For Med 1 to 4 students - plans for the week of Sept. 29

September 26, 2025

Contingency plan for the week of September 29

Dear students,

As you may have heard, earlier this week the FMOQ held a vote, with 91% of voters in favour of joining the FMSQ’s work actions, as of October 1. We hope to have more details on September 30 and will communicate the plan for the rest of next week (October 1 and on) with you at that time.

We are also aware that there have been rumours in the media about medical schools shutting down. Our priority remains to our students, and to our patients, and we are committed to continue to do all we can to deliver the curriculum within the constraints we have.

Here is some information we would like you to know for the start of the week of September 29.

This week, we have:

communicated with students via email and participated in a town hall with Med-3 and Med-4
reviewed the course elements data for period 3 and the period 4 clerkship form data
planned contingency measures for week 3 of the FMSQ pressure tactics and possible FMOQ pressure tactics
continued advocating for visiting electives and considerations for CaRMS

Next week, we will be:

completing the review of period 3 data (logs, EPAs, clerkship form data)
planning contingency measures in the case of a fourth week of pressure tactics
communicating with students either via email or town hall meetings
participating in advocacy meetings

Update on AFMC advocacy

As a result of advocacy efforts from the four Quebec medical schools in meetings with the AFMC, the AFMC Board of Directors voted today to temporarily suspend two rules regarding electives in an effort to mitigate disruptions to the CaRMS match for students affected by the FMSQ pressure tactics:

Motion 1: That the AFMC suspend the Electives Diversification policy (on an exceptional basis) for Québec students affected by the FMSQ strike and allow students to complete Family Medicine electives over and above the 8 week cap. And furthermore, that UGME offices be able to assess electives for students from the rest of Canada who are affected by the strike and decide on whether the policy needs to be suspended on a case by case basis.
Motion 2: That the AFMC suspend the Visiting Electives Cap of 12 weeks on an exceptional basis for students affected by the FMSQ strike in order to increase the allowed number of electives in any discipline, including Family Medicine. This will allow students to continue their education accessing any available electives.

Please scroll below to review the info specific to your cohort:

Med-1 Class of 2029

We have updated your one45 schedule for the week of Sep. 29-Oct 3. Please make sure to review your one45 schedule, including in the morning before class to verify your room numbers.

Lectures
Any lectures given by family medicine physicians (at least until Tuesday inclusive), non-physicians and professors from non-clinical departments will continue as scheduled. Any lectures given by medical specialists will be cancelled and we will post last year’s recordings in their place.

Lab activities

Lab activities will continue as scheduled.

Small groups

Montreal Campus: For RF 1, quintile E4 have protected time in their schedule for their RF mentor meetings. If your group was planned to meet, please make sure to verify with your RF mentor that it is still happening.

LFME

For your LFME course, if you have an LFME session next week, please contact your LFME preceptor to verify if the session will take place or if it will be postponed.

Physicianship

For your Physicianship Apprenticeship course, if you have an Osler mentor meeting or clinical encounter scheduled next week, please contact your Osler mentor to verify if your meeting will take place or if it will be postponed.

Med-2 Class of 2028

We have updated your one45 schedule for the week of Sep. 29-Oct 3. Please make sure to review your one45 schedule, including in the morning before class to verify your room numbers.

Lectures
Any lectures given by family medicine physicians (at least until Tuesday Sept 30), non-physicians and professors from non-clinical departments will continue as scheduled. Any lectures given by medical specialists will be cancelled and we will post last year’s recordings in their place.

Lab activities

Campus Outaouais: Lab activities will continue as scheduled.

Small groups

Small groups will continue, but they may be condensed, and your room assignments may change. 

Physicianship

Simulation activity

Your simulation activity will run as scheduled. Please refer to your one45 schedule for your time slot assignment.

CHAP

Students should be completing their service-learning hours at their community organizations as planned.

Med-3 Class of 2027

As mentioned during the Town Hall yesterday, family medicine core rotations and electives will be continuing until Tuesday, September 30 inclusively. We will learn more about the FMOQ’s final decision on Tuesday and will update you accordingly. We will also communicate separately with students in family medicine rural rotations on Tuesday.

We ask that all students complete the , whether or not they are being supervised. This will help us ensure CAF delivery for students being supervised as well as in planning individualized contingency plans for those not supervised.

IMED 401

The Ultrasound SIM session on Friday, October 3 will run as scheduled for students in the Internal Medicine Rotation. Please make sure to review your one45 schedule for your time-slot assignment.

OBGY 401

The interactive teaching session at the SIM Centre scheduled for Tuesday, September 30 is currently under review. We will let you know as soon as possible if this session is able to run as planned.

SURG 402

The SIM Centre session scheduled for Wednesday, October 1 is currently under review. We will let you know as soon as possible if this session is able to run as planned.

Med-4 Class of 2026

As mentioned during the Town Hall yesterday, family medicine core rotations and electives will be continuing until Tuesday, September 30, inclusive. We will learn more about the FMOQ’s final decision on Tuesday and will update you accordingly.

We are working with the other Canadian medical schools for visiting electives offerings from Oct 13-24. This information was shared earlier today.

The OMLA team will be offering a virtual CaRMS Q&A session for Med 4 students from Montreal and Outaouais on September 29 at 9:00 am. This drop-in session will be held on and will be bilingual.

We will be cancelling the original Med 4 town hall booked for Tuesday, September 30 and plan for a later town hall next week if needed.

Please make sure to stay tuned for further communication on Tuesday, September 30.

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