Electives

Electives Introduction

There is 1 block of elective in first year, and 2 blocks in second year. One or two of the second-year blocks can be taken as a "selective” rotation in either ICU or CCU/Cardiology.
Electives can be a mix of clinical experiences that vary in duration over the 4 week rotation.

Elective blocks enable you to address individual learning needs. To be program-approved electives must:

• have educational value for you, the Resident
• be based on defined learning objectives identified by the Resident in their elective application
• be supervised by a physician
• be full time i.e. 4 days a week (plus half day academics and half day continuity home clinic on Thursdays) when in Calgary and 5 days a week when greater than 300 km away from Calgary.
• be approved by your Division Director a minimum of 4 weeks prior to the start date of the elective (for outside U of C elective experiences).  Where an application is received within this time, a field note may be generated by the Division Director around professionalism.

Electives can:

• be chosen freely by the Resident where the Resident is not on a remediation or probation plan
• be made up from any combination of clinical experiences between a single half day and 20 days on the same clinical experience
• be organised as a ‘Research Elective” with the approval of the Research Director  and Division Director or include research days but these count towards the 50% rule.

Attendance requirement is 50% over a 4 week period (as per attendance and absence policy) excluding academics and continuity home clinics.

Elective Assessment is required. 

In situations when the Resident is present for at least 2 of the 4 weeks in the same clinical experience (excluding mandatory educational events and call-back), an “Elective ITER” must be completed at the end of the rotation. In situations when the Resident is present for less than 2 weeks, one field note per half day clinic is required.