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MED8740 Advanced Practice Integration

The Advanced Practice Integration course* is composed of traditional and non-traditional Selectives (Progression to Postgraduate). Both options comprise 12 weeks of directed clinical learning and are intended to diversify the medical learning experience. This enables students to be assigned to a physician, physician group or discipline for experiences that focus on following patients as they interact with the health care system. 

For traditional Selectives students are required to complete

• four (4) consecutive weeks in a rural site in one of the core disciplines for the Rural Core Selective,
• two (2) 2 week selectives or one 4 week selective for the Surgery Selective and
• two (2) different 2 week Non-core Selectives.

A rural site is defined as having a population of less than 50,000 people and not within a one-hour commute of a population centre exceeding 100,000.  Please contact ugme.phase4@med.mun.ca if your chosen site does not comply with this definition.

The Surgery Selective may be completed in any subspecialty listed on the Surgery webpage.  To ensure diversity of your electives/selectives students must have at least 8 weeks of non-surgery selectives/electives in at least 2 different disciplines.

The Non-core Selectives are specialties that were not covered during the Core Experiences course and must be non-surgical. 

The assessment for traditional Selectives utilizes a summative In Training Assessment Report (ITAR) at the end of the rotation. 

For non-traditional Selectives, students complete the Progression to Postgraduate (P2P) selective. P2P is a generalist, community-based option consisting of mandatory clinical experiences set within a longitudinal, integrated rotation. This option enables students to be assigned to a physician, physician group or discipline and provides an enriched transition from clerkship to residency. Credit for the P2P course is equivalent to credit for completing all ˜traditional™ selectives.

The assessment for P2P consists of both a formative/mid-rotation and summative/end of rotation ITAR and also utilizes clinic cards and field notes.  

P2P is currently offered in the following sites:

• NL - Burin, Carbonear, Goose Bay, Clarenville, when available.
• NB - Fredericton, Waterville, Saint John, Moncton, when available.
• PEI - Summerside, when available.
• By design, other sites/options may be considered. 

For more information about this course contact ugme.phase4@med.mun.ca. 

*AR: attendance is required

  CH: 12