Southlake Regional Health Centre - Newmarket

Postgraduate Residency Program Details

Quick Facts

Number of PGY1 residents: 9 in 2023
Curriculum type: horizontal/longitudinal (residents maintain a family practice three half days per week throughout the two-year program)
PGY1 elective months: 2.5 blocks
PGY2 elective months: 4 blocks
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Program + Site Highlights

Faculty is highly motivated to provide an exceptional experience to our family medicine residents who are the only core group of residents for learning opportunities.
Southlake is known for a focus on leadership development, professionalism and interdisciplinary teamwork.
Provide comprehensive care for your own family medicine patient roster to promote continuity over the two-year program.
Choose from a wide variety of elective opportunities, such as cardiology, community practice, eating disorders, neurology, otolaryngology, palliative medicine, plastic surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, endocrinology.

Hospital, Community, Teaching Unit and Program

Newmarket is in the centre of York Region and the Central Local Health Integrated Network and is part of the most rapidly growing area of Ontario. Southlake Regional Health Centre is a busy modern 400-bed hospital providing community care in all basic birthing, medical and surgical services. We respond to the ever-changing healthcare environment nimbly to ensure our services grow and match the community needs. Our vision, core commitments and values reflect our drive in everything we do.

Southlake is a sophisticated tertiary regional referral centre for cardiac care (including cardiac surgery and arrhythmia programs), cancer treatment (including on-site radiation therapy and full palliative care service at the Stronach Regional Cancer Centre), child and adolescent mental health (including in-patient program and eating disorders), maternal and perinatal care (including level two neonatal care), and thoracic surgery. We have a busy emergency department with 113,000 visits per year and an efficient fast-track service. Southlake is nationally known for its state of the art Arrhythmia Program, Arthritis Program and Eating Disorders Program. The Southlake Research Institute is committed to advancing the scholarly work of the people that work here.

The Family Health Team (FHT)

Located in an ultra-modern Medical Arts Building, including the following healthy lifestyle and convenience amenities:

Attached to the hospital, emphasis on high ceilings and natural light
Diagnostic imaging (X-ray, US, Mammo) and ambulatory procedures facility
Special procedures room (minor OR and Gyne Room) in FHT space
Specially-built resident team room
Healthy eating options across the bridge
Shower facility in the FHT space
Conference centre auditorium and meeting room facilities are in same building.
Electronic Medical Recordkeeping through Practice Solutions
Office access to hospital EMR Records and PACS
AV equipped exam rooms for supervision
Full interdisciplinary team in place including pharmacist, social worker, RPN’s, nurses and dietician
Outpatient care in varied community settings (office, after hours clinic, group and residential homes, long-term care homes

Curriculum

You will manage your own roster of patients over two years.
You will have the opportunity to follow the flow of their care if admitted to the birthing unit, emerg, operating room, home and long-term care settings, etc. allowing you to provide comprehensive care throughout your residency.
You can view hospital reports and imaging during patient visits using our Physician Portal and PACS systems.
You can complete your hospital dictations and plan your hospital rounds using remote access.

The elective time can be used to hone your skills and enhance your knowledge in key aspects of family medicine or in special areas of interest that will serve you and your patients and community in your future practice.

We provide more faculty attention and patient care access to our residents. You will be part of a small but much-appreciated group, with few senior learners or specialty residents to crowd your learning experiences. You will have more direct patient care responsibilities and direct interaction with teachers in all rotation.

