The

University of Calgary The University of Calgary (U of C or UCalgary) is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The University of Calgary started in 1944 as the Calgary branch of the University of Alberta, founded in 1908, prior to being ins ...

Faculty of Medicine was established in 1967 and renamed the Cumming School of Medicine in 2014. It is one of two medical schools in

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and one of 17 in Canada. The Faculty and medical school is linked to the hospitals in

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such as

Foothills Medical Centre Foothills Medical Centre (FMC) is the largest hospital in the province of Alberta and is located in the city of Calgary. It is one of Canada's most recognized medical facilities and one of the leading research and teaching hospitals. Foothills M ...

, Alberta Children's Hospital, Rockyview General Hospital and Chinook Regional Hospital. Trainees in faculty of medicine include 486 medical students (UME), 767 residents (PGME), 190 post doctoral fellows (PDF) and 491 graduate students. It is one of two 3 year medical schools, along with

McMaster University Medical School The Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, known as the McMaster University School of Medicine prior to 2004, is the medical school of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is operated by the McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences. ...

, in Canada. In addition, the

Cumming School of Medicine offers an undergraduate Bachelor of Health Sciences degree and a Bachelor of Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies degree.

Program offerings

*Doctor of Medicine (MD) *Leaders in Medicine (Joint MD/Graduate Degree Program) *Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHSc) *Bachelor of Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies (BCR) *Neurological Sciences and Mental Health *Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences *Pathology *Immunology *Community Health Sciences *Gastrointestinal Sciences *Medical Sciences Graduate Division of Education *Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Doctor of Medicine program

The Doctor of Medicine program was founded in 1970. It is one of two fully accredited medical schools in Canada that offers a three-year Doctor of Medicine program. The program is structured so that the pre-clerkship curriculum is taught year-round, without an extended summer break (as is common in 4-year MD programs). This structure allows the pre-clerkship portion of undergraduate medical education to be shortened in length, without limiting the breadth of medical knowledge required for students to be competent before entering the clerkship phase of the curriculum.

Menagerie

The medical school has a history of having the second-year medical students give an animal name to the first-year students, effectively welcoming them into the UofC Menagerie. An incomplete list of classes includes: *1973: Guinea Pigs *1975: Turkeys *1976: Beavers *1977: Toads *1978: Minks *1981: Lampreys *1984: Emus *1985: Wombats *1987: Slugs *1988: Poodles *1989: Flamingos *1990: Pandas *1992: Dikdiks *1996: Sifakas *2000:

Dugongs The dugong (; ''Dugong dugon'') is a marine mammal. It is one of four living species of the order Sirenia, which also includes three species of manatees. It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest m ...

*2001:

Bonobos The bonobo (; ''Pan paniscus''), also historically called the pygmy chimpanzee and less often the dwarf chimpanzee or gracile chimpanzee, is an endangered great ape and one of the two species making up the genus '' Pan,'' the other being the com ...

*2003:

Geoducks The Pacific geoduck ("gooey-duck"; ; ''Panopea generosa'') is a species of very large saltwater clam in the family Hiatellidae. The common name is derived from the Lushootseed ( Nisqually) word . The geoduck is native to the coastal waters of t ...

*2004:

Taphozous ''Taphozous'' is a genus of the family Emballonuridae. The wide distribution of the genus includes several regions of Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Africa. ''Taphozous'' comes from the Greek τάφος, meaning "a tomb". The common n ...

*2005: Candirus *2009:

Macaques The macaques () constitute a genus (''Macaca'') of gregarious Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. The 23 species of macaques inhabit ranges throughout Asia, North Africa, and (in one instance) Gibraltar. Macaques are principal ...

*2010: Glabers *2011: Kākāpōs *2012: Blobfish *2013: Aye-ayes *2014: Hellbenders *2015: Cows *2016:

Narwhals The narwhal, also known as a narwhale (''Monodon monoceros''), is a medium-sized toothed whale that possesses a large "tusk" from a protruding canine tooth. It lives year-round in the Arctic waters around Greenland, Canada and Russia. It is o ...

*2017: Humuhumunukunukuapua'a (briefly Roosters) *2018: Goats *2019:

Dholes The dhole (''Cuon alpinus''; ) is a canid native to Central, South, East and Southeast Asia. Other English names for the species include Asian wild dog, Asiatic wild dog, Indian wild dog, whistling dog, red dog, red wolf, and mountain wolf. ...

*2020: ''

Boops boops ''Boops boops'' (; from Ancient Greek , literally 'cow-eye'), commonly called the bogue, is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic. Its common name in most languages refers to its large ("bug") eyes. Distribution and habitat The sp ...

'' *2021: Limpkins *2022: Tanukis *2023:

Echidnas Echidnas (), sometimes known as spiny anteaters, are quill-covered monotremes (egg-laying mammals) belonging to the family Tachyglossidae . The four extant species of echidnas and the platypus are the only living mammals that lay eggs and the ...

*2024: Bilbies *2025: Spiny Lumpsuckers

Institutes

Thematic institutes were formed between Faculty of Medicine and the

Calgary Health Region Calgary Health Region was formerly the governing body for healthcare regulation in an area of the Canadian province of Alberta. It was amalgamated with other regional health authorities in 2008 to become part of Alberta Health Services. The region a ...

that support and fulfill the vision and mission of these two entities. Philosophically, institutes encompass activities in all three areas of education, research and care delivery. Currently there are seven Institutes identified as follows: *McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health *Hotchkiss Brain Institute *Calvin, Phoebe and Joan Snyder Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation *Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute for Child and Maternal Health (ACHRI) *

Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta The 'Libin Cardiovascular Institute'' is an entity of Alberta Health Services and the University of Calgary. It connects all cardiovascular research, education and clinical care in Southern Alberta. The Institute coordinates the activities of o ...

Arnie Charbonneau Cancer InstituteO'Brien Institute for Public Health

Faculty of Medicine departments

*Anaesthesia *Biochemistry and Molecular Biology *Cardiac Sciences *Cell Biology and Anatomy *Clinical Neurosciences *Community Health Sciences *Critical Care Medicine *Family Medicine *Medicine *Medical Genetics *Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases *Obstetrics and Gynaecology *Oncology *Paediatrics *Pathology and Laboratory Medicine *Physiology and Pharmacology *Psychiatry *Radiology *Surgery

Location

The faculty is located on the Foothills Campus of the University of Calgary in the Health Sciences Centre. This facility is annexed to

References

Graduate StudiesFaculty of MedicineLibin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta

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