History of Medicine Days (HMD)

HISTORY OF MEDICINE DAYS 2026

35^th Annual Calgary Conference - March 19, 20, & 21, 2026

Check back in October for details.

HISTORY OF MEDICINE DAYS 2025

34^th Annual Conference - March 14 & 15, 2025

In person, traditional conference will be held at the University of Calgary Foothills Campus, Libin Theatre.

Attend our national, three day conference where medical, health care, history and literature students present talks and/or posters on medical history.

HMD 2025 Detailed Program

HMD 2025 Simplified Program

HMD 2025 Conference news article in The Gauntlet. 

https://thegauntlet.ca/2025/03/13/history-of-medicine-days-conference-showcases-student-excellence/

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS - DEADLINE JANUARY 5, 2025

Undergraduate and early graduate students from across Canada, the United States, and Overseas are invited to submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation on the history of medicine and health care. Oral presentations will be 12 minutes (max), and 3 minutes (max) for a poster (with additional Q&A from the panel of judges). Posters will be displayed throughout the entire conference.

The topics for presentation will cover a wide range and include areas such as the Classics, the History of Public Health, Nursing, Veterinary Medicine, Human Biology and Neuroscience, etc. Prizes will be awarded in different categories and all active participants are invited to join us at the Awards Dinner Event, in the evening, on the last day of the conference.

Each presenter must offer an original historical research attempt with new methodological perspectives on the topic and/or have a critical discussion following the presentation.

If participants (max 4) would like to present together on a related topic, this could be done in a panel form. We ask, however, that presentations and poster abstracts be submitted by one author only (please include co-authors in the cc).

The Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Andreas-Holger Maehle, Professor of the History of Medicine and Director of the Wellcome Unit, Durham University, United Kingdom (presenting on a topic from the History of Biomedical Ethics) 

For information and materials: Calgary History of Medicine and Health Care Program (https://hom.ucalgary.ca/hmd).

DEADLINE:      Submit abstract by 11:59pm on January 5th, 2025 to marcia.garcia@ucalgary.ca

GUIDELINES:   Follow the guidelines in the ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES & EXAMPLE instruction document

NOTE: If you do not receive a reply email by January 10th, 2025 with “RECEIVED” in the subject line, kindly reach out to the submission email above.

 Yours in history,

 Marcia Garcia

Conference Coordinator

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS - HMD 2025

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES & EXAMPLE

MICHAEL & MICHELLE WILLIAMS STEM-Studies AWARD

2025 UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION

More info and application procedure: Williams STEMS Graduate Award for 2025 HMD.pdf

Award Winner to be announced

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER I SUBMIT MY ABSTRACT?

You will receive an email by January 10th, 2025 with confirmation your submission was received. Our Review Committee will review all submissions and you will be contacted in the first or second week of February 2025 with the results of your submission.

2025 CONFERENCE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of the conference, the learner will be able to:

•     describe the developmental history of the Canadian medical profession

•     explain the social and cultural contextualization history of the Canadian medical profession

•     express an appreciation of interdisciplinary relations

•     discuss the background history knowledge of Canadian medicine

•     identify long term development of modern clinical medicine with respect to changing attitudes toward patients, care provision, institutionalization, research-application and knowledge transfer

Download pdf

CPD activity toolkit: Creating learning objectives

KEYNOTE SPEAKER – DR. ANDREAS-HOLGER MAEHLE

Durham University, United Kingdom

HMD 2025 Keynote Address Poster

HMD 2025 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM

Please register to attend our 2025 History of Medicine Days Conference

Download 2025 HMD Registration Form for PRESENTERS, JUDGES & CHAIRS

Download 2025 HMD Registration Form for GUESTS/PUBLIC

SPONSORS

This program has received an educational grant or in-kind support from Associated Medical Services, Inc. in Toronto, ON, the History of Medicine Committee of the Alberta Medical Association, as well as the Cumming School of Medicine,

PLANNING YOUR STAY IN CALGARY

Main Campus - Maps https://www.ucalgary.ca/about/our-campuses/campus-maps-and-room-finder

Getting Around Calgary https://www.ucalgary.ca/student-services/iss-old/resources/getting-around

MacEwan Hall https://www.ucalgary.ca/facilities/buildings-grounds/buildings/macewan-hall

424 Collegiate Blvd NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 5A6

Hotels: YOUR STAY IN CALGARY.pdf

The Program Committee for the 2024 History of Medicine Days conference has received MOC Section 1 Group Learning and AMA-PRA Category 1 accreditation through the Certification program of the ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF CANADA (RCPSC). The Signature Sheet for Credits will be available at the Registration Table. Physicians may claim a maximum of 15 hours (Day 1: 7.5 hours / Day 2: 7.5 hours).

Volunteers

A special thank you goes out to our student volunteers:

• Billeting: Alisha Grashof
• General Assistance: Taylor Hooper
• Banff Trip: Maryse Hendi
• Last Minute Help: Nav Gil
• 2 x Registration Desk: Jarrod Dyck & Sophia Fedorenko