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Vascular Surgery Clinical Electives

Overview

Medical students interested in vascular surgery as a potential career or seeking additional exposure are welcome to apply for a clinical elective.

  • Duration: Minimum of 2 weeks (shorter electives are not accepted)
  • Setting: Rotations available at 91˿Ƶ teaching hospitals
  • Role: Students function as junior residents — dividing their time across:
    • 🏥&Բ;Operating Room
    • 🩺&Բ;Outpatient Clinics
    • 🚑&Բ;Emergency Department
    • 🛏️&Բ;Ward Services
Application Information

For details on the elective application process for both 91˿Ƶ and visiting medical students, please consult the 91˿Ƶ Undergraduate Medical Electives website.

UGME Electives

Elective Sites
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Jewish General Hospital
Vascular Surgery

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  • Availability: 1 student per rotation
  • Experience:
    • Integral member of vascular surgery team
    • Exposure to clinics, ward, and OR
    • Close supervision by residents & staff surgeons

Important: Requests for electives <2 weeks are not considered

Program Coordinator: Pamela Phillips
Phone: (514) 340-8222, Local 24648
Fax: (514) 340-8649

Email: pphillips [at] surg.jgh.mcgill.ca (pphillips[at]surg[dot]jgh[dot]mcgill[dot]ca)

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Royal Victoria Hospital
Vascular Surgery

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  • Service: Vascular Surgery Division (serving both RVH & MGH)
  • Availability: Up to 2 students per rotation
  • Experience:
    • Participation in multidisciplinary vascular surgery service
    • Direct teaching from faculty during:
      • Ambulatory clinics
      • Weekly ward rounds
      • 91˿Ƶ Vascular Surgery Conference
      • Operating room cases
    • Comprehensive exposure to arterial, venous, and lymphatic diseases across the body (cerebrovascular, thoracic, abdominal, peripheral)
    • Opportunity to learn non-invasive and invasive assessment of vascular disease
    • Operative experience available (optional focus)Exposure to patients with common comorbidities (diabetes, cardiac, renal, pulmonary disease)
    • Optional participation in clinical research projects during elective period
    • Exposure to patients with common comorbidities (diabetes, cardiac, renal, pulmonary disease)
    • Optional participation in clinical research projects during elective period

Important: Requests for electives <2 weeks are not considered

Program Coordinator: Julia Boyko
Email: vascularresidency.med [at] mcgill.ca (vascularresidency[dot]med[at]mcgill[dot]ca)

Key Learning Objectives
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By the end of the elective, students will:

  • Function as junior residents within the vascular surgery team.
  • Gain skills in clinical assessment of vascular disease.
  • Observe and/or participate in operative cases.
  • Understand the perioperative management of complex vascular patients.
  • Participate in conferences and academic activities unique to 91˿Ƶ Vascular Surgery.