Supporting Medical Students, Residents and IMGs

Medical students and residents are future locums and permanent physicians.  Therefore communities involved in teaching, supervising, and mentoring medical students and/or  residents can benefit by engaging them in the division and the community early in their training and supporting them to begin their practice.

These tools and tips can help to support medical students and residents with their transition and integration:

New in Practice 2017

This comprehensive online guide, for Canadian Medical Association members, provides medical residents with helpful information before entering practice. Refer to the relevant sections about the business side of medicine, financial planning and insurance, medical law, and finishing residency.

• Transition to Practice Program
  • Another valuable resource to prepare medical residents to transition be being independent clinics is UBC’s Postgraduate Medicine Education Transition to Practice Program.
• Transition to Practice Tips
• This step by step resource, created by UBC's Family Medicine class of 2018, includes a wealth of necassary tips to guide residents from residency through to practice.