour observerships.
A new and exciting elective interprofessional online course!
Learning activities: Over the course of 2 weekend sessions (one at the beginning of the course, and one at the end of the course) students will be introduced to the principles and norms of hospice palliative care, basic approaches to pain and symptom control, grief and bereavement and ethical and legal frameworks for decision making and advance directives at the end of life.
In between these 2 sessions students will participate in award winning interprofessional learning modules that incorporate on-line facilitated discussions, group work and assignments. You will follow two virtual patients and families through complex cases, severe suffering, and care provision in the last hours of life.
Flexible schedule
Innovative learning methods
Sound clinical instruction
Interprofessional dialogue
Register NOW through your faculty.
For more information regarding registration please contact:
Suzanne Biagé in the FHS academic secretariat
613-562-5800 x 8062
[email protected]
For more information about the course please contact:
Susan Brajtman, RN PhD
613-562-5800 x 8418
[email protected]
By the end of the rotation the clinical clerk should be able to:
Assess a patient from a holistic perspective with an emphasis on the patient's functional limitations;
Demonstrate a basic musculoskeletal and neurological examination;
Participate in patient care as a member of an interdisciplinary team;
Be aware of the care needs of the disabled population. Once they live in community;
Indicate which patients might benefit from a referral to a physiatrist.
This rotation has been structured to ensure students achieve some basic objectives but with sufficient flexibility to allow students to pursue areas of specific interest within physical medicine and rehabilitation. Students have a primary supervisor with whom they spend approximately half of their time. This supervisor is determined by the specific interests expressed by the student. The remainder of their time is spent with one or more secondary supervisors, ensuring a general exposure to physiatry.
Learning methods are varied and may include attendance at clinics, ward rounds, team meetings, and patient therapy sessions, literature searches, and interactive teaching sessions. Evaluation is based on achievement of objectives agreed to by the student and supervisor.
Supervisor(s): Primary supervisors are assigned based on specific areas of interest, although exposure to basic physiatry is available though all supervisors.
Pediatrics: Dr. Anna McCormick
Stroke: Drs. Yang, M. Acharya, H. Finestone
Prosthetics: Dr. N. Dudek
Spinal Cord Injury: Dr. Vidya Sreenivasan
Musculoskeletal: Drs. G. Trudel, G. Wolff, S. Wiebe
Acquired Brain Injury: Dr. S. Marshall
Program Director: Dr. Deanna Quon
Program Assistant: Crystal Adam
Location: The primary supervisors are located at the Rehabilitation Centre or Elizabeth Bruyere Health Centre (EBHC)
Duration: Electives are between 2-4 weeks in duration.
No. of Students: 3 - 4
Gain experience in the assessment and management of patients with acute and chronic respiratory diseases.
Increase knowledge of respiratory diseases and pathophysiology
Enhance skills in pulmonary function test and chest radiograph interpretation
The clerk will work as a member of the respirology team and provide direct patient care and consultations. The rotation will include exposure to respirology inpatients as well as consultations in a variety of settings (inpatient, ER, outpatient).
Available for: 1st, 2nd ,3rd or 4th year students. Note: all students are required to have completed their Internal Medicine Clerkship Core Rotation prior to commencement of the respirology elective.
Duration: 2-4 weeks
Students will gain experience in the evaluation and management of patients with a wide variety of rheumatic diseases. A variety of clinical electives can be arranged in the ambulatory care setting and inpatient consultations. These include general rheumatology clinics, Lupus Clinic, metabolic bone disease/osteoporosis.
The clerkship elective rotation is open to all 3rd and 4th year medical students who have completed their clerkship core rotation in Internal Medicine.
Perform comprehensive assessments of clinical history and physical examination for common medical problems
Learn effective verbal and written presentations of clinical assessments
Integrate knowledge of common medical conditions into a plan for diagnosis and treatment.
You will be a member of the medicine consult team which consists of: a staff preceptor from the division of GIM, senior (PGY2 or PGY3) internal medicine residents and off-service residents (PGY 1-3) on elective. The consult team provides consults with recommendations, plan and management to the ER as well as all inpatient services on request.
