Visiting Student Electives
Your chance to study medicine in Maritime Canada
Dalhousie Medical School offers the most up-to-date curriculum in Canada, and attracts some of the country's best students, physicians and researchers.
If you're looking to experience Dalhousie's hands-on MD program, apply for a clinical elective. We welcome a number of visiting medical students each year from both Canadian and non-Canadian schools.
Application Process
For more information on applying for Dalhousie Undergraduate visiting electives, please visit https://afmcstudentportal.ca/dalhousie-university.
Contact Information
Please contact CdnElectives@dal.ca, with inquiries, if you are a student studying at a Canadian medical school.
Please contact intl.electives@dal.ca, with inquiries, if you are a student studying at an international medical school.
UGME Policies, Guidelines, Protocols and Schedules can be found here.
Quick links:
General
- Faculty of Medicine Anti-Oppression Policy
- Faculty of Medicine Social Accountability Statement
- Regulations for Immunizations - Updated Jun 2024
- Medical Learner Mistreatment Policy - Updated Nov 2023
- Freedom of Information & Protection of Privacy (FOIPOP)
- Student Standards of Dress for the Clinical Learning Environment Guideline - Updated Jun 2024
- Domestic Visiting Elective Required Documents
Professionalism and harassment
- University Code of Student Conduct - Updated May 2024
- Professionalism policy
- Faculty of Medicine harassment policy
- Dalhousie Sexualized Violence Policy
- Protecting Learner Confidentiality when reporting Mistreatment
Heath and safety
- Policy for undergraduate students on communicable infection - Updated Jun 2024
- UGME Policy on Exposure to Infectious Disease and Environmental Hazards - Updated Dec 2023
- First aid for workplace exposure - Updated Aug 2024
- Exposure to Blood & Body Fluids
- Dalhousie environmental health and safety policy
- Guideline for HIV and Related Illness Prevention (including for International Electives) - Updated Aug 2023