Undergraduate Program

The Pediatric Undergraduate Medical Education Program strives to provide a learning environment that will encourage the student to appreciate and understand the unique features of infant, child and adolescent medicine. By teaching the basic knowledge, skills, and attitudes appropriate for pediatric medicine, the student will have a solid foundation for providing competent child care in whatever field of medicine the student enters.

The Pediatric curriculum is divided into two main components: the Pre-Clerkship years and the Clerkship years. In Pre-Clerkship, pediatrics is taught as integrated aspects of the various teaching blocks including the various systems of the body. The accumulation of these concepts provides a framework for the intensive six-week pediatric rotation in the Clerkship years. The goals and objectives of Pre-Clerkship are met through a series of lectures, tutorials, problem-based learning sessions, independent learning, bedside teaching and clinical sessions with both actual and "standardized" patients.

A number of early exposure programs are available to Pre-Clerkship students upon application.

The six-week Clerkship rotation involves both ambulatory  (outpatient clinic) and ward (inpatient) experiences. Clerks work under close supervision of GFT and community pediatricians as well as pediatric residents. The three-week ward component allows the clerk to work as a team member of a pediatric general medical service. The three-week ambulatory component provides the opportunity to work closely with a pediatrician in an outpatient setting and in various other teaching environments such as Emergency, Fast Track Clinic, Neonatology, various subspecialty and community clinics. Problem-solving sessions, self-study, computer-aided learning tutorials, lectures and/or discussions with pediatricians and subspecialists round out the learning opportunities.

Program Staff

Program Director - Diane Moddemann MD, MEd, FRCPC, FAAP
Associate Director - Jeff Hyman MD, FRCPC
Pre-Clerkship Coordinator - Ana Hanlon-Dearman MD, MSc, FRCPC, FAAP
ITC Coordinator - Sylvia Kovnats MD, FRCPC
Nurse Coordinator - Linda Remple BN, MScA 
Administrative Coordinator - Dawna Ventura MA
Program Assistant - Tara DeCastro BHEc

Contact Information

Dr. Diane Moddemann
Program Director
Pediatric Undergraduate Medical Education Program
CK-239 - 840 Sherbrook St.
Health Sciences Centre
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada  R3A 1S1

Tel.: (204) 787-1730

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Note to Prospective International Students: The Faculty of Medicine restricts admission into its Undergraduate (MD) Program to Canadian Citizens and Landed Immigrants; no applications are accepted from international applicants.