Faculty Resources

Year 1 student spends time (32 hours total between October-May) in your practice learning about Family Medicine as an observer. Student and faculty member arrange mutually convenient times for clinic visits.

If you are contacted directly by a student requesting to complete an elective/observership with you, please contact the Program Coordinator for approval.

The faculty member will meet regularly with an individual student to review their academic progress and discuss strategies for success. Time-variable commitment depending on the relationship, with an expectation of four meetings per year. Can take place virtually or in-person.

One or two evenings per year, faculty assess student performance on their clerkship OSCE in a simulated patient encounter. Information is shared with examiners in advance and additional training is provided at the event (typically 5-10p.m.). Need to be in commutable distance to London.

To complement the in-class lecture, there is a small group series that meets weekly. For 2 hours per week, for 14-18 weeks in the Fall and/or Spring, you can facilitate and contribute to the small group discussion of 7-8 medical students. There is not an expectation to be an expert on the material, just to be an expert in your experience as a family physician.This is often the first experience students have with a REAL DOCTOR, so they really enjoy your support.  This can take place in person or virtually and there is some flexibility in scheduling.

There is also a new week in the curriculum called Key Topics in Family Medicine that is run entirely by family physicians and provides the student with the family medicine perspective on some very common symptom based complaints. This week is highly rated by the students. On campus, length of time varied. Sample topics covered by faculty in past – Community Health, OB Care in Family Medicine, Approach to Perinatal Loss, Gender and Health, Urinary Tract Infections, Management of Hypertension, Fever, Forensic Medicine.

In the preclinical years, every systems-based block has started to incorporate the family physician perspective. As such, there are numerous opportunities to provide lecture based teaching from your perspective.

Each February, the FMIG organizes a Clinical Skills Day for year 1&2 students, with faculty participating in workshops, lectures, small group teaching. Topics include: childbirth, suturing, mental health, fractures, intubation. One weekend half day.