You will be asked to do 1 to 2 consults per day reviewed by the senior residents and staff preceptors. For in-patient consults you will provide subsequent follow-up assessments with supervision also reviewed by the senior medicine residents and staff preceptor. You will have the opportunity to shadow senior medicine residents for more complex case assessments and procedures.
You may request to do call, usually one per week on a week night, shadowing a senior medicine resident and performing consults in the ER and in-patient.
CTU provides in-patient medical care for complex patients requiring admission to hospital. You will be a member of one of the medical teams each of which consist of: a staff preceptor from the division of GIM, a senior internal medicine resident (PGY-2), junior residents (PGY1-2), and 3rd year medical students. Both the General and Civic Campus have 3 CTUs which are ward-based and provide care for 20-25 patients. These units provide the backbone for both the undergraduate and postgraduate programs in internal medicine.
You will have the opportunity to admit patients to hospital and provide continuous care supervised by a senior medicine resident and attending staff. You will be required to do one call per week on a week night. Call will be 1st call for the medical team which allows responsibility for admissions to the team and 1st response to all acute issues on the medical floor. Calls will be closely supervised by the junior resident or the senior resident on call.
If you have confirmed your elective placement: please refer to the link on the left side of the page: University of Ottawa Student elective/GIM Info
To provide students and residents with an opportunity to gain experience in the interview and assessment of adolescent patients
To understand the interaction of the process of adolescent development on the biopsychosocial health outcome of youth
To become comfortable using the HEADDSS interviewing technique
To gain confidence in engaging and working with adolescents deemed to be at high risk
Students and learners will have an opportunity to participate in several areas of adolescent health both within and outside the hospital. Experience will include both inpatient and outpatient experience with patients aged 12-18 years in the following areas: Eating Disorders Exposure to the full spectrum of eating disorder management including a half-day assessment process, outpatient clinic, day program (maximum of 8 patients) and inpatient (averaging 4-8 patients) General Adolescent Health Issues Range of patients presenting with issues related to adolescent development, identity, sexuality, anxiety and depression, school refusal, substance use and abuse, etc. There is a specific focus on:
Sexual Health 1 Adolescent Health clinic weekly with emphasis on sexual histories, sexual assault, etc.
Chronic Illness These patients reviewed in either of general adolescent health clinic or in concert with various subspecialty clinics (i.e. Diabetes, IBD, etc)
Please note that the outpatient clinics are currently scheduled for Monday and Thursday evenings (4-8 pm) There is also an opportunity for students/ residents to attend a drop-in high school clinic (one half day/ week) and as well a sexual health clinic off site. This opportunity is dependant on the number of learners per given month interested in attending the same. Students are asked to alert the supervising physician of their wish to attend these clinics or of other specific interests prior to or as early as possible after elective onset to enable proper planning. Students also have the opportunity to become involved with research projects addressing any facet of adolescent health.
Note: first year medical students who have an interest in observing during the Monday or Thursday clinics may register for this type of experience, space permitting
To be able to perform an appropriate cardiac examination in a child.
Understand the application of physiologic concepts to children with heart disease
Describe common palliative cardiovascular procedures
The elective is predominantly an inpatient experience although the student will have access to outpatient clinics depending on availability and inpatient workload. The student will work closely with the on-service cardiologist, fellows and residents, rounding every day and doing a share of the inpatient consults.
Please note that this department does not currently offer elective opportunities to pre-clerkship students.
Helpful if already completed core pediatrics.
To gain a basic understanding of developmental assessment for children; and be able to appreciate both quantity and quality of development
Via clinics, infant development, home visits and preschool observation
To develop an approach to the assessment of a patient with short stature
To develop and approach to the assessment and initial investigations of a patient with precocious or delayed puberty
To become familiar with the presentation and management of hypo- and hyperthyroidism in children and adults.
To become familiar with the presentation, initial and long-term management of children and adolescents with diabetes.
