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Undergraduate Medical Education Stipends Underlying Principles

Effective September 2008
Revised: September 25, 2026

Core Principles

Association of Professors at the University of Ottawa (APUO) members

  • Teaching is an expected role for basic science faculty members and should be considered in the workload determinations. If teaching or curricular management/leadership is recognized in the workload or is less than or equal to 20% of the total workload, no stipend will be transferred to the Department. Basic science faculty who are APUO members and/or members of research institutes will not receive funds for teaching activities.
  • If curricular management/leadership is greater than 20% of total workload, an agreement   is made between the Vice-Dean, UGME and the faculty members Department Chair to allow a transfer of funds to occur from the UGME Stipend Budget towards the Department to cover for teaching or administrative functions that exceed the 20% time involvement. This will allow the Department Chair to hire replacement teachers.

Clinicians Teachers

  • Equal stipend for equal time spent by faculty or community physicians providing curriculum or dedicated clinical teaching.
  • Equity between language streams.
  • Funds for members of a clinical department will be sent to the Department Chair who will distribute the funds accordingly.
  • Funds will be distributed to individuals who have processed an application for a Faculty appointment.

Definition of Roles

  • Academic Leader: Person (Clinician, Faculty Member or external person) who takes on an administrative responsibility related to the undergraduate medical education program (e.g. Directors, Leads etc..).
  • Instructor: M.Sc. Graduate Students who are supervisors, small group facilitators, workshop leaders, seminar leaders providing dedicated teaching time (not during clinical work).
  • Lecturer: Individual (non member of the Association of Professors of the University of Ottawa [APUO]) who gives a lecture (preparation involved). For APUO members, this is already included in their workload.
  • Tutor: Supervisor, small group facilitator, coaches, workshop leader, seminar leader providing dedicated teaching time (not during clinical work). This would also include OSCE examiners.
  • Preceptor: Clinician who supervises students in the clinical area while providing clinical services.
  • Panelist: non-clinician, who come to share their personal experience.

Undergraduate Medical Education Stipend Budget

  • Academic Leaders
    • Directors will be compensated at a rate of $1000/day.
    • Other leadership role will be compensated at a rate of $500/day.
  • Content Implementation Leads
    • $500/week for the duration of the unit. This is equivalent to one day/week of work for each week.
  • Rotation Leads – Anglophone Stream
    • $18,000 for 0.75 days per week.
  • Rotation Leads – Francophone Stream
    • 12,000 for 0.5 days per week.
  • DME Clerkship Site Leads
    • Less than 50 student weeks/year: $3,000
    • Between 50 and 99 student weeks/year: $8,000
    • More than 99 student weeks/year: $12,000
  • DME Sites visits for accreditation
    • Sites visits for accreditation approved by the DME Director: $500$/half day.
  • Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Creation or Revision of Curriculum Content
    • Development of revision of curriculum content approved by the Curriculum Committee (CC).
    • $150 per hour
  • Lecturers (physicians, residents and health professionals)
    • $150/hour in preclerkship (including Transition Clerkship)
    • $100/hour in 3rd year clerkship (lectures as they are given 4 or more times yearly, as well as Transition to Residency).
  • Tutors/Instructors
    • $100/hour
  • Coaches (portfolio)
    • 100$/hour for 10 hours per group per academic year
  • Panelist (representatives of the community)
    • $65/hour
  • Clinician preceptor PSD (Community Preceptor Program in Preclerkship)
    • $100/half-day per student
  • Clinician preceptors - Clerkship including 4th year mandatory rotations
    • $400/week ($80/day) for physicians with a faculty appointment who are not part of a practice plan (AFP) who take clerkship students into their office/clinic.
    • $250/week for physicians with a faculty appointment who participate in preceptoring activities taking place at the Montfort Hospital.
    • $250/week for physicians with a faculty appointment who are not part of a practice plan (AFP) who take clerkship students in hospital setting.
    • Queensway Carleton $400/week.
  • Clinician preceptors – Transition to Clerkship
    • Observerships, $200 per student per day for physicians with a faculty appointment who are not part of a practice plan (AFP) who take clerkship students into their office/clinic.
  • Clinician preceptors – 1st, 2nd and 4th UO Electives
    • $125 per student for a minimum of 8 hours – physicians with faculty appointment in the Ottawa region.
    • $65 per student for a minimum of 8 hours - Health Professionals approved by the Vice-Dean.
    • This amount will be paid upon reception of student’s evaluation.

Undergraduate Medical Education Operational Budget

  • Administrative Support – Clerkship
    • $75/student/week is paid to the Departments or Community Hospitals for the administrative support required during Clerkship (including 4th year mandatory rotations
  • Administrative Support – Transition to clerkship
    • $60/student is paid to the Departments or Community Hospitals for the administrative support required.
  • ACLS providers – Emergency Medicine
    • 280$/student is paid for providing ACLS training to U of O students.
  • DME RATE:
    • Monthly support of $1625, DME sites must submit a monthly invoice to receive the funding.
    • a one-time start-up amount of $2,000.00 will be paid to help with the purchase computer equipment, letterhead, etc.