Table 1

Organisation and resident participation for GHAs offered at Canadian FM programmes

Family medicine residency programmesResidentsGHAs offered?*% participation in GHAs†Formal coordination by a global health officeDomestic rotations‡International rotationsLongitudinal GH training§
Memorial University of Newfoundland76✓26–50✓✓✓
University of Saskatchewan90✓76–100✓✓✓✓✓✓
Northern Ontario School of Medicine92✓76–100✓✓
University of Manitoba120✓51–75Unknown¶✓Unknown¶
Dalhousie University130✓1–25✓✓✓
University of Ottawa140✓26–50✓✓✓
Queen’s University150✓76–100✓✓✓✓✓
Western University152✓Unknown¶✓✓✓
University of Calgary165✓76–100✓
University of Alberta169✓76–100✓✓✓
McMaster University198✓1–25✓✓✓
McGill University200✓1–25✓✓✓
Université de Sherbrooke220✓1–25✓✓✓✓
Université Laval230✓1–25✓✓✓
Université de Montréal322✓1–25
University of British Columbia396✓26–50✓✓✓
University of Toronto400✓1–25✓✓✓✓

  • ✓: Available; ✓✓: mandatory.

  • *All FM residency programmes offer didactic teaching in the form of periodic lectures/seminars involving global health topics.

  • †Participation at any time during the 2-year FM residency programmes.

  • ‡Domestic rotations were defined as rotations serving largely disadvantaged/inner city/refugee populations within Canada.

  • §Longitudinal GH training was defined as clinical experience (s) (smaller amounts of time distributed intermittently throughout the residency in clinics, health centres or otherwise) in programmes serving vulnerable populations.

  • ¶Survey response incomplete.

  • FM, family medicine; GH, global health; GHA, global health activity.