Sample Two-Year Rotation Schedule

1st Year:

Rotation	Location	Number of Blocks	Description
Family Medicine	Southlake Family Health Team	3 half days per week for two years	Comprehensive family medicine with preceptor. Mini practice for the resident for two years of continuous care. Residents may also "adopt" unattached patients on all rotations and carry on care in the FMTU after discharge from various programs providing an exceptional opportunity for continuity of care.
Electives	Various	2.5 Blocks	Electives on or off-site to be chosen based on interest, career planning and/or furthering knowledge.
Medicine	Southlake Regional Health Centre	2 Blocks	Emergency department consults and inpatient care.
Mental Health	Southlake Regional Health Centre	1 Block	Inpatient care for adult and child/adolescent patients. Participate in crisis intervention, and long-term management of mood disorders, personality disorders and psychotic illnesses. Provide medical care to, and address the social needs of, the mental health patient population.
Musculoskeletal Diseases	Southlake Regional Health Centre	6 Weeks	Well rounded MSK experience participating in a combination of Fracture Clinic, OR, Sports Medicine, Physio, Chiropody (4 weeks). Outpatient Rheumatology/Arthritis Clinic (2 weeks)
Obstetrics & Gynecology	Southlake Regional Health Centre	6 Weeks	Obstetrics with obstetricians, advanced practice nurses, and midwives. Additional opportunity to participate in OB-Gyne Clinic in FMTU during family medicine half days.
Paediatrics	Southlake Regional Health Centre	1 Block	Inpatient, outpatient and NICU experience.
Palliative Medicine	Southlake Regional Health Centre	1 Block	Outpatient care in Cancer Clinic, inpatient care on Palliative Unit, in home and residential hospice visits for end-of-life care.
Surgery	Southlake Regional Health Centre	1.5 Blocks	Ambulatory procedures, operating room, ER consult in general surgery (4 weeks). In office ambulatory, OR experience in; otolaryngology (2 weeks)
Emergency Medicine	Southlake Regional Health Centre	1 Block	The emerg is an interdisciplinary environment that is dynamic with an opportunity to work in resuscitation bays, acute care and sub-acute care areas.
Total:

2nd Year:

Rotation	Location	Number of Blocks	Description
Electives	Various	4 Blocks	Electives on or off-site to be chosen based on interest and/or furthering knowledge.
Pediatrics	Various	2 Weeks	Office based to gain exposure to the approach and management of common ambulatory complaints seen in a community pediatric consulting clinic including medical, developmental and behavioural concerns from newborns to adolescents
Teaching Practice	Various	2 Blocks	At a rural site for 2 months.
Medicine	Southlake Regional Health Centre	6 Weeks	Ambulatory experience care with a mixture of internists and subspecialists. The experience will be entirely outpatient clinic and emergency based.
Family Medicine Inpatient	Southlake Regional Health Centre	1 Block	Family physician led interdisciplinary team care for frail elderly, stroke and trauma survivors, and other patients with life altering conditions and diseases.
Mental Health	Southlake Regional Health Centre	1 Block	Outpatient care participating in crisis intervention, and long-term management of mood disorders, personality disorders and psychotic illnesses, in child, adolescent, and adult populations. Provide medical care to, and address the social needs of, the mental health patient population.
Obstetrics & Gynecology	Southlake Regional Health Centre	1 Block	Obstetrics with obstetricians, advanced practice nurses, and midwives. Additional opportunity to participate in OB-Gyne Clinic in FMTU during family medicine half days.
Plastic Surgery	Southlake Regional Health Centre	2 Weeks	Additional experience in the surgical subspecialty of plastics with exposure to Hand Clinics, OR, Minor Procedures and Wound Care.
Oncology	Southlake Regional Health Centre	2 Weeks	Additional experience in the specialty of medical oncology in the outpatient setting
Emergency Medicine	Southlake Regional Health Centre	1 Block	The emerg is an interdisciplinary environment that is dynamic with an opportunity to work in resuscitation bays, acute care and sub-acute care areas.
Total:

Contacts

Name & Title	E-mail Address	Phone Number
Dr. Julian Manzone Site Director	jmanzone@southlake.ca	905-853-3103
Ms. Rhonda Taylor Site Program Assistant	rtaylor@southlake.ca	905-895-4521 x 2115
Dr. Angela Fan Dr. Shyan Van Heer Chief Residents	southlakechief@gmail.com