The student will attend two Endocrinology and three Diabetes Clinics per week and Obesity clinic every second week. One of the Endocrinology clinics is comprised of a significant amount of patients with bone health issues. The weekly post clinic conferences allows for discussion of interesting cases and the opportunity for the student to learn through cases they may not have seen first hand in the clinic. Students may also observe family education sessions for children and adolescents with new onset diabetes prior to initiation of insulin pump therapy. The student will attend the weekly Endocrine Journal Club and will be asked to present once during the elective period. Endocrinology is primarily an out-patient specialty, but the student will have the opportunity to carry out in-patient consultations as they arise and to follow their progress.
Through exposure of students to the care of patients and their families and through use of the clinical and laboratory resources of the Hematology/Oncology program at the Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario the objectives of this elective are:
Preclinical: These students will work directly with a staff physician once a week in clinic during either the general oncology clinic or one of the subspecialty clinics.
Clinical: These students will participate in the clinical activities of the pediatric hematology/oncology service either on the in-patient service or out-patient in the clinic. The student will work directly with the staff physician as well as with the clinical assistant, fellow or resident if they are also on the service. On the inpatient service they will participate in daily rounds as well as consults and procedures as they are available, On the outpatient service they will participate in the general oncology as well as subspecialty clinics. They will also observe bone marrow aspirate and lumbar puncture procedures as they are available.
LOCATION: | Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario |
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DURATION: | 2 - 4 weeks |
NO. OF STUDENTS: | 1-2 |
AVAILABLE FOR: | All medical students, priority given to clinical clerks |
To gain an understanding of the common disease processes of newborn infants and the facilities and resources available to treat them. Description The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario provides care for approximately 400 high risk infant patients each year, born in the surrounding region of Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. Students are encouraged under the supervision of the attending neonatologist, neonatal fellow and the pediatric residents, to be involved in the care of premature low birth weight infants with their multiple complicating disease processes. Full term infants are also referred for care suffering from perinatal asphyxia, jaundice, neonatal sepsis, congenital heart disease or major congenital malformations requiring surgical repair. In addition, the student has the option to participate in the neonatal transport program providing for the stabilization and transfer of high risk infants from the hospital of birth to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Attendance at the multi-disciplinary Neonatal Follow up Clinic to assure the quality of survival of high-risk infant patients is also possible. Pre-clinical students are welcome to join daily patient care rounds to observe the many critical aspects involved in the comprehensive neonatal intensive care or to participate in the multidisciplinary assessment of infants at greatest risk of neuro-developmental handicap in the Neonatal Follow-up Clinic. Students of any year may choose a major topic to study in depth under the supervision of the neonatologist.
To gain insight into normal and abnormal fetal development;
To learn about the transition from the intrauterine to extrauterine environment;
To learn about the disease processes in newborn infants;
To explore ethical principles involved in neonatal intensive care.
Almost 4,000 deliveries per year take place at the Ottawa Hospital General Campus, which is the Regional Perinatal Centre for Eastern Ontario. Many of these are following high-risk pregnancies; fetal anomalies may have been detected in utero; the mother may have significant medical problems or pregnancy-induced problems, or premature labour may have occurred. There are over 450 admissions per year to the NICU, 35% are infants weighing less than 1,500 grams at birth. During this elective, students will participate in a variety of rounds and seminars discussing the optimal care for high-risk pregnancies. Whenever possible, they will observe or participate in the ongoing care of sick newborns. They may also get a chance to attend a Neonatal Follow up Clinic. This elective is suitable for students of any year, with pre-clinical students taking primarily an observers role and clinical students having more direct involvement with patient care. For all years, the basic physiology and pathophysiology of the clinical situations will be stressed.
To know the presenting signs & symptoms of common renal diseases in children, including investigation and management.
1 st and 2 nd year students: The student will observe the Nephrology Service in both the Ambulatory and in-patient locations including hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and renal transplantation.
To gain experience in diagnostic work-up and management of infants, children and adolescents with neurologic disorders.
The student will work under the supervision of a Pediatric Neurologist at the Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario. He/she will act as a clinical clerk on the Pediatric Neurology consulting service. She/he will work directly with infants, children, adolescents and their families completing inpatient and outpatient consults in ambulatory clinics, hospital wards, PICU, NICU and the emergency room. The student will attend weekly teaching rounds and may be expected to complete a short oral presentation.
