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    SGU’s 2026 Summer
    Pre-Med Experience

    July 18 & 19, 2026

    Le Germain Hotel
    899 Centre St S.,
    Calgary, AB T2P 0S9, Canada

    Kickstart your medical school journey

    When

    July 18 or 19, 2026

    1:00 pm – 4:00 pm MT

    Where

    Le Germain Hotel
    899 Centre St S.,
    Calgary, AB T2P 0S9, Canada

    Join us for this immersive program and:

    Discover

    SGU and the support available to navigate alternative pathways beyond Canada’s intensively competitive MD programs.

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    Connect

    one-on-one with current SGU students, graduates and leadership, and hear about their experiences.

    Explore

    how SGU can help prepare you to be an
    outstanding doctor as you try guided, hands-on activities like suturing, ultrasounds, and more.

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    Schedule of Events

    Explore medicine through hands-on experiences, meet SGU students, alumni, and leadership, and learn about alternative pathways to earning an MD.

    Food and beverages will be served.

    Free admission

    Prospective students attending SGU Live event
    • Greetings and Welcome

      1:00

      Start the morning getting acquainted with your fellow pre-med students over breakfast. You’ll then meet your patient: receive their file, hear their story, and begin thinking like a physician.

    • “Doctors on Call”

      1:15pm – 2:30pm

      Throughout the course of the day you will move between large group sessions and small hands-on labs where you’ll practice the real skills doctors use, like taking a patient’s history, checking vital signs, conducting a physical exam, and reading diagnostic results.

      As new information about your patient emerges throughout the day, you’ll work with your group to decide what tests to order, what the results mean, and what to do next. 

    • MD “Rotations”

      3:00pm & 3:30pm

      Specialties spotlight

      In the afternoon, you’ll hear from physicians practicing across different specialties before you return to your case for a final push: a diagnosis decision with real stakes.

      Q&A sessions

      The day closes with a live Q&A with SGU alumni. followed by your certificate of completion.

      Course completion recognition

      At the end of the day, you will receive a certificate of completion.

    • Info after hours

      3:30pm – 4:30pm

      Explore SGU’s MD program

      You and your supporters are welcome to stay after for an open conversation about the path to medical school, what SGU’s MD program looks like, and what your next steps could be.

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