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About the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
The Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry (Schulich Medicine/the School) provides outstanding education within a research-intensive, distributed learning environment where tomorrow’s physicians, dentists, health researchers and other scholars learn to be socially responsible leaders in the advancement of human health locally, regionally and globally.
The Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program functions as 1 program at 2 campuses.
Year 1 and 2 class curriculum and simulation learning is delivered primarily at Western University (Western/the University) for the London Campus and at the University of Windsor for the Windsor Campus.
Clinical learning across years 1, 2, 3 and 4 is delivered in London and Windsor academic hospitals and in community hospitals, offices and clinics that are affiliated learning sites. These are located on the London and Windsor Campuses and in over 60 communities throughout Southwestern Ontario.
Students’ clinical learning is focused in, but not restricted to, their home campus. This includes mandatory clinical experiences in teaching centres affiliated with the School, with early exposure in Family Medicine (Year 1), and core Clerkship rotations (Year 3) and Clinical Electives (Year 4) in home campuses and Distributed Education.
Each student in the MD Program, regardless of home campus, is registered as a student of, and prospective graduate from, Western University. Students at the Windsor Campus are jointly registered to allow access to facilities at the University of Windsor.
The London Campus has been the traditional home to the MD Program. Governance of the Windsor Campus is a joint affiliation between Western and the University of Windsor, and is in its second decade of success. The curricular model delivers equivalent MD Program learning with identical graduation competencies, curriculum structures, assessments and graduation outcomes for each campus.
Program Information
The Schulich Medicine MD Program is a 4-year competency-based curriculum wherein medical students will achieve the required graduating competencies to enter any Canadian or international residency program.
The Schulich Medicine & Dentistry Strategic Plan 2021-2026 guides our MD Program to “Lead in health with our region for the world” through values of:
- Belonging
- Excellence
- Accountability
The MD program is also committed to delivering medical education in a model and environment that embraces and advances equity, diversity and inclusion.
Broad goals of the curriculum include:
- Improving culturally competent patient care using an outcomes-based approach.
- Aligning with Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) in Canada at the postgraduate level.
- Ensuring students demonstrate the knowledge, skills and attitudes to meet the needs of Canadian patients and communities locally, regionally and nationally.
- Preparing students for life-long learning in an equitable, diverse and inclusive world.
Curriculum Overview
The MD Curriculum is designed to develop adaptive learners who will be well prepared to meet the challenges of health care delivery for tomorrow. They will be leaders who seamlessly integrate into teams of other health care professionals to provide patient-centred care that is grounded in evidence, shaped by the local needs of the populations they serve, and accountable to quality outcomes.
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
Admission to the MD Program is highly competitive. Meeting the minimum requirements does not ensure an interview or acceptance.
You are eligible to apply for admission to the first year of the program if you satisfy the following requirements:
Non-academic Requirements
Admission Categories
Application Pathways
- Access Pathway
- Indigenous Pathway
- Military Medical Training Program (MMTP) Pathway
- Southwestern Ontario Pathway
- Black Applicant Pathway (BAP)
Admission Policies and Procedures
Information for Successful Applicants
Contact Information
Schulich Medicine Admissions Office
Email: admissions.medicine@schulich.uwo.ca