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The undergraduate program supports the discipline of family medicine in the curriculum of McGill’s MDCM Program. Thanks to our team’s resilience during these challenging times, UGME Family Medicine continues to make a difference to our students and faculty.

Over the past year, we welcomed new additions and celebrated new appointments: n Dr. Laurie Musgrave was appointed Undergraduate Program Director in the Department of Family Medicine. n Dr. Yvonne Quan was appointed Course Director of the Longitudinal Family Medicine Experience (LFME). n Dr. Despina Harbilas was appointed Assistant Course Director of the LFME. n Dr. Sarah McBoyle was appointed Assistant Course Director of Transition to Clinical Practice (TCP). n Alexandra Karabatsos joined Family Medicine as the Undergraduate Medical Education Program Manager. Other achievements included: n An updated curriculum for TCP was successfully implemented, ensuring that materials are aligned with the latest medical competencies and medical students are better prepared for their future careers as doctors. n Continuing to establish new University Family Medicine Groups (U-FMG) has had the impact of extending the range of sites available to our medical students, exposing them to different medical practices and settings. n Clerkship Course Director Dr. Katia Faustini successfully introduced the first Clerkship Orientation in August 2022.

LFME celebrates 10 years

The Longitudinal Family Medicine Experience (LFME), an innovative course which provides first-year medical students with early exposure to primary care, celebrated its 10-year anniversary in 2022-23. In August 2022, 185 students were welcomed to this milestone year with gifts of departmental tote bags at their orientation, during which LFME Course Director, Dr. Yvonne Quan, presented an overview.

On May 18, 2023, a very special thank-you event was hosted at Gibbys, Old Montreal’s renowned seafood and steak restaurant. Fifty preceptors were honoured by then VP-Dean David Eidelman and Dr. Marion Dove for their outstanding work guiding medical students on their first journey into the complex and stimulating world of clinical medicine. Here’s to another great 10 years!