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MCGILL ONLINE SUMMER PROGRAM FOR - INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL STUDENTS A NEW IMMERSIVE ONLINE MEDICAL EDUCATION EXPERIENCE AT THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY ...
McGill Online Summer Program for
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL STUDENTS

                  A new immersive online medical
      education experience at the McGill University
          Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

                                    SUMMER 2021

                                Draft version 2021-03-02
An Immersive Online Medical Education Experience
in Canada’s most prestigious university

                                  Topics covered:
  Program provides a strong         •   heart and brain health
 foundation and cutting-edge        •   evidence-based medicine and research
 knowledge in theoretical and       •   primary care and population health
 applied aspects of medicine.       •   professionalism
                                    •   leadership
                                    •   preparing an application for residency
                                        training (postgraduate clinical training)

                                  Key benefits
                                  Through this program, students will:
    Students will learn the
 Canadian approach to clinical    Explore…
   medicine, research and           • the McGill Medicine community and its
      population health.               interdisciplinary / interprofessional approach
                                       to patient care.
                                    • the link between clinical care and research.
                                    • their understanding of health and illness,
                                       through concepts rooted in heart health, brain
                                       health, population health and healthcare
                                       system improvement.

   Active learning principles,    Learn…
    promoting information           • the values and style of contemporary future-
  exchange and collaborative           oriented medical practice.
           education.               • a set of tools and knowledge that will enhance
                                       their leadership skills and professionalism.
                                    • to contextualize their future medical practice
                                       with sensitivity to the specific nature of the
                                       populations they serve.
      McGill distinguished          • how to apply new knowledge to their own
 professors lead this enriching        contexts and experiences.
   academic and leadership          • expand their horizons by getting a clearer
  program, composed of 12              understanding of medical career options.
   interactive asynchronous
    lectures and 8 real-time      Network with…
   workshops with breakout         • instructors and receive guidance and support
            sessions.                  through live sessions.
                                   • McGill medical students, residents and
                                       fellows.
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Program Committee
Who should attend?
                                            Education Leads
The program is designed for international
medical students with an excellent          Dr. Beth-Ann Cummings
knowledge of English.                       Assistant Dean, Health Professions Education
                                            Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
                                            Former Associate Dean, Undergraduate
                                            Medical Education
What’s included?
                                            Dr. Fadi Habbab
                                            Assistant Professor, Department of
 •   Talks from special guests.             Diagnostic Radiology | Special Advisor to the
 •   Live Orientation session.              Assistant Dean, International Affairs |
 •   All educational sessions and related   Attending Radiologist, St. Mary’s Hospital and
     digital materials.                     MUHC
 •   Virtual tour of McGill University
     campus, affiliated teaching            Project Leader
     hospitals and Family Medicine
                                            Dr. Howard Bergman
     community sites.
                                            Assistant Dean, International Affairs
 •   Virtual tour of the beautiful          Professor of Family Medicine, Medicine and
     cosmopolitan city Montreal, a          Oncology
     multilingual and multicultural city
     ranked #1 among the best cities in     Advisors
     the world for students.
 •   Live Graduation ceremony with          Dr. Fernanda Claudio
     Certificate of Completion for          Academic Associate | Lead, Curriculum
     participants who complete the 9-       Design & Alignment | Postgraduate Medical
     day online program.                    Education Office

                                            Dr. Wafa Djerboua
                                            Assistant Professor, Anatomy and Cell
When is it available?                       Biology, Outaouais Campus

                                            Dr. Imed Gallouzi
 •   End of July or early August (to be     Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and
     confirmed).                            Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer
 •   Educational sessions take place        Research Centre | Special Advisor to the
     Sundays to Thursdays from 07:30        Assistant Dean, International Affairs
     to 11:00 a.m. Montreal EDT
 •   All course presentations will be       Coordinators
     recorded and available online for a
     duration of 30 days after the live     Diana Sarai
     program, so program participants       Program Manager, International Affairs
     may review the courses and
                                            Hermine Mesropyan
     materials at their convenience.        Administrative Assistant, International Affairs

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SCHEDULE
                                                                                       WEEK 1: ONLINE PROGRAM
                                                             All program activities are live interactive sessions on a state-of-the-art virtual platform
 Montreal
                                Sunday                                    Monday                                  Tuesday                                  Wednesday                              Thursday
  Time
07:30 – 07:50                                                HEART HEALTH #1                      INTRODUCTION TO EVIDENCE-                 INTRODUCTION TO POSTGRADUATE            INTRODUCTION TO
                                                                                                  BASED MEDICINE & RESEARCH #1              MEDICAL EDUCATION (PGME) #1             PROFESSIONALISM #1

