Clerks and residents registered in a Faculty of Medicine in Québec may be eligible for financial support for lodging and transportation to their training sites in Quebec as long as the host site is located at more than 50 km from their home-based site and that the rotation or elective is more than 3 weeks for students and 4 weeks for residents.
There are two sources of funding:
- Programme de formation médicale décentralisée (PFMD) from the Ministère de la santé et des services sociaux (MSSS)
- Fédération des médecins résidents du Québec (FMRQ) (residents only)
PFMD
All clerks doing rotations/electives in any disciplines have access to this funding.
The residents registered in the following programs are eligible.
- Anesthesia
- General Surgery
- Family Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Obstetrics-Gynecology
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry
Amounts that can be claimed
Consult the trainee Funding Criteria page.
Payment to trainees
It is preferable to pay the trainees before the end of the rotation. If internal administrative procedures do not allow you to process the payment before the end of the rotation, it is important that the cheque be sent within a reasonable timeframe (within 6-8 weeks).
FMRQ
Residents performing a 28-day rotation (or elective) period located at least 50 km from their place of residence may get funding. Please contact the FMRQ form more information.
1 Ministry of Health and Social Services
