Black and Indigenous Resident Application and Mentorship Program

Our goal is to facilitate application and mentorship of Black and Indigenous residents in the Department of Medicine by fostering mentorship opportunities among students, residents and faculty. They will be supported by a community of support made up of allies, Black and Indigenous aspiring physicians so as to achieve proportional representation, as well as excellence, in education, research and service to the diverse population of Toronto and provide leaderships in matters of equity, diversity and inclusion in Canada. We will enhance the current Black and Indigenous CARMS application pathway using a quality improvement approach so as to reach target numbers of residents and ultimately increase Black and Indigenous faculty who will ensure sustainability of the program and proportionate population representation. Lastly, we will provide support to program directors interested in designing special programs to support subspecialty residency applicants from under-represented physician groups.

Kevin Gitau, Faculty Lead - Black and Indigenous Resident Application and Mentorship Program

Dr. Kevin Gitau is a General Internist, Physician Lead for Foundations of Clinical Excellence at Trillium Health Partners and a faculty member in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He completed his medical training at the University of Western Ontario, and his residency & GIM fellowship training at U of T. He furthered has graduate training in Quality Improvement from IHPME at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at U of T. His interests are focused on the intersection of Quality & Patient Safety, hospital operations and policy, with a particular interest in the development of Quality Management Systems.

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