Ward Rotation. The student will be assigned to the Pediatric Neurologist consulting service. He/she will carry out inpatient and outpatient consults in ambulatory clinics, hospital wards, PICU, NICU and the emergency room. She/he will be involved in patient assessment, interpretation imaging and test results as providing their opinion re: treatment and management decisions. The student will always have support and back-up from a Pediatric Neurology Resident and/or Staff Physician at all times. She/he will only be assigned tasks that are within level of comfort, knowledge and training.
Clinic Rotation. The student will be assigned to Pediatric Neurology ambulatory clinics that may include: general child neurology, epilepsy, neuromuscular, headache, neuro-oncology, movement disorders, white matter diseases and cerebral palsy.
LOCATION: |
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario |
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DURATION |
2 weeks |
NO. OF STUDENTS: |
1 |
AVAILABLE FOR: |
All medical students, priority given to clinical clerks - preclinical students will observe in the clinics |
To learn about the fundamental principles of screening, and the diseases for which newborns in Ontario are screened.
To observe the testing process, the fundamental principles of the tests themselves, and basic concepts about the interpretation of screening test results.
To observe and learn about the referral process for screen positive infants, and the operational systems for ensuring appropriate screening, retrieval and follow-up of infants.
To observe the retrieval and diagnostic evaluation of screen positive infants, including the initial communication with parents, diagnostic approaches, triaging, and treatment decisions
CHEO hosts the provincial newborn screening program for Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Cystic Fibrosis, Sickle Cell Disease, Congenital Hypothyroidism, and Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. A state of the art laboratory performs screening tests on babies born across the Province of Ontario (~150,000 per year), and a team of health care providers (physician, lab scientist, manager, nurse, genetic counselor) coordinate and quality assure the system, ensure that all babies with a screen positive result are evaluated and review the diagnostic assessments sent back from treatment centres. The student will attend the screening laboratory and learn from the technologists performing the testing, as well as the scientific and medical staff reviewing and interpreting the results. They will spend time with the genetic counsellors to observe and learn about the referral process for screen positive infants and the operational systems for ensuring appropriate screening, retrieval and follow-up of infants. The medical student will spend time with the medical staff to learn about fundamental principles of screening and their practical application. Finally, the students will have an opportunity to attend the CHEO newborn screening retrieval centre to observe the retrieval and diagnostic evaluation of screen positive infants, including the initial communication with parents, diagnostic approaches, triaging, and treatment decisions.
To ensure that the students:
Acquire/enhance clinical skills in Paediatric Rheumatology
Learn to communicate with rheumatology patients and their parents
Learn clear and concise rheumatology history taking
Learn competent physical examination skills, including a detailed examination of the musculoskeletal system
Experience hands-on management of patients with rheumatologic disorders
Experience will include - Outpatient:
Observation and hands-on encounters with new and follow-up general rheumatology patients.
Learn complete rheumatology history taking
Learn detailed joint specific musculoskeletal examination
Learn general and specific management of rheumatology patients
Reviewing of patient results with staff, including laboratory tests and x-rays
In-Patient:
Rheumatology consultations
Rheumatology admissions to Medical Day Care Unit
Rheumatology admissions to Surgical/Interventional Radiology Day Care Unit for intra-articular joint injections
Acquiring skills for intra-articular steroid injection
Bedside teaching on rheumatology in-patients
LOCATION: |
Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario |
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DURATION: |
2 weeks minimum |
NO. OF STUDENTS: |
1 |
AVAILABLE FOR: |
All medical students, Priority given to clinical clerks |
To provide students with an opportunity to use humour and distraction techniques in the medical setting in order to:
Normalize the hospital environment
Empower the child & family
Assist in procedural support
Provide skill building opportunities
To recognize the interdisciplinary collaboration involved in the setting of therapeutic clowning goals.
To identify the significance of legacy building.
To appreciate and practice skills like listening, intuition, sensitivity, emotional creativity, intelligence and humour while acquiring some traditional tricks of the magic trade.
