Summer Work Experience and Training (SWEAT)
The Summer Work Experience and Training program is a ten week paid summer work experience overseen by the Department of Family Medicine and available to first and second year University of Manitoba medical students. Students must make application to the program and if accepted are placed in a rural community in Manitoba for ten weeks during the summer months. The students are provided the opportunity to become involved in comprehensive health care in a rural community, and many have their first real opportunity to acquire and practice the clinical skills that they will further develop later in their training. In addition, this placement opportunity provides students with a firsthand view of what it might be like to live and work in a rural community. The number of students accepted into the program each year is based on available funding and the ability of the program to recruit placement sites that are able to accommodate a student for the summer. Students accepted into the program are provided with an orientation prior to the program’s start. The stipend is $4500. for the ten week rotation. Accommodation is provided at no cost to the student. At the present time we are allowed $800. for ten weeks. Also provided is a travel allowance to facilitate the student travel (ground travel) to the placement site and to return to Winnipeg for a mid-point meeting to discuss any concerns as well as their experiences.
Please note that only first and second year University of Manitoba medical students are eligible to apply for the SWEAT program.
SWEAT Application Form (pdf)