Careful attention has been given to ensure that the nature of the call requirements enhance the fellows’ training experience and that fellows are appropriately supported. The program will also protect time for fellows to partake in the robust residency teaching sessions that are part of the core rotations and provide regular academic half-days to round-out the training.ĬALL REQUIREMENTS: Fellows will be responsible for between 3-4 in-house overnight call shifts or the equivalent per rotation block. Fellows will also spend time at Providence Healthcare, focusing their learning on issues relevant to rehabilitation, palliation, long-term care, and community outreach settings.ĮDUCATION CURRICULUM: In addition to an emphasis on teaching related to the care of patients, fellows will partake in an education “boot camp” early in training to ensure they are prepared to meet the urgent demands of their patients. The Addictions Consult team provides round-the-clock support of hospitalized patients, including cutting-edge pharmacotherapy options and a well-developed ambulatory program. For example, the gastroenterology service provides an innovative therapeutic endoscopy focus, the respirology inpatient ward is the only one in Toronto that cares for both general respirology and cystic fibrosis patients, the geriatric inpatient unit is the only one led by geriatricians, and A broad range of specialties are represented, many of which are not available elsewhere in the city. The population it provides care for reflects the diversity of the local population and includes a large number of Indigenous community members. The hospital provides care to the largest number of unhoused individuals in the GTA. Michael’s Hospital, the primary training site, is a busy urban center in downtown Toronto, well-known for its focus on the care of patients with marked social inequities and multiple, advanced medical illnesses. The core rotations include learning on the general medical ward, the Emergency Room, the rapid referral medicine ambulatory clinic, and on a variety of in-patient specialties such as cardiology, neurology, and geriatrics. Twelve blocks are spent on core rotations and 1 block is dedicated to an elective rotation, and up to 20 half-days are protected for independent, scholarship endeavors. Applicants must have worked with hospitalized patients in a general internal medicine setting within the previous 3 years at the time of application.įORMAT OF THE FELLOWSHIP: This is a 12-month, hospital-based fellowship focused on experiential learning that is supplemented by a strong, formal education curriculum. Fellows must be graduates from a recognized residency program in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine. This fellowship would be of benefit to physicians in practice or residents approaching graduation who are planning on working as a hospitalist anywhere in Canada and are seeking additional training in caring for complex medical inpatients. Graduating fellows will have the necessary skills, experience, and confidence to practice independently anywhere in the world and will be highly sought after for permanent hospitalists positions in a faced-paced, diverse health care settings that may include urban, community, or rehabilitation sites. Trainees will have access to distinct teaching by faculty who are experts in their field and will receive ample protected time and strong faculty mentorship for education, research, quality improvement, and leadership endeavors. This includes the pharmacologic treatment of substance use and addictions, advanced discharge planning and mobilization of community supports for those experiencing homelessness, culturally-sensitive care, assessment and management of the frail elderly, and more. In addition to caring for acutely-ill patients affected by multi-system disease or presenting with undifferentiated problems, excellence and compassion in treating inner city patients will be a focus. OVERVIEW OF THE FELLOWSHIP: The Unity Health Toronto Hospitalist Fellowship Program is a unique 12-month competitive training opportunity for both Canadian and International physicians who are graduates of a residency program in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine, to acquire advanced skills in the management of complex, hospitalized medical patients. Unity Health Toronto (UHT) Hospitalist Fellowship
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