OTTAWA, ONTARIO – December 17, 2018– Today, the Association of Faculties of Medicine released a report, Transition to Residency: A Call to Action to address major challenges in the Canadian medical education system. The recommendations in the report will improve the ability for medical students to train as residents in specialties that meet the needs of Canadians.
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OTTAWA, ONTARIO – October 22, 2018 – Today, the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada celebrated its 75th anniversary by holding a symposium on the future of health care, health research and medical education. The symposium brought together thought leaders in academic medicine from across Canada and the United States to consider the strategic directions in shaping this future.
OTTAWA, May 18, 2018- The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) and The Arnold P. Gold Foundation for Humanistic Healthcare Canada (APGFC) are pleased to announce the establishment of the AFMC - Gold Humanism Award and Lecture. The goal of the award is to emphasize, reinforce and enhance the importance of humanistic qualities among medical school students and faculty.
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, April 28, 2018 - The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) and the Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine have an enduring commitment to social accountability. The AFMC dedicated a Board meeting today to hear from leaders and learners about physician burnout with a particular focus on the strategies to build resiliency among medical students, residents and faculty in medical schools.
OTTAWA, April 17, 2018 - An alarmingly increasing number of Canadian medical school graduates will not enter residency and complete their training to provide the care Canadians need. One hundred fifteen (115) current year medical graduates are unmatched. This includes 46 students who withdrew after being unmatched after the first round and 69 who were unmatched after the second round. The number of prior year unmatched has also increased from 46 to 54.
OTTAWA, March 1, 2018 – The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) is pleased with the federal government’s major commitment to health research in Budget 2018, which provides a new investment of $1.22 billion over five years to the Tri-Council, including $354.7 million for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the new funds of $275 million over five years for interdisciplinary and international research, and of $21 million to increase diversity in science.
