Doctors Manitoba exists to ensure every physician has the support they need to deliver exceptional care to Manitobans, and we do that by strengthening and supporting the whole physician. Our mandate and services extend to medical students, because you are part of the medical profession.

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What Medical Students Get from Doctors Manitoba

Doctors Manitoba regularly meets with medical students to determine how best to enhance their role within the medical profession while allowing them to focus on their studies. We work closely wit the Manitoba Medical Students Association and University of Manitoba to support you during your studies. 

Here are some of the benefits and services you get from Doctors Manitoba. 

• Complimentary Membership for Medical Students — Medical students have exclusive access to many of the programs and services offered by Doctors Manitoba. This is normally $1,937.25 per year for fully licensed physicians. 
• Doc360 Physician Health — Doctors Manitoba provides an array of health and wellness services for you and your family such as peer support, counselling and more. These complement other supports available through Student Services @ Bannatyne. 
• Doctors Manitoba Mentorship Program — This connects you with other medical students, residents and attending physicians.
• Discounted Student Insurance Program — Students get a 15% discount off our not-for-profit insurance options, which lets you easily transition later into compulsory coverage for residents.
• Newsletters and Updates — Stay up to date with what’s happening in the medical profession and health care system with the most-read resource for physicians. 
• Grant to MMSA — For many years Doctors Manitoba has been providing an annual grant to the Manitoba Medical Students Association to support student activities and advocacy. In recent years, the MMSA has used to money to help fund the activities of the numerous interest groups formed by medical students.
• Student Representation — The MMSA annually appoints one of its members, typically the MMSA Vice-President External, to attend Doctors Manitoba Board meetings as an observer. This allows medical students to be a part of the decisions made by the Doctors Manitoba Board of Directors and to help shape the medical profession. In addition, interested students are welcome to serve on various Doctors Manitoba committees, such as the Physician Health & Wellness Committee. 
• Med 1 Orientation Session — We can’t wait to welcome you into the medical profession! We’ll be there during your Med 1 Orientation (usually in August) to help explain what we do and how we can help make your academic and clinical training just a little easier.
• Backpack Day — In conjunction with our friends at the MMSA, we’ll come see you (usually in September) to make sure you have your Doctors Manitoba membership application completed and, more importantly, to get you your free backpack, made exclusively for your class!
• Annual CaRMS Mock Interviews — For Med 4s, the CaRMS interview can be daunting! We want to help make it just a little bit easier. We arrange for Residents who went through the CaRMS process within the past couple years to ask you questions developed to simulate the real thing and then provide you with advice and constructive feedback. We provide a safe, friendly environment where you can do a dry-run of the interview along with other medical students so the real thing isn’t so intimidating.
• Survival Guides- These are developed in partnership with the MMSA focused on clerkship years. and clerkship years.

As you transition into your residency and independent practice, we will be with you every step of the way. This includes negotiating competitive remuneration for physicians, offering benefit programs such a maternity/​parental leave, and advocating for the profession at all levels.