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2026 Student Shadowing Program — Physician Volunteer Application

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with the Student Shadowing Program (Shadowing Program).

The Shadowing Program is a collaborative offering from the Alberta Medical Association's Section of Family Medicine, Section of Rural Medicine, and the Alberta College of Family Physicians. The program provides new medical students from the Universities of Alberta and Calgary with the opportunity to experience the specialty of family medicine and all it has to offer!

Your responses to the following questions will aid us in the matching process.
1.Please note that your answers will be shared with your shadowing student.(Required.)
2.Have you hosted a shadowing student previously?
Contact information
3.First name(Required.)
4.Last name(Required.)
5.Pronouns
6.Best email address for your shadowing student to reach you at(Required.)
7.Please re-type your email address to reduce the risk of typos(Required.)
8.Best phone number for your shadowing student to reach you at(Required.)
9.Is this phone number a...(Required.)
Shadowing placement information
10.Please provide the following information about where the shadowing placement will take place. If you work in more than one location and the placement location will depend on timing, please indicate that in the "Additional information" question below.(Required.)
11.Is there any additional information that your student should know about the location of your shadowing placement? (e.g. details about accessing the location, if you work at more than one location, paid parking information, etc.)
12.Please provide a brief description of your practice and typical schedule (e.g. “I usually work Mondays at the long-term care facility, on Tuesdays I teach a class, Wednesdays-Fridays I am at my private general practice clinic”, or “I work M-F at our family medicine clinic that provides pre-natal care and am also on call for deliveries at the local hospital.”) This description will be shared with your student as an overview of what they can expect. If there are any other additional considerations for the matching process (e.g. it's a women's only clinic), please share those here as well.(Required.)
13.I am open to:(Required.)
14.Based on your likely schedule and any planned time off, which days do you anticipate being able to host a shadowing student? Exact hours and times can be finalized with your student upon matching and you will not be expected to host a student every day you select; this is just an approximate overview of your availability.(Required.)
If you have any additional questions about Shadowing or would like to update any of your information after you submit this form, please contact us at shadowing@acfp.ca. Thank you!