AFMC believes the planet’s health is a Code Red emergency and supports academic health institutions to act toward planetary health education and research, and the transition to climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems.
Current Activities:
Declaration on Planetary Health
The Academic Health Institutions’ Declaration on Planetary Health calls on all academic health institutions throughout the world to take immediate action to halt both the negative impact of their activities on the planet’s natural systems, and to institute adaptive and regenerative measures, including through advocacy.
AFMC Committee on Planetary Health
This Committee seeks out opportunities and solutions for enhancing education of Canadian medical learners (undergraduate, postgraduate and post certification) on planetary health. The Committee’s priority topics include principles, access, resources, best practices, tools, faculty development, collaborations, advocacy, and scholarship.
Network on Global Health
The AFMC Network on Global Health facilitates national collaboration among Canadian medical schools and provides support and advice to the AFMC Board through the AFMC Standing Committee on Social Accountability on strategic and operational matters related to academic medicine and specifically global health.
AFMC Fee Assistance Programs
AFMC offers two fee assistance programs to help students in financial need.
Future MD Canada
The Future MD Canada web tool is a comprehensive tool that features a Q&A, glossary, and references to provide factual responses to all of your questions related to admissions, costs and funding, earnings, residency and practice.
Admission Requirements
Every year the AFMC gathers information on Admission Requirements directly from the 17 Faculties of Medicine in Canada and publishes a free guide to help students navigate the application process.
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