Student Interest Groups 2011-2012
| Group Name | Group Description |
| Brown Bag Lunch | The purpose of the Brown Bag Lunch series is to bring in a different specialist every week to discuss their area of medicine. They’ll talk about a career in that specialty, how they got there, what influenced their decision, their life outside of work and answer your questions! |
| CMDS (Christian Medical and Dental Society) | CMDS is a Christian fellowship that meets weekly to discuss faith-related topics, study the Bible, or have other events. It's purpose is to provide a forum for medical, dental, and allied health students, trainees, and professionals to share inspiration and faith. It also serves as a network to connect with health professionals across Canada and the world. |
| CognitivAction | CognitivAction is the Queen's University chapter of Books with Wings, a non-profit organization that collects university text books and ships them to universities in Afghanistan. CognitivAction works throughout the year to collect relevant textbooks, sort them, and then ship them to where they are most needed. Our goal is to promote international learning, and create a sense of social responsibilty to help students around the world. |
| Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG) | The group is for students interested in Emergency Medicine as a specialty. We have lunchtime lectures featuring doctors and residents speaking about their areas of interest or presenting interesting cases, as well as technical skill events such as casting, c-spine precautions and injections. |
| Family Medicine Interest Group | The Queen’s FMIG promotes family medicine as a top career choice. We do this by: a) Exploring what it means to be a family doctor. b) Examining the value of primary care. c) Showcasing the scope and diversity of practice in family medicine. d) Providing opportunities for community building. e) Fostering an appreciation for the work of family physicians in future medical and surgical specialists. |
| Global Health Lecture Series | We held weekly lunchtime seminars for a total of 10 weeks during the fall semester. For each seminar, we invited an expert in any area within global health to speak to the students about their experiences/initiatives under the global health umbrella. |
| Journal Club | The Journal Club meets bi-weekly to discuss and analyze scientific papers (either laboratory science papers or epidemiological papers). We also did a career exploration seminar combining research or teaching and medicine. |
| Mental Health Awareness Week | The annual Mental Health Awareness Week event, which has been a great success in the past and has developed a strong amount of student interest, is an event that aims to expose medical students to various important aspects of Psychiatry, most of which are not included in our medical curriculum. Unlike standard interest group elective series, it only occurs over one week and involves four sessions (interactive lectures and panel discussions) dealing with a specific theme. |
| Pediatric Elective Lecture Series | The Pediatric Elective Lecture Series is a lecture series promoting a variety of topics within: paediatric resident’s experiences, general community paediatrics, and pediatric subspecialties. It is a forum to promote the field of paediatrics, expose students to interesting paediatrics topics and meet the paediatrics faculty at Queen’s. |
| Queen's Dragons | To promote the sport of dragonboat within the school of medicine and to train and field a boat to represent our school in community/university-wide regattas. |
| Queen's Geriatrics Interest Group (QGIG) | QGIG is a student-led group that seeks to fulfill a need for greater student awareness and engagement in issues relating to the health and wellness of older adults in the community, through mentorship, knowledge sharing, and education that complements the established curriculum. QGIG is the Queen's University branch of the wider National Geriatrics Interest Group (NGIG). |
| Queen's Global Health | Our goal is to further global health education and promote student involvement in global health causes both at Queen's and beyond. We work along with faculty to offer learning opportunities both within and outside the formal curriculum, and to encourage students to become engaged in global health advocacy campaigns. We also help facilitate opportunities for students to explore healthcare delivery in low-resource settings, and try to help provide them with the tools to take away valuable lessons from these experiences. |
| Queen's Medical Review | The QMR is the medical student-run Queen’s University journal. We publish news from within the School of Medicine as well as the Aesculapian Society, research projects, medical electives, debates on relevant healthcare issues, discussions on medicine and culture, and art submissions. |
| Queen's Student Interest Group in Neurology | Introduction QSIGN is the Queen’s University chapter of the SIGN program. The group consists of both clerkship and pre-clerkship students from Queen’s University, and is sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). The program was developed in order to foster the interest of medical students in neurology. There are over 150 chapters at various medical schools across the United States and Canada. Objectives: • Socialize with students, residents, and faculty who share an interest in neurology • Observe neurologists in clinic and on rounds • Attend patient presentations and seminars • Develop experience, leadership, and valuable contacts • Attend research presentations by fellow students • Join the nation-wide SIGN network • Meet other SIGN members at the annual meeting • Apply for science and research scholarships |
| Queen's Surgery Interest Group | The objective of the Queen’s Surgery Interest Group is to expose undergraduate MD students to current surgical practice and new developments in the field, and to facilitate contact with practicing surgeons in the Kingston area. The Group’s core activities focus on critical journal analysis and presentation, which are important skills for the practicing surgeon in both academic and community settings. In addition to the presentations, other sessions are comprised of technical skills exposure/training or panel discussions with surgeons. |
| Student Interest Group for Anesthesia (SIGA) | The Student Interest Group for Anesthesia (SIGA) aims to explore and promote the field of anesthesia to medical students. |
