Enhanced Skills Program Director- Adolescent Medicine Job Description
Location: DFCM
Closing date: June 27, 2025
Description of Organization & Job:
The University of Toronto’s Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine (TFOM) is recognized internationally for advancing high quality patient-centred care through excellence in education, research, and innovative clinical practice. Encompassing more than 2,000 faculty and hundreds of learners across Ontario and beyond, we are helping to shape the future of family medicine in Canada and around the world. We provide a rich and diverse learning experience through our comprehensive and innovative curricula that span the continuum of medical education.
VISION: Outstanding primary care for all, powered by world-leading education, research, and innovation.
MISSION: We deliver the world’s best education for family doctors and propel knowledge, systems and teams to help people and communities thrive.
Job Description:
Position Summary
The Enhanced Skills (ES)- Adolescent Medicine Program Director is a highly valued leadership position, responsible for the overall conduct, organization and accountability of the Enhanced Skills Adolescent Medicine PGY-3 program. This is a six- month PGY3 program designed to provide Family Physicians with comprehensive clinical assessment and management skills related to care of adolescent health, including reproductive and sexual health, mental health and the care of vulnerable and street involved youth. The goal of the program is to provide trainees with the knowledge and skills to become leaders in the primary care of the adolescents within their communities.
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will have certification with the College of Family Physicians of Canada. The candidate will possess excellent leadership, communication, organizational and team building skills, a proven ability to lead and work well with others, and a strong commitment to learners. The candidate will have relevant experience as a clinician and educator. The candidate will have attained a stature eligible for a faculty appointment at the University of Toronto.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The Enhanced Skills – Adolescent Medicine Program Director is responsible for the Enhanced Skills Adolescent Medicine PGY-3 program, assisted by the residency program committee and/or teaching faculty. These responsibilities include:
- The development and operation of the enhanced skills program according to the standards and requirements of the University of Toronto, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Postgraduate Medical Education and the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC).
- To attend and participate in the Enhanced Skills Residency Program Committee and lead the teaching faculty to ensure that resident needs, university requirements and standards are met.
- To prepare for and respond to the internal university reviews and external accreditation (CFPC) reviews of the program. This includes the ongoing completion of the report on the CFPC Accreditation Management System (AMS). The Program Director is expected to report any significant difficulties in the conduct of the program to the Enhanced Skills Program Director in a timely manner.
- The selection of candidates for admission to the program through file reviews and interviews. Admission responsibilities will include determining candidate eligibility criteria, allocation of positions to training sites and establishing transparent processes for policy implementation in postgraduate education. The admission process occurs in collaboration with the Enhanced Skills Program Administrator and Program Director.
- The maintenance of an assessment system to establish the appropriate promotion of residents and maintenance of an appeal mechanism in accordance with policies determined by the Faculty of Medicine Postgraduate Medical Education Advisory Committee.
- The establishment of mechanisms to provide career planning and counselling for residents.
- To identify, support and appropriately address resident concerns, such as those related to stress and well-being.
- Ongoing review of program rotation data and resident feedback to evaluate the quality of the educational experience provided. Oversee a process of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) for the educational program. To review the resources available to ensure that maximal benefit is being derived from the integration of the components of the program. To support appropriate faