Elective requests by Canadian and International medical students must go through the MD Electives Office of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine. Please apply formally through the The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) portal. Once applications are processed, the request for an elective will be sent to the electives coordinator in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology to check for availability.

Please do not contact the physicians directly.

Experiences in general obstetrics and gynecology are available at St. Joseph’s Hospital (SJH) and McMaster University Medical Centre (MUMC) in Hamilton. Our electives are two weeks in length and are subject to certain dates/times of the year.

Electives in our sub-specialties are available in areas such as: maternal fetal medicine, reproductive endocrinology, gyne-oncology, urogynecology and sexual health. All divisions are available year round, with the exception of the sexual health elective. The sexual health elective is available for a maximum of two weeks only and is subject to certain dates. It follows the same schedule as the general electives availability schedule. Our other electives are available year round and run in two week blocks.

For more information, please review our list of divisions below:

Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM)
Clerks only. You will work with a team of four physicians in the 4B Clinic at MUMC under the supervision of Dr. M. Morais. A core rotation in Ob/Gyn must be completed prior to applying for this elective.

Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility (REI)
You will work with a team of five physicians at the ONE Fertility Burlington clinic in Ontario, under the supervision of Dr. Faghih or with Dr. Cepeda at the Hart Fertility Clinic in Hamilton, Ontario.

Gynecologic Oncology (Gyne Onc)
You will work with a team of five physicians at the Juravinksi Cancer Centre, located in the Juravinski Hospital, under the supervision of Dr. W. Jimenez.

Sexual Health
This is a community experience in sexual medicine, colposcopy, TA clinic and optional call. You will work with Dr. D. Costescu in Hamilton, Ontario at both MUMC and Juravinski Hospital.

Urogynecology
You will work under the supervision of Drs. Malabarey and Best at MUMC or Juravinski.