Non-Ministry Funded Positions

The Faculty and the Collège des médecins du Québec define a Fellow as a medical doctor enrolled in a residency program, but paid by sources other than the Régie de l'assurance-maladie du Québec (Medicare). Acceptable scholarships can be granted by a government, a scientific or international organization, a university or faculty of medicine. All other scholarships (for example, self-funding) will be refused. Unfunded training is not possible.

The minimum acceptable bursary is the equivalent of the R-1 salary (approx. $42,000 per year). Additionally, scholarships must cover the tuition and other student services fees.  Please consult the appropriate section on this:  Student Services and Fees.

Fellows are registered and must pay the full amount of tuition and student services fees. Only offers for fellowship positions emanating from the Postgrad Admissions office, Postgraduate Medical Education are considered valid and binding. 

Please note that in order for a physician to be able to be considered for a fellowship (post residency training) they must hold a specialty certificate from a Board or College (eg: in order to be able to apply for the Cognitive / Behavioral Neurology Fellowship applicants should be Neurology Specialist).

We are able to consider applicants as follows. Please consult each section for eligibility criteria and application process.

a) Graduates of Quebec medical schools. (Grads of QC Med Schools)

b) Canadian graduates of Canadian Medical schools other than the four Quebec Faculties (Grads of non-QC Canada)

c) Medical doctors who are graduates of Medical Schools listed in the FAIMER Directory (Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research: https://imed.faimer.org/ ), who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada (Other Graduates 1), for programs 3 years or less in length.

d) Medical doctors who are graduates of Medical Schools listed in the FAIMER Directory (Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research: https://imed.faimer.org/ ), who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada and who are covered under a approved Exchange Program with their home Government. (Other Graduates 2)

All applications for non-Ministry funded positions are channeled through the Postgrad Admissions office.  For assistance, please click on the HELP link at the top of this page. 

We are unable to consider incomplete files. Files of eligible applicants will be transmitted to the Program Director by the Postgrad Admissions office.  Eligible selected applicants will be invited for interviews.

We do not offer partial training and can only consider applications for a full training program, where eligibility criteria permit.  We will therefore not consider applications for 5 years or more programs, where the trainee's eligibility is limited to 3 years or less.

The roles of Fellows have been defined as follows:

(1) Clinical Fellows

A doctor enrolled in one year of training which will be 75% or more clinical. This year may count as one of the regular years of residency or as the optional year of clinical training required in the regulations of the Collège des médecins du Québec and the program. A Clinical Fellow is paid by sources other than Ministry of Health. He/she must be included in the pedagogical quota of residents allotted to a hospital and to the training program of the specialty concerned.

(2) Clinical & Research Fellow

A physician training in research who might have a varying degree of clinical contact (less than 25% of the time). This year may count as the optional year of a program in which the content is not specified and left to the program of the specialty concerned. He/she is paid by a fund other than Ministry of Health. He/she must obtain a training card from the Collège des médecins du Québec. A Clinical and Research Fellow is not included in the pedagogical quota of residents allotted to a hospital and to the training program of the specialty concerned.

(3) Research Fellow

A physician having no patient contact whose full-time responsibilities are in research. He/she does not get a training card from the Collège des médecins. In order to obtain credit for certification purposes in a specialty, he/she should submit a request to the Credentials Committee of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and/or the Collège des médecins du Québec for study. This trainee is not included in the pedagogical quota.

(4) Super Fellow

A physician who is recognized as a specialist in Canada or abroad who wishes to come to McGill to obtain an expertise in one of our programs and who holds a scholarship from his/her home government, university or faculty of medicine may obtain a training card from the Collège des médecins for one or two years for this purpose. Special arrangements may be made for funding between his/her home university and the McGill Specialty Department. This agreement is conditional upon the physician's commitment to return home upon completion of this training.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligibility for this type of training position is normally valid for one application year only. The training card may not be renewed for more than three years. Exceptions may be made for physicians accepted in an exchange program approved by the Collège des médecins du Québec and the Ministry of Health of Quebec. The Faculty will not accept such candidates for a period shorter than one year.
 
For information on electives: please visit our section on electives by out of Quebec trainees: http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/postgrad/residentinfo_electivesbyoutofquebec.htm

This page was last edited on 11 May, 2011