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Year 1 Option
Two-week elective credit (horizontal elective) -
Year 2 Option
Six-week elective credit (horizontal elective, plus dedicated elective time) -
Total eight weeks of elective time (392 hours) over two years
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Research project-focused
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Supervised by a full-time Department of Family Medicine academic faculty member
Family Medicine Research Elective 1 (Year 1)
Two-week horizontal elective in Year 1 during Family Medicine block time
(16 days x 7 hrs/day=112 hours)
- Objectives
- Define research question
- Conduct literature review
- Develop research design and methodology
- Write research proposal
Family Medicine Research Elective 2 (Year 2)
Eight-week elective in Year 2 (i.e. combination of two weeks horizontal elective during Family Medicine block time, plus 4-6 weeks of dedicated elective time. Minimum total of 280 hours, i.e. 20 days during Family Medicine block time x 7 hrs/day=140 hours, plus 20 days dedicated elective time x 7 hrs/day=140 hours)
Prerequisite FMR Elective 1 (unless a research protocol is already developed)
- Objectives:
- Apply for funding (if applicable)
- Write ethics application
- Collect research data
- Compile and analyze research data
- Write research manuscript or present research findings at an appropriate forum
