SLIC: What to Know
SLIC offers a unique opportunity to students where, due to their placement in a smaller community, multiple objectives across a variety of disciplines can be met and fulfilled in a particular instance. In other words, because the learning environment is smaller and more intimate, students are able to engage in providing comprehensive patient care involving multiple disciplines.
What is the SLIC Program?
A new addition to the year 3 curriculum is the Saskatchewan Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship, also known as SLIC (MEDC 398.84). As you know, the Core Clinical Rotations course (MEDC 307.50) offered in year 3 offers the following medical specialities in separate 6-week blocks: Anesthesia and Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Surgery. SLIC takes a different approach to how these rotations are taught by placing students at one site to engage in a continuous learning environment that integrates these core rotations.
How Does the SLIC Program Work?
The course takes place over 42 weeks (i.e. the same amount of time as for the Rotations course) and is offered in various rural sites across Saskatchewan! Students will work with their primary preceptor to create personal learning goals and an overall plan for the year. The same objectives and assessments will be carried out for a student in SLIC as with a student completing the Core Clinical Rotations.
For more information, please refer to the course syllabus for SLIC on the College of Medicine website or contact smss.vpacademic@gmail.com.