Each student will have the opportunity to accompany the CHEO therapeutic clown to inpatient and outpatient areas. They will observe a variety of therapeutic applications of clowning with specific diagnostic groups. By developing a clown persona and practicing some of the tricks of the trade the student will gain an understanding of interdisciplinary collaboration in setting individual therapeutic goals. The student will also see the therapeutic benefits of humour-based interventions by interacting with a cross-section of patients.
Supervisor: |
Mollypenny, Therapeutic Clown; Nora Ullyot, CCLS Co-ordinator Professional Practice Leader Child Life |
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Duration: |
10 hour elective |
Number of Students: |
Clowning days every Tues, Wed. and Thursday |
Assosciation of Childlife Professionals provides information on child Life Professionals
The life Threatened Child and the Life Enhancing Clown:
Towards a Model of Therapeutic Clowning. Donna Koller, Camilla Gryski. eCAM Advance, May 17,2007. Doi:10.1093/ecam/nem033
The serious business of clown doctoring | Thomas Petschner | TEDx
NOT AVAILABLE DURING MONTHS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY Core Rotation in Pediatrics a pre-requisite
To be exposed to pediatric patients in the Pediatric Emergency setting. Description: Each student will assess (under close supervision by pediatric emergency staff) a wide variety of patients. There will be opportunities to perform suturing, splinting as well as other procedures. The student is welcome to observe major trauma and resuscitation cases as well as more difficulty procedures. The student is encouraged and expected to attend weekly emergency rounds, resuscitation drills and interesting case rounds. Due to high patient flow in January and February, electives are not available during those months.
The students who wish to further their interest in anatomical pathology should begin with this program. It can be done either in the 1st or in the 2nd year and it introduces both the specialty and the specialist to the medical students. You will have the opportunity to know what anatomical pathology is all about: the different pathologist's duties, the way he participates in patient care, how tissue biopsies are obtained and how the specimens are processed in the laboratory.
The rotation comprehends four sessions of 2 1/2 hours duration. These four sessions take place in the Department of Pathology of the General Campus, during four consecutive weeks. The first three are afternoon sessions, from 1:30 to 4:00 pm, and they take place in the same weekday (you choose the day). The fourth session is in the morning, from 8:30 to 11:00 am.
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Anatomical Pathology: introductory talk |
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Objectives |
By the end of this session the student shall be able to:
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Second session |
Clinico-pathologic correlation |
Objectives |
By the end of this session the student shall be able to:
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Third session |
Cytopathology - technical aspects |
Objectives |
By the end of this session the student shall be able to:
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Fourth session |
Medical autopsy |
Objectives |
By the end of this session the student shall be able to:
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We have selected some texts for you to better profit from your experience in our elective rotation. They are basic texts that will allow you to understand a little more about pathology and to cover all the objectives proposed. We strongly encourage you to read them before or after your sessions. They will help you to assimilate the information. Please keep them with you or visit our page again for future reference.
At the completion of the elective, the student will be able to recognize significant hematological processes on peripheral blood films and bone marrows. As well, the student will have an appreciation of the role of the transfusion medicine laboratory and coagulation laboratory in the patient care in a tertiary teaching hospital.
The student will examine blood films and marrows on patients seen at the hospital. Instruction will be both by attendance at rounds (lymphoma rounds, leukemia rounds, hematopathology academic half day presentations) and by participation in the daily sign-out of peripheral blood and marrows, at a double-headed microscope. Emphasis will be on the recognition of anemia, leukemia and platelet disorders, their causes and further investigations. A half-day introduction to the transfusion medicine laboratory and coagulation laboratory will also be available for interested students.
Dr. Hakan Buyukdere
Division of Haematopathology
The Ottawa Hospital General Campus
Mrs. Manon Levesque
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine
It has been estimated that up to 60% of medical decisions are made based on laboratory results. However, despite these statistics, medical trainees receive little formal education on laboratory analyses and almost no exposure to clinical laboratories. The purpose of this introductory elective is to provide medical trainees with an overview of activities occurring in a teaching-hospital based Biochemistry laboratory. Students will be exposed to the four main areas of the Laboratory testing process: pre-analytical, analytical, post-analytical and Point-of-Care testing (POCT). Students will also be introduced to contemporary issues facing the clinical laboratory, such as test utilization initiatives, automation, quality assurance, standardization and regulatory requirements.
