Community Medicine Residency Program

Academic Activities

Academic activities in the community medicine program exist in parallel to clinical rotations. A Community Medicine resident office and library are located in the offices of the Medical Officer of Health. Medical library resources including PDA documents are maintained in the University of Alberta library. An academic half day is organized throughout the year. These sessions include electronic based learning sessions, didactic lectures, teleconferences, and field trips. Topics, reference materials, and schedule are maintained on the limited access University of Alberta Web server. The Community Medicine program at the University of Alberta participates in seminars with the University of Calgary Community Medicine program. A monthly journal club, journal club articles, and critical appraisals of past journal club articles are maintained on the limited access University of Alberta Web server.

Other related academic activities available through the Faculty of Medicine include:

Infectious diseases case presentation (1100 to 1200 hrs every Thursday)

Public work series of continuing medical education for provincial medical officers of health (monthly from Sept to June)

Public Health Sciences Department Grand Rounds (every Wednesday from Sept to June)

Clinical Epidemiology rounds in the department of Public Health Sciences (monthly from Sept to June)

Statistical Seminars in the department of Public Health Sciences (monthly from Sept to June)

Seminars in ethics and Law (bimonthly from Sept to June)

Academic half day in Occupational Medicine (weekly Friday mornings)