                                                             Keeping Our Hearts Healthy           Finding Good Information                  Residency at McGill                     Physicianship and Ethics
                                                             Burden of cardiac disease             How to find good information online     Why do residency training at McGill?     Concept of physicianship
                                                             (cardiovascular disease and           Using McGill library services/ PubMED                                            Ethical codes of conduct
                                                             arrhythmias)

07:50 – 08:00                                                Q&A Session                          Q&A Session                               Q&A Session                             Q&A Session

08:00 – 08:20                                                HEART HEALTH #2                      INTRODUCTION TO EVIDENCE-                 INTRODUCTION TO PGME #2                 INTRODUCTION TO
                                                                                                  BASED MEDICINE & RESEARCH #2                                                      PROFESSIONALISM #2

                                                             Keeping Our Hearts Healthy           Practice Searching Online                 Preparing a residency application       Interprofessional Teamwork
                                                             Benefits of cardiovascular fitness    Practicing PubMED Searches              How to prepare a successful residency   Working in interprofessional teams
                                                                                                   Practicing Google Searches              application
                                                                                                   Identifying predatory journals

08:20 – 08:30                                                Q&A Session                          Q&A Session                               Q&A Session                             Q&A Session

08:30 – 09:00                                                Break                                Break                                     Break                                   Break

09:00 – 10:00   PROGRAM ORIENTATION                          HEART HEALTH WORKSHOP                RESEARCH WORKSHOP                         POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL                    PROFESSIONALISM WORKSHOP
                 Introduction to Montreal, McGill                                                                                          EDUCATION (PGME) SESSION
                  University, and the Faculty of
                  Medicine and Health Sciences               How do Doctors encourage             How do you identify misinformation?       Q&A with PGME: Our advisors answer      What does professionalism mean to
                 Overview of the summer program             behaviour change?                    What is easy and what is hard about       your questions                          me?
                                                             What challenges do doctors face      finding good information online?                                                   What is easy and what is hard about
10:00 – 11:00   OVERVIEW OF MEDICAL                          with improving people’s heart                                                  Career Panel                              being a professional?
                TRAINING IN CANADA                           health?                                                                                                                 How does the concept of leadership
                 Canadian Healthcare system                                                                                                                                          fit with the concept of working in
                 Clinical practice, research, leadership,                                                                                                                            interprofessional teams?
                  public health
                 Inter-professional practice
                 Patient-centred healthcare

                                                                                  Group meetings with breakout sessions                                                             Group meetings with breakout sessions
Session note    Introduction to Tomorrow’s Topics                                  Introduction to Tomorrow’s Topics                        Introduction to Tomorrow’s Topics

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WEEK 2: ONLINE PROGRAM
                                                           All program activities are live interactive sessions on a state-of-the-art virtual platform
 Montreal                        Sunday                                    Monday                                         Tuesday                                      Wednesday              Thursday
  Time
07:30 – 07:50   VIDEO PRESENTATIONS                        BRAIN HEALTH #1                              INTRODUCTION TO PRIMARY CARE &
                                                                                                        POPULATION HEALTH #1

                 Virtual Tour of Montreal                 Memory and Learning                          Family Medicine and Primary Care: The
                                                            How people learn new concepts,             Foundation of a Sustainable Healthcare
                 Virtual tour of McGill University, its     mastering new skills, and developing       System
                  network of teaching hospitals and          new behaviours.
                  Family Medicine centres                   Memory loss and dementia

07:50 – 08:00                                              Q&A Session                                  Q&A Session

08:00 – 08:20                                              BRAIN HEALTH #2                              PRIMARY CARE & POPULATION
                                                                                                        HEALTH #2

                                                           Challenging our minds                        The Challenge of dealing with COVID-19
                                                           Online Puzzles and Games                     COVID-19 from a local and global perspective

08:20 – 08:30                                              Q&A Session                                  Q&A Session

08:30 – 09:00   Break                                      Break                                        Break

09:00 – 10:00   NETWORKING                                 BRAIN HEALTH WORKSHOP                        PRIMARY CARE & POP HEALTH                         WRAP UP – KEY LESSONS
                                                                                                        WORKSHOP

                Informal Sessions with McGill medical      Trauma and the Brain                         Lessons from COVID-19
                students, residents, and fellows and        Linking images of Traumatic Brain Injury    What have we learned from the current
                special guests                               (TBI) to changes in behaviour                Pandemic?
                                                            Linking psychological trauma to             Are we better prepared for future pandemics?
                                                             changes in behaviour                        What are the challenges when balancing the
10:00 – 11:00                                                                                                                                             GRADUATION CEREMONY
                                                                                                          common good (public health) with individual      Keynote speaker on the topic of
                                                                                                          goals (individual health, rights and values)?     leadership
                                                                                                                                                           Talks from Special Guests

                                                                                      Group meetings with breakout sessions
Session note    Introduction to Tomorrow’s Topics                                      Introduction to Tomorrow’s Topics

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