Medical Education Committee

MDCM Program Committee

This committee is the highest decision-making body for the UGME, chaired by the Associate Dean UGME Dr. Cummings. It is where all policies, course objectives, assessments tools, and major change in the functioning of the program must be approved. It has oversight of most other UGME committees, including the Theme, Component, Course, and Specialty committees.

Our student representatives share the feedback from the student body, and represent students’ interests during the decision-making process, having one vote for the junior student reps, and one vote for the senior students. PC is generally not the table where we bring up new issues. Instead, the solutions to those issues are discussed at various subcommittees and PC gives the seal of approval to those solutions.

Frequency of meetings: 2-3 X / month

Program Evaluation and Curricular Outcomes Subcommittee (PECO)

PECO is promoting the continuous improvement of the MDCM program by making recommendations about program objectives, content, instruction, learning environment, compliance with Faculty policies, and the performance of cohorts of medical graduates from McGill.

Student representatives provide this committee with the student perspective both from their own experiences and those of their peers. Our representatives feel that their insights into interpretation of student survey responses, learning experiences in the classroom and on-site, and the achievements of students, including success beyond McGill, are valued by the PECO committee.

Frequency of meetings: 1X / month (10 total per year)

Student Assessment subCommittee (SAC)

The goal of SAC is to aid the MDCM Program Committee in ensuring that the current forms of assessment for student performance are fair and consistent with best educational practices and policies.

Our representatives are involved in discussions about current or future assessments methods. They are responsible for providing appropriate feedback which advocates on the student’s behalf and bringing forward a viewpoint that represents the majority of the student body.

Frequency of meeting: 1X / month (10 total per year)

Wellness and Learning Environment Subcommittee (WALE)

The mandate of the Wellness and Learning Environment Subcommittee is to review policies and data that relate to the learning environment and to participate in the development and implementation of curriculum content aimed at promoting wellness and resilience in learners.

The student’s role is to provide feedback about these policies and data and suggest new ways to improve the content of the current wellness curriculum.

Frequency of meetings: 2X / year

MDMC Admissions Committee

This committee has the final responsibility for the selection and admission of students to the Faculty of Medicine MDCM and Med-P programs. It determines the design of the admissions process and the selection criteria applied to prospective candidates. They strive to ensure that McGill continues to both attract the best candidates to its medical program and provide excellent health care to the population it serves. Of late, the Admissions Committee has focused on modifying the admissions process to accommodate the upcoming McGill Medicine Satellite campus in Gatineau.

The responsibility of the student representative is to represent the student body in all decisions and actions taken by the Admissions Committee. They work to relay the concerns and proposals of students, and the MSS Education Committee, to the Admissions Committee throughout any decision-making process.

Frequency of meetings: at least 3X / year

N.B. This committee does not fall under the MDCM Program Committee; it has direct oversight from the Associate Dean UGME and from the overarching Faculty of Medicine.

Scholarship, Critical Thinking, and Knowledge Translation Theme Subcommittee (SCTKT)

The Scholarship, Critical Thinking and Knowledge Translation curricular theme guides the teaching of these important concepts and skills in a coordinated, progressive and meaningful way throughout the four years of the MDCM Program. This curricular theme includes knowledge, skills and attitudes related to Basic Sciences, Social Studies of Medicine, Research fundamentals, Evidence-based medicine (EBM), and Critical appraisal.

The student representative’s role on the SCTKT is to provide student input and feedback relating to several themes and courses that fall under the purview of the SCTKT committee. They work to obtain student feedback through various means such as surveys and focus groups. Consequently, we provide structural reform to the organization of these courses/themes based on feedback.

Frequency of meetings:  4X / year

Primary Health Care and Population Health Theme Subcommittee (PHCPH)

The PHCPH committee, chaired by Dr. Anne Andermann, is responsible to advise the MDCM Program Committee on matters related to content and integration of the Primary Health Care and Population Health curricular theme within the MDCM Program. This committee has oversight of the Molecules to Global Health course (Block A), the CHAP course, and longitudinal teaching of this theme across the curriculum.

The student represents the Medical Education Committee on the Primary Health Care and Population Health Subcommittee. Their role is to gather and report student feedback to this subcommittee with the goal of improving teaching related to the PHCPH theme.

Frequency of meetings: minimum 2X / year

Social Accountability and Health Advocacy Theme Subcommittee (SAHA)

Good clinical practice is rooted in advocating for the needs of patients and society. The best physicians and surgeons are responsible not only to individual patients but also the communities in which they live and capitalize on opportunities to address societal needs. The Social Accountability and Health Advocacy Theme committee guides the teaching of these important concepts and skills in a coordinated, progressive and meaningful way throughout the four years of the MDCM Program. It contributes to the quality-improvement for theme-related content, and requires the contribution of a student representative to do so.

Frequency of meetings: minimum 2X /year

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Fundamentals of Medicine and Dentistry Component Subcommittee (FMD)

This committee has oversight of all courses taught during the first 1.5 years of the curriculum, from Block A to Block J, including the longitudinal courses of FMD.

Frequency of meetings: minimum 4X / year (average 1X / month)

Transition to Clinical Practice Component Subcommittee (TCP)

This committee oversees all courses in TCP, the 6-months long transition period between pre-clinical and clinical teachings in our curriculum.

Frequency of meetings: minimum 4X / year (average 1X / month)

Clerkship Component Subcommittee

This committee oversees all clerkship courses, in collaboration with the clinical departments’ UGME committees.

Frequency of meetings: minimum 4X / year (average 1X / month)

Physicianship Component subCommittee (PCC)

The physicianship component committee is responsible for the oversight of many courses such as Physician Apprenticeship, Clinical Methods, Medical Ethics and Health Law, Community Health Alliance Project, Mindful Medical Practice, and Transition To Residency.

The role of the student representatives on the PCC is to advocate for student issues regarding the courses this committee oversees.

Frequency of meetings: 6X / year