External Committees
Current Representatives
Canadian medical students are represented at many national medical organizations by CFMS Representatives. The organizations (and CFMS Representatives) are listed below:
- AFMC Canadian Graduate Questionnaire Development and Research Cmte - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
- AFMC Canadian Graduate Questionnaire Executive Cmte - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
- AFMC Canadian Graduate Questionnaire Strategic Group - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
- AFMC Clerkship Directors Group - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
- AFMC FMEC PG Entry Routes Working Group - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education) & Avrilynn Ding (Education Dyad)
- AFMC FMEC PG Transitions Learner Education Handover Sub-Group - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
- AFMC Global Health Group - Incoming - Farnaz Javadian (NOGHE)
- AFMC Global Health Group - Outgoing - Julia Sawatzky (NOGHE)
- AFMC Indigenous Health - Yotakahron Jonathan (NOIH)
- AFMC Interprofessional Education - Nikola Unic (IPE File Lead) & Shirley Deng (IPE File Lead)
- AFMC MCAT Fee Assistance - Barbara Gunka (Portal Liaison)
- AFMC MSPR Working Group - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education), t.b.d. (Education Cmte) & Avrilynn Ding (Education Dyad)
- AFMC Physican Health & Well-Being Group - Hayley Hill (Wellness Officer)
- AFMC Physician Resource Planning Task Force (PR-PAC) - Victor Do (President)
- AFMC Postgraduate Medical Education Governance Council - Victor Do (President)
- AFMC Residency Matching Cmte - Victor Do (President) & Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
- AFMC Student Affairs Committee - Sarah Zahabi (Dir. Student Affairs)
- AFMC Student Portal Data Analysis Working Group - Barbara Gunka (Portal Liaison) & Avrilynn Ding (Education Dyad)
- AFMC Student Portal Immunizations Working Group - Barbara Gunka (Portal Liaison) & Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
- AFMC Student Portal Steering Committee - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education), Avrilynn Ding (Education Dyad) & Alexandra Cohen (Education Officer)
- AFMC Student Portal Steering Enhancement Working Group - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education) & Barbara Gunka (Portal Liaison)
- AFMC TUMEA - Taskforce on Undergraduate Medical Education Accreditation - Victor Do (President)
- AFMC UGME Reseach Committee - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
- AFMC Undergraduate Medical Education Committee - Victor Do (President)
- AFMC Unmatched CMG - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
- AFMC eHealth Infoway - Sabrina Tang (CFMS Rep to eHealth)
- AMSA - Adel Arezki (VP Communications)
- CACMS Cmte on the Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools - Junior - Eagan Peters (General Member)
- CACMS Cmte on the Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools - Senior - Christian Farrell (General Member)
- CAME Canadian Association for Medical Education - Milani Sivapragasam (General Member)
- CFPC College of Family Physicians of Canada - Victor Do (President)
- CITAC-ACCFC Clinician Investigator Trainee Assn of Canada - Cory Lefebvre (General Member)
- CMA Canadian Conference on Physician Health Program Planning Cmte - Hayley Hill (Wellness Officer)
- CMA Canadian Medical Forum - Victor Do (CFMS President) & Dr. Stephanie Smith (Past-President)
- CMA Committee on Ethics - Gali Katznelson (General Member)
- CMAJ Student Humanities Blog Editor - English - Kacper Niburski (General Member)
- CMAJ Student Humanities Blog Editor - French - Rosa Lakabi (General Member)
- CMPA Canadian Medical Protective Assn - Dr. Stephanie Smith (Past-President)
- CaPER Canadian Post-MD Education Registry Advisory Committee - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
- CaPER Canadian Post-MD Education Registry Policy Committee - Victor Do (President)
- CaRMS Canadian Residency Matching Service - Dr. Stephanie Smith (Past-President), Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education) & Victor Do (President)
- Canadian Medical Association Board of Directors - Dr. Stephanie Smith (CFMS Past-President)
- Canadian Medical Hall of Fame - Siddath Nath (General Member)
- Choosing Wisely Canada - Ethan Zhang (General Member)
- FMEQ - Corinne Cécyre-Chartrand (Quebec Rep)
- FMRA Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities - Victor Do (President)
- IFMSA - Achieng Tago (Dir Global Health)
- MCC Medical Council of Canada - Victoria Januszkiewicz (Education Cmte)
- OMSA - Avrilynn Ding (Ontario Rep) & Felipe Fajardo (Ontario Rep)
- RDoC PGME Resiliency Committee - Sarah Zahabi (Dir. Student Affairs)
- RDoC Resident Doctors of Canada - Victor Do (Board Member)
- Royal College CanMEDS Consortium - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
- Royal College Committee on Specialty Education - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
- Royal College Fellowship Affairs Committee - Corinne Cécyre-Chartrand (Quebec RD)
- Royal College General Council - Rishi Sharma (Dir. Education)
- Royal College International Conference on Residency Education - Malik Ali (Education Cmte)
- Western Deans - Devon Mitchell (Western Rep) & Henry Li (Ontario Rep)