IHPG provides an opportunity for Indigenous medical students to become involved and create a sense of community, while bringing important health-related information to fellow students. Our group also strives to foster understanding of others when working with Indigenous populations.
Archives: Interest Groups
IRHIG aims to promote peer learning of the various health challenges faced by immigrants and refugees locally and nationally, through lunchtime presentations showcasing various local organizations committed to refugee settlement, and an annual collaboration with EAL groups in Winnipeg for…
The Global Health Interest Group aims to increase students’ exposure to current global health issues while providing students the opportunity to be involved in a selected group of advocacy campaigns. We also arrange various fundraisers throughout the year to support…
We are a group based on the common interest of working in, or learning more about the field of geriatrics. We are involved in networking with similar groups nation wide and organizing opportunities to learn geriatric specific knowledge and skills…
Our aim is to help students develop language and communication skills in a clinical setting. Additionally, we aim to promote opportunities to use these skills as part of a career in medicine.
FMIG provides Med I and Med II students with an appreciation of the benefits and challenges of Family Practice. Throughout the year, FMIG organizes several lunchtime speaker sessions, a Dinner with the Docs and Dinner with the Residents, and a…
Our goal is to assist students in learning more about emergency medicine. We will organize sessions that will serve as an opportunity to learn more about this specialty as well as to practice emergency medicine related clinical skills. We hope…
A group aimed at teaching students about the field of Dermatology and its subspecialties. The goal is to foster an interest in Dermatology as a career and act as a forum for those already interested. Various events will be held…
We are the Manitoba medical student chapter of the national group. CMDS is an organization of Christian physicians, dentists, and students, each holding an individual membership, who seek to honour God by integrating faith with professional practice. Visit our local…
Dedicated to providing University of Manitoba students with a greater understanding of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine. This will be accomplished with educational and networking sessions that are complementary to the medical school curriculum. In addition, the AIG aims to encourage…