This 10h elective will comprise four 2.5 hour sessions. These sessions will take place in the Division of Biochemistry in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the laboratory at the General Campus.
First Session |
Pre-analytical |
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Objectives |
At the end of this session, students will be able to:
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Second Session |
Analytical |
Objectives |
At the end of this session, students will be able to:
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Third Session |
Post-analytical |
Objectives |
At the end of this session, students will be able to:
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Fourth Session |
Point-of-care testing (POCT) |
Objectives |
At the end of this session, students will be able to:
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Anatomical Pathology is a Laboratory Medicine specialty oriented toward the identification and documentation of the structural and functional consequences of injurious stimuli on cells, and the patterns of host reaction to these influences.
To understand the role of the Pathologist as a consultant and the importance of an accurate pathological diagnosis in patient management;
To recognize the importance of clinical history in the assessment and accurate interpretation of the specimen;
The student will assist in the pathological evaluation of various surgically removed tissues, take part in the work-up of current case material with their clinical pathological correlations, attend conferences and seminars, observe and assist with autopsies, learn procedures involved in preparing and diagnosing frozen sections, etc.
This elective is useful to any future practicing physician as well as aspiring pathologists.
Learning how to interpret Pathology reports and how to use this information in decision-making concerning patient management is one of the many strong points in this elective. An opportunity to focus on one specialty (e.g. Gynecological Pathology, Renal Pathology, etc...) Or do a short project is also possible.
Dr. Jason Wasserman
Division of Anatomical Pathology
Mrs. Manon Levesque
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Suggested reading:
Location: The Ottawa Hospital - General Campus, Critical Car Wing, 4th Floor
Duration: Flexible, 1 week 20 hours
No. of Students: Individual
Available for: 2nd year students
Anatomical Pathology is a Laboratory Medicine specialty oriented toward the identification and documentation of the structural and functional consequences of injurious stimuli on cells, and the patterns of host reaction to these influences.
To understand the role of the Pathologist as a consultant and the importance of an accurate pathological diagnosis in patient management;
To recognize the importance of clinical history in the assessment and accurate interpretation of the specimen;
To review the general host responses to injury and understand the pathogenesis, morphological features and functional alterations attributable to these processes: cellular injury, inflammation and repair, disorders of growth, and fluid and hemodynamic disturbances;
To gain familiarity with the morphology of malignant cells and to recognize the characteristic features of common neoplasms;
To become familiar with the common techniques employed in Anatomical Pathology and recognize their limitations;
To gain familiarity with the formulation of Cytopathology, Surgical Pathology and Provisional/Final Autopsy Reports and to recognize the importance of a clear, concise, organized and accurate report as an effective vehicle of communication;
To understand the quantitation of turnover time and recognize the fixed (processing/technical) and flexible (manpower dependent) components of this measure of quality of service.
The student will assist in the pathological evaluation of various surgically removed tissues, take part in the work-up of current case material with their clinical pathological correlations, attend conferences and seminars, observe and assist with autopsies, learn procedures involved in preparing and diagnosing frozen sections, etc.
This elective is useful to any future practicing physician as well as aspiring pathologists.
Learning how to interpret Pathology reports and how to use this information in decision-making concerning patient management is one of the many strong points in this elective. An opportunity to focus on one specialty (e.g. Gynecological Pathology, Renal Pathology, etc...) Or do a short project is also possible.
Undergraduate Medical Education Director:
Dr. Jason Wasserman
Secretary for the Undergraduate Electives:
Mrs. Manon Levesque
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Application form (for U of O students ONLY) (PDF)
Visiting Medical Students must follow the application procedure on the website
Suggested reading:
Location: The Ottawa Hospital - General Campus, Critical Car Wing, 4th Floor
Duration: Flexible, 1 to 4 weeks
No. of Students: Individual
Available for: 4th year students