Clinical Emergency Medicine

Fellowship Title:

Clinical Emergency Medicine

Division:

Emergency Medicine

Fellowship Type:

Clinical

Supervisor:

To be determined

Duration:

1 years

Application Open and Close Date:

September 1

Anticipated Start Date(s):

July 1

Number of position(s) per year:

1 to 3

Description:

Goals: To prepare the fellow for a career of leadership in Emergency Medicine at local, regional, provincial, national and international levels.
Responsibilities/Expectations:

• Clinical component: The clinical EM component consisting of twelve (12) to fourteen (14) clinical emergency department (ED) shifts (8 hours each) per month, including at least one (1) full weekend (Saturday and Sunday) and two (2) night shifts per month. The Fellows role in the ED will be that of senior trainee, responsible for patient care, supervision of junior trainees, and patient / department flow, while working under the supervision of a consultant emergency medicine specialist. Responsibility will be commensurate with your background and demonstrated abilities, with progressively increasing roles and responsibilities such that you are capable of functioning independently as a consultant in a high-volume, high-acuity academic ED upon completion of your Program.
  
  Six months of clinical work will be carried out at the Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre Emergency Department (Sunnybrook Site), and six months at the St-Michael’s Hospital Emergency Department (Bond St Site). Both sites are tertiary care hospitals and the only two trauma units for the city, and the main trauma referral centers for the region. They are the core training sites for Royal College Emergency Medicine residents. 
  
  St-Michael’s Hospital sees a downtown urban patient population with an emphasis on inner city health issues (homelessness, drug abuse, poverty), toxicology, trauma and cardio-vascular disease. The Sunnybrook site sees an urban patient population with an emphasis on trauma, burns, cardio-vascular disease, oncology, geriatrics and women’s health.

• Clinical education component: in addition to bedside teaching of residents, fellows will be expected to take part in one dedicated teaching shift per month with medical students. Clinical skills including history taking and physical examination, minor procedures (suturing, casting etc), x-ray interpretation etc are emphasized. All Fellows will also have the opportunity to participate in paramedic training and evaluation.

• Formal educational events: Fellows are expected to attend weekly Division Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, every Tuesday from 1000-1200, and weekly Hospital EM Rounds at either Sunnybrook or St-Michael’s Hospital.  Fellows are also expected to attend rounds specific to their Fellowship Track (e.g. Trauma, Research or EMS rounds). Fellows may be asked to present at rounds from time to time throughout the year.

• Conferences/CME events: Fellows are encouraged to attend other Emergency Medicine conferences or Continuing Medical Education events when their schedule permits. Research fellows will be expected to submit abstracts based on their work for presentation at scientific conferences.

• Journal Club: Fellows should participate in monthly Journal Clubs (second Tuesday evening of each month). 

Eligibility:
The candidate must have completed RCPS or CCFP-EM training in Emergency  Medicine, or the equivalent training in their country of origin (as approved by the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons), be eligible for or have passed certification examinations in Emergency Medicine, and must meet the qualifications for an educational license.

Contact Name:

Sawan Tate

Role:

Division Executive Administrator

Telephone:

416-978-1612

E-mail:

Division.EM@utoronto.ca