uOttawa Meds Survival Guides.

First Year Survival Guide

Below are documents compiled by ASoc to help your transition into medical school. Contained within the document are tips for getting through your first year of medical school, answers to common questions and information about living in Ottawa. 

Note: The password can be obtained by e-mailing us with your uOttawa e-mail via our contact page or by speaking to any council member in person.

Clerkship Survival Guide

Below are documents compiled by upper year students to help your transition to clerkship for both the French and English streams. 

Important Links.

Student Affairs Office

First line support for financial and professional support within the Faculty of Medicine

CMA

Canadian Medical Association. Our national association of doctors in Canada. 

OMA

Ontario Medical Association

Faculty of Medicine, uOttawa

The official site of UOttawa's Faculty of Medicine.

CFMS

The Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS) is the representative voice of Canadian medical students to the federal government, to the public, and to the national medical organizations.

OMSA

Ontario Medical  Students Association is the dedicated student voice of the Ontario Medical Association (OMA).

Global Health

The Global Health committee encompasses local and national representatives from the Aesculapian Society, the Canadian Federation of Medical Students as well as the Action Global Health Network. 

UOJM

University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine

H.E.A.L. Blog

Founded in 2014 by a medical student at the University of Ottawa, Humanities Education, Artistic Living (H.E.A.L) is a student-driven initiative, creating space in medical education for reflection, dialogue, and self-care via the expressive arts and health humanities.