Program Information - University Information
Updated July 31, 2009
McGill University
- Admission to McGill University residency training programs via CaRMS is limited to graduates of accredited medical schools in Canada and the United States of America. Government regulations in Quebec do not allow us to consider out-of-province visa students for admission to our programs. We are also unable to consider trainees who have already completed any type of postgraduate training.
- The Collège des médecins du Québec verifies the equivalence of all medical degrees issued by all American medical schools in order to issue the resident training card, which is required in order to be able to train in Quebec hospitals and be paid by the Ministry of Health. Please consult them directly for information (see below).
- You must submit the following to allow us to determine your eligibility: PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP must be submitted with each application. In the case of Canadian Citizens: a copy of Canadian birth certificate OR Canadian citizenship card (both sides) OR Commemorative Certificate of Canadian Citizenship OR Certificate of Indian status card (both sides) OR valid Makivik society card (both sides). In the case of Canadian Permanent Residents: a copy of both sides of the Permanent Resident card and of the IMM 5292 or IMM 1000 record. In the case of Quebec medical students currently on a study permit in Quebec: A copy of the first pages of your valid passport as well as a copy of your birth certificate and of your study permit. We are unable to consider “Visa Students" from other provinces.
- For information on how to apply to postgraduate training positions in the province of Quebec, graduates of foreign medical schools, who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents living in Quebec, should write to:
The Collège des médecins du Québec
2170 boul. René-Lévesque Blvd. ouest
Montreal, Quebec
H3H 2T8
For more information on all McGill Programs: http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/postgrad
McGill Postgraduate Medical Education does not offer positions
for trainees to complete a single preliminary year of training. Preliminary
training is considered to be part of the core training for the specialty
programs offered at McGill University. Applicants can therefore be
considered for a full residency: 2 years for Family Medicine, 5 years
for all other specialties except for Neurosurgery and Cardiac Surgery, which
are 6 years in length.
The Faculty of Medicine of McGill University lies in the heart of Montreal. The Faculty offices, the Medical Library, the Osler Library of the History of Medicine and a number of departments at the Faculty are located in the McIntyre Medical Sciences Building. There are several principal teaching hospitals. There are many other hospitals and community centres affiliated with McGill which participate in teaching students and residents, including community-based hospitals in various regions of Quebec. In addition, there are Centres and Units specializing in Human Genetics, Host-resistance, Artificial Cells and Organs, Cancer Research, Nutrition and Food Science, Aerospace Medical Research, AIDS Research, Medical Physics, Age and Aging, Medical Education and in Medicine, Ethics and Law.
The Faculty of Medicine of McGill, together with its teaching hospitals and other health facilities will provide the necessary physical and human resources to create a scholarly environment, appropriate for the training of medical graduates so that they can acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes to become accomplished physicians and surgeons with the highest moral and ethical standards.
A complete residency program is offered in Family Medicine leading to certification by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Collège des médecins du Québec (provided that performance is satisfactory at each level). Third year Family Medicine Program in Care of the Elderly, Emergency Medicine and Palliative Medicine are also offered. Residency programs in sixty (60) Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada accredited programs are offered. Entry into PGY-1 positions through CaRMS guarantees trainee funding until completion of residency (provided that performance is satisfactory at each level).
The hospital network at McGill University continues to evolve as health care reforms are made. This evolution involves reducing the number of in-hospital beds and increasing activities in the ambulatory care setting, both for clinic visits and surgical procedures. As of 1997, The Montreal Children's Hospital, the Montreal General Hospital, the Montreal Neurological Hospital and the Royal Victoria Hospital (including the Montreal Chest Institute) have merged to create the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). Plans call for the building of a new facility (to include the merged research institutes) on a new site. In the meantime, the existing hospital sites will continue to fulfill their traditional functions.
Royal Victoria Hospital opened in 1894, houses a complex of several pavilions with a bed complement of 584. The hospital has annual in-patient admissions of over 18,000 and 358,077 ambulatory service visits. It provides teaching programs for medical residents, medical students as well as students of the other health professions. The Allan Memorial Institute became the hospital's Department of Psychiatry in 1943. A Research Institute was established in 1981 in order to coordinate one of the largest hospital-based research programs in the country. The Montreal Chest Hospital became the Chest Institute of the Royal Victoria Hospital in 1994. The hospital houses the McGill Nutrition and Food Science centre, the McGill Prostate Centre, the McGill Transplantation Centre and the McGill Ophthalmology Institute.
Montreal General Hospital has a bed complement of 406. There are approximately 11,253 admissions and 31,940 visits to the Emergency and 284,656 visits to Out-Patient clinics. In addition, there is an outreach program with hospitals in Northern Quebec. It is a designated Level-1 Trauma centre with over 800 trauma cases per year specializing in orthopedics and traumatic brain injuries. It also provides teaching to medical residents, medical students and students from the other allied health sciences. Founded in 1821, it has the longest clinical teaching record in North America, and in 1823 became the first medical school in Canada. The present hospital was opened in 1955 with a Research Institute which opened in 1973. The McGill Centre for Tropical Diseases and the McGill Host Resistance Program are based at the hospital. The other special McGill program at the MGH site is The McGill Pain Center. The new site will be ready in 2006.
Montreal Children's Hospital admits about 8,000 patients per year into its 180 beds, 44 of which are intensive care, both neonatal and pediatric. The largest component of the hospital's services is provided on an ambulatory basis: annually, over 100,000 medical, surgical, and psychiatry visits, 75,000 Emergency visits, 5,000 day surgeries, and close to 10,000 day treatment center visits, including oncology, intensive ambulatory/home care, dialysis, and clinical investigation unit. Aside from offering a complete roster of pediatric subspecialty services, the hospital is also a center for specialized multidisciplinary programs, including, among others, newborn heart surgery, tertiary-level trauma program, asthma program, bone marrow and solid organ transplant programs, cleft palate/craniomaxillofacial surgery program, and a developmental and behavioural pediatrics unit encompassing child development and adaptation services and programs. Teaching is provided for medical students as well as residents and fellows. The hospital also provides clinical training for allied health professionals and technical students at the college and university level. The McGill University-Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute sponsors research and postgraduate education in disciplines related to child health and research in children's diseases.
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital combines a hospital and research institute under one roof. The hospital operates 96 acute care beds, admitting more than 2,000 patients per year and more than 30,000 ambulatory visits per year. It provides facilities for the investigation and management of a full range of clinical neurological and neurosurgical problems. In addition, there are facilities for research in a wide range of basic neurosciences. Founded in 1934, the hospital and Institute provides training for a number of clinical and research fellows. Special areas of interest include epilepsy, neuroimmunology, molecular neurobiology and genetics, neurodegenerative disease, neuromuscular disorders, movement disorders and brain tumors. The Webster Pavilion centralizes brain imaging resources, provides laboratory spaces, and includes a 350 seat amphitheater.
Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital is an acute care hospital of 637 beds where over 21,700 patients are admitted per year (including 3,500 deliveries). It also provides 351,000 consultations in emergency and outpatient departments. The surgical departments perform 14,740 operations including 9,350 in day surgery. The hospital supports a large geographic full-time staff for its teaching responsibilities to students and medical residents. Founded in 1934, it has since established many tertiary care programs including high risk obstetrics, cardiac surgery, neonatology, head and neck surgery, oncology, and neurosurgery among others. The Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry and the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research were established in 1968.
St. Mary's Hospital Centre is an acute care specialized hospital with 316 adult beds and 65 bassinets. The hospital is a high volume obstetrical centre with 3,636 deliveries. An academic Family Medicine Centre is very active with a large complement of residents. Significant services include renal dialysis, oncology with 8,894 out-patient visits, geriatrics, psycho-geriatric, and clinical epidemiology and research. There are approximately 15,356 patient admissions and 119,282 Ambulatory Care visits annually. A total of 8,143 patients were operated upon of which 5,008 were surgical day patients. The hospital maintains very active undergraduate and postgraduate training.
The Centre hospitalier des vallées de l'Outaouais (Gatineau pavilion) is an acute care hospital of 323 beds serving a community of 100,000. It also offers specialized services to the Ouatouais region in many sub-specialties and is the center for radiooncology, pediatrics and neonatology, obstetrics and E.N.T. The family physician is a key player in the health care team and is involved in all hospital activities like emergency, obstetrics, teaching and many others. The family medicine unit is progressive and is accredited for the two year duration of the program. The hospital has a visionary look on the future of health care and is involved in clinical projects with its partners, CLSC, other hospitals and nursing homes, as well as technological projects like tele-medicine and computerized clinical charts. Its goal is to render to its clients services that meet the highest standards and to offer to its staff the best working environment.
The Douglas Hospital is a McGill teaching psychiatric hospital. It has a tripartite mission of clinical excellence, research and teaching. The hospital has 4 divisions: Sectorized Services Division, Child Psychiatry Division, Psychogeriatric Division and Ultraspecialized Programs Division. It provides teaching programs for medical residents, medical students and other health professionals. There are presently 288 beds in the hospital. The Douglas Hospital Research Center is recognized as a model center by the "Fonds de la recherce en santé mentale du Québec" (FRSO). Its priorities focus on clinical, psychosocial and neuroscience research in the areas of alcoholism and drug abuse, affective disorders, child psychiatry, schizophrenia, eating disorders, Alzheimer's disease and evaluative research.
University tuition fees for 2009-10 are $3,895.25 and are paid as follows: $3195.25 by the Ministry of Health and $700 by the medical resident, remunerated by the Quebec Medicare.
Prior to the start of residency, it is mandatory for you to submit the completed McGill Teaching Hospital Record of vaccinations and immunizations. Responsibility for interpreting the medical data resides with the hospital. The form is available via the following web link and must be returned to your base hospital at least 1 month prior to the start of training:
http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/postgrad/admission_applyingonline_accepted.htm
All McGill University programs commence July 1 of each year.
For more details regarding any of the postgraduate programs at McGill University, visit our web site at: http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/postgrad/
Admission to McGill University residency training programs via CaRMS is limited to graduates of accredited medical schools in Canada and the United States of America and to International Medical Graduates who have successfully completed the Collège des médecins du Québec process and been declared eligible by McGill University (deadline for this is usually end of November each year). Government regulations in Quebec do not allow us to consider out-of-province visa students for admission to our programs.
http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/postgrad/admission_mf_candianimg.htm.
For further information on becoming eligible, graduates of international medical schools should write to:
The Collège des médecins du Québec
2170 René-Lévesque Blvd. W.
Montreal, Quebec
H3H 2T8
See terms of contract.
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