• Personal Statement

  500 word maximum – please include your total word count at the end of your personal statement. Your personal statement should focus on the following aspects of your leadership accomplishments:

  1. Describe your contributions to medical student life and/or the broader community.
  2. Outline the ways in which you support others to engage with their communities and achieve their goals (personal, professional, wellness, etc).
  3. Identify two qualities which you believe are essential to medical student leadership and describe how you have worked to foster them within yourself and others through your leadership activities.

  Applicants are encouraged to highlight new or innovative aspects of their achievements and the unique contributions they have made to medical student and community life.

• Resume/Curriculum Vitae

  1-2 pages maximum – Please outline your activities from one year prior to starting medical school up until now which you feel are relevant for the selection committee to consider.

• Letter of Good Standing from your Faculty of Medicine

  A formal Letter of Good Standing can be requested from your Registrar’s or Undergraduate Medical Education office, and should be scanned to be included in your application. Your Letter of Good Standing should be recent within 4 months of the competition deadline.

  PLEASE NOTE: Only official Letters of Good Standing obtained through your faculty will be accepted. Please be aware that these are different than confirmations of enrollment, as they indicate your current status as a practicing medical student within the faculty. Anything other than a formal Letter of Good Standing will not be accepted and will result in your application being incomplete.

• Two Reference Letters

  Please provide two reference letters (maximum between 400-600 words each; please communicate this limit to your references) from individuals who are familiar with your leadership accomplishments.

  One letter must be from a current medical student at your school, the second can be from anyone of your choosing such as a resident, faculty member, community leader, physician mentor, employer etc. Please include the contact information, including phone number and email address, of both referees. Referees may be contacted by the CFMS to verify activities and leadership contributions of the applicant.

  Please note that reference letters must be uploaded manually into your online application. This can be done by the referees themselves, with you assistance in accessing the application, or by yourself. If you are uploading reference letters on behalf of your referees, please remain mindful of your professionalism and keep all letters confidential and unedited.

Please submit your personal statement, resume/curriculum vitae, letter of good standing and 2 reference letters as a single scanned/uploaded as document in either a PDF or DOC/DOCX format.

Supporting documents should be labelled and collated in the following order:

1. Personal Statement
2. CV
3. Letter of Good Standing
4. References letters