Training Verifications
Physicians who trained in internal medicine and/or its specialties and subspecialties at the University of Toronto, Department of Medicine, may request verification of training within in the department. These training verifications are for postgraduate medical education only. Undergraduate studies will not be verified by the department.
Training can be verified for physicians who trained in the Department of Medicine’s programs listed below:
| Cardiology | Emergency Medicine | Geriatric Medicine | Medical Oncology | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
| Clinical Immunology & Allergy | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Hematology | Nephrology | Respirology |
| Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Infectious Diseases | Neurology | Rheumatology |
| Dermatology | General Internal Medicine | Internal Medicine | Occupational Medicine |
Evaluations will not be printed from POWER as part of the training verification. If the trainee so wants evaluations printed, they are able to log into POWERto obtain evaluations themselves. For a comprehensive list of other departments within the Faculty of Medicine, please see the Faculty of Medicine Postgraduate Medical Education Office website.
Note: Any training verification inquiry dating back before 1976 should be directed to the Hospital Credentialing Office that the trainee trained at, as the registration was done directly with the hospital.
Contact Us
Before sending payments, please send all inquiries and requests to the below email address. The department will first confirm the trainee was in fact with the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, and will then determine the verification needed and costs associated with the requests.
E-mail: trainingverification.medicine@utoronto.ca
Tele: 416-978-6453
Fax: 416-978-7230
Costs Associated with Training Verifications
Please note there are costs associated with training verifications by the Department of Medicine. Payments are to be made by money order or certified cheque in Canadian or American funds. Certified cheques or money orders are to be made payable to the University of Toronto, Department of Medicine. Personal cheques, cash and credit cards will not be accepted. United States Postal Service postal money orders will also not be accepted.
Please mail all payments to:
Training Verification Officer
Postgraduate Education
Department of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
C. David Naylor Building
6 Queen’s Park Crescent West, Third Floor
Toronto, ON Canada M5S 3H2
Applied fees for a physician who was registered in the Department of Medicine within the past five years
Type of Training Verification | Cost Associated |
Form confirming training years only | No fee |
Forms requiring assessments of training and/or evaluating standing | $ 100.00 |
Letter confirming training years only | $ 100.00 |
Letter confirming assessments of training and/or evaluating standing | $ 200.00 |
Applied fees for a physician who was not registered in the Department of Medicine within the past five years
Type of Training Verification | Cost Associated |
Form confirming training years only | $ 100.00 |
Forms requiring assessments of training and/or evaluating standing | $ 200.00 |
Letter confirming training years only | $ 200.00 |
Letter confirming assessments of training and or evaluating standing | $ 400.00 |
New prices effective August 1, 2015
Note: Prices may be subject to change
If you want the training verification mailed by priority courier, please note there is an additional cost on top of the verification
To be shipped and delivered within Canada | $ 20.00 |
To be shipped and delivered internationally | $ 40.00 |
Please note: The Department of Medicine does not offer notarization services.
Timelines for Training Verification
Training verifications will not be processed until payment has been received and consent to release information has been signed by the trainee and received by the Department of Medicine.
Upon retrieval, training verifications will then be finalized within 10 business days of receiving payment and consent.