Announcements, Opportunities & Congratulations

MD and PGME Data Management & Advisory Group (DMAG) receive Excellence in Innovation and Creativity Award

The MD/PGME Data Management & Advisory Group (DMAG) staff team received an Excellence in Innovation and Creativity Award, which recognizes an individual or team who have demonstrated outstanding achievements in fostering innovation, creativity, and transformative thinking.

The MD/PGME DMAG staff team is comprised staff from the MD Program and Postgraduate Medical Education. The PGME staff members include Khush Adatia, Natali Chin, Katrina Chu, Jennifer Dare, Nima Krishnan, Carolina Mitchell, Laura Leigh Murgaski, Mariela Ruetalo and Natasha Shaikhlislamova.

Read more about the Staff Impact Awards and the work completed by the DMAG team.

2024 PGME Global Health Resident Research Showcase

Residents and Fellows from across all PGME programs and specialties are invited to attend and/or submit an Abstract for the 7th Annual Postgraduate Medical Education | Global Health Resident Research Showcase – an opportunity to share global health research during postgraduate training.

Thursday, February 1, 2024 6pm-9pm via Zoom

• Required registration from this link
• See details for Abstract submission below.
• Submit abstract from this link
• Please watch for full program from this link
• Information from j.kopelow@utoronto.ca

Abstract Dates and Details

Abstract Submission Deadline is Monday, January 8, 2024

All abstracts will be reviewed by a PGME GH Research Committee comprised of your peers — each are residents and fellows from across all postgraduate training programs with faculty oversight.

This Committee of your peers and faculty advisor will evaluate your abstracts for appropriateness and completeness of the information, scientific merit, impact, and relevance to the goals and objectives of GH at PGME. All submissions will be acknowledged.

Abstract Submission Guidelines

• Residents and fellows from all specialties are invited to submit abstracts on global health themes.
• The PGME GH Research Showcase is offered as an opportunity for trainees to share their global health research during their postgraduate medical training.

Abstracts should include the following: Background, Objectives, Methods, Results and Conclusions.

• Posters and oral presentations are encouraged.
• A number of abstracts will be selected for ‘quick’ Roundtable presentation when authors will be given 5-10 minutes to present at the Showcase.

Abstracts submitted including the following themes are encouraged:

Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre University of Toronto

Are you interested in becoming an acute care Hospitalist?

Then join the Sunnybrook Hospitalist Fellowship Program and become a better acute care doctor!

Our program is designed to assist physicians in acquiring the knowledge, skills, and expertise that they need to care for acutely ill hospitalized patients. By the end of your Fellowship year, you will be proficient in the management of virtually all adult medical conditions, in performing bedside procedures, and in utilizing enhanced communication skills, and will be knowledgeable in such diverse areas as quality improvement methodologies, patient safety, health law, and advanced clinical ethics. Your clinical experience will include opportunities to work with patients requiring specialized expertise including those with cancer, cardiac disease, neurologic disorders, and perioperative surgical management.

All of our clinical teachers are faculty members in the Department of Family and Community Medicine or in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto and they are passionate about clinical teaching! Our comprehensive academic calendar includes daily seminars and rounds focusing on the core knowledge needs of hospitalists and day-long programs in the Hospital’s simulation laboratory to develop the technical and soft skills that you will need to be a successful Hospitalist. Opportunities to acquire research expertise under the mentorship of successful scientists can also be arranged on an individual basis.

The Fellowship is typically for 1 year but may be longer depending on the individual needs of the applicant. Although January and July are the most common start dates, we are also able to accommodate other times if desired.

To join the program, you should:

1. Have completed residency training by the time of commencement in one of:
   1. Family Medicine (in Canada, or the United States, or Internationally); or
   2. Internal Medicine (in Canada, or the United States, or Internationally).
2. Be eligible for an educational license from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO).
3. Have successfully completed the Medical College of Canada Evaluating Exam (MCCEE) or equivalent.

For further information, please contact the Program Director: Dr. Donald Livingstone c/o Meera Chail: Meera.chail@sunnybrook.ca or telephone: 416-480-6100 x 7341

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

The University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre embraces diversity and are building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our mission.