Schedule

The only mandatory part of the interview weekend is the actual interview itself! However, the Class of 2027 has put together some optional social and informative events on Sunday, February 11, 2024 for your benefit and to help you truly experience life at Queen's Medicine. Take a look at the schedule below to design your own interview weekend experience! Stay tuned for more event details as we will continue updating this page in the days leading up to Interview Weekend.

 

MD MMI Weekend - Sunday, February 11, 2024

Interview day! Best of luck!


10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Dean’s Talk 

Come and hear an address from our Associate Dean, Dr. Piliotis, as she provides an overview of the Queen's Medicine program including our curriculum and vibrant tight-knit student community. Then, hear about QMed from a student's perspective in a presentation by Tyler Williams & Amireza Goli (Meds 2027 Kingston Class President & Vice President) and Liam Rautu & Chris Ho (Meds 2027 Lakeridge Class President & Vice President) as they discuss their favourite parts of QMed in Kingston and Lakeridge, including clinical skills, interest groups and extracurriculars.

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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Break for Lunch!


1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Introduction to the FHS EDIIA Office (The Nest) & Available Programs for QMed Students 

This session provides an introduction to the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) Equity, Diversity, Indigeneity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (EDIIA) office (The Nest). The FHS Dean, Dr. Jane Philpott, will speak about the EDIIA office, its current initiatives, and how it plans to meet its future goals. Giselle Valarezo will also provide insights on The Nest. Dr. Wiley Chung, Director of EDIIA at the Queen's University School of Medicine, will be participating as well and will focus his discussion around medical students. Then, Queen's organizations and QMed student groups for equity-deserving populations will present their programs and discuss opportunities for support and advocacy within QMed. Following these presentations, there will be a Q&A session where you will be able to ask questions anonymously.

Representatives from the following Queen's programs and QMed student groups will be available to answer any questions you have about their programs:

  • Four Directions Indigenous Student Centre
  • QueerMed
  • Disability & Accessibility Committee
  • Muslim Medical Students Association
  • FrancoMed
  • MandoCanto Med
  • Jewish Medical Students Association

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2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

QMed Queries: Upper Year Q&A Panel

Do you have questions about QMed? Want to learn more about the school’s curriculum, vast array of extracurricular activities, or what a typical day in the life of a QMed student looks like? Join us for QMed Queries where a panel of upper year students from Kingston and Lakeridge will be answering your questions about QMed. The panel will feature students in the class of 2027.

Stay tuned for more information on our amazing panelists which will be shown below! Please use the following link for the Panel Question Form here - you are able to submit questions anonymously beforehand, and there will also be an opportunity to ask questions during the event.

Lakeridge Panelists

Caryn Dooner (she/her): Hello! I am a part of the class of ’27 at Queen’s-Lakeridge. I’m excited to meet you and help you figure out if our small but vibrant program is for you. I previously worked as a nurse and became interested in trying to make our primary care system better. Specifically, I am interested in health equity, family practice, and emergency care. While in school I volunteer with the Pacific Public Health Foundation and work as a Public Health Research Coordinator. However, my main responsibility is to my bestest four-legged buddy, Ghost. Congratulations on your application and hopefully I can meet some of you in person later this year!

Mina Jordanides (she/her): Hi! My name is Mina and I’m a first year medical student at the Lakeridge campus! I recently finished undergrad in the Health Sciences program at Queen’s University. During my spare time, I enjoy swimming, water polo, and walking my dog. Congratulations on all your success this far! I look forward to meeting you!      

Bronte Murcar-Evans (she/her): Hi! My name is Bronte and I’m in the QMed Class of 2027 in the Lakeridge MD Family Medicine Program in Durham region. I completed my undergrad in molecular biology at UofT and then went on to complete my MSc in organic & biological chemistry also at UofT in a medicinal chemistry research group. This is where I really realized I wanted to be involved in helping people with their health & well-being. Since then I have explored a few different career areas and am looking forward to helping you learn more about our great program and if it might be the right fit for you. Congratulations on your interview invitation and I wish you the best of luck! :)

Rhythm Singh (she/her): Hello! My name is Rhythm, and I am one of the students in the Queens-Lakeridge Family Medicine program. I graduated from University of Alberta with an undergraduate degree in Chemistry in 2022. I worked within the environmental chemistry field before starting at QMED helping in reclamation and remediation projects. My interest in family medicine is within women’s health, palliative and preventive care. I am looking forward to chatting with you about your interest in this great program!

Kathy Wang (she/her): Hi! My name is Kathy and I’m part of the Queen’s Lakeridge class of 2027. I completed my undergrad in Life Sciences at Queen’s before pursuing my MSc. in Immunology at Dalhousie where I studied the role of Activation Induced Cytidine Deaminase in Chlamydia pathogenesis. I enjoy spending my free time with my friends, at my CrossFit gym and with my cat Oscar! Congrats on getting to the interview stage of the medical school application process! It is not an easy feat, and you should all be so proud of yourselves. I look forward to meeting you guys this weekend!!

 

Kingston Panelists

Nirmay Shah (He/Him): Nirmay is a first-year student at Queen’s from Mississauga, ON. In his free time, he enjoys playing intramurals and taking photos of the night sky. 

Sara Marshall (She/Her): Hi my name is Sara and I’m from Vancouver so I can answer questions about being a med student far from home! I’m also a social rep for our class this year and can tell you all about the great community we have here at Qmed :) 

Akanksha Krishnan (She/Her): First-year medical student, from Richmond Hill, Ontario.

Mudia Iyayi (He/Him): Second-year medical student.

Michel Vezarov (He/Him): First-Year medical student.

 

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