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Undergraduate Medical Education (MD Program) and Doctorate in Philosophy Biochemistry at University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa, Canada

Programme overview

Combined programme joining the University of Ottawa MD (Doctor of Medicine) with a PhD in Biochemistry. The MD component covers 147 weeks of instruction over four calendar years, 72 of them clinical, in preclerkship and clerkship. PhD students are actively involved in laboratory research, coursework and research seminars, building autonomy in conducting research and preparing publications.

Faculty: Faculty of Medicine  |  Department: Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology  |  Duration: MD component: four calendar years (147 weeks of instruction)  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

What you will study

MD courses run from Community Week, Foundations and Units I to IV in preclerkship through clerkship rotations (Surgery, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Family Medicine, Acute Care Medicine), Transition to Residency and an e-portfolio on core competencies, alongside the PhD research component in Biochemistry.

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Application information

Entry requirements

MD component (Undergraduate Medical Education): applicants must complete at least three years of full-time study (five courses per term) in any programme leading to a university bachelor's degree before June of the admission year, including prerequisites of 6 units humanities/social sciences, 6 units biology, anatomy or physiology, and 3 units organic chemistry. The MCAT is not required.

Requirements published at program group level.

Graduate studies application fee is $125.00, paid on the OUAC website. PhD applicants need a master's degree or equivalent with an average of 75% (B+) over the last 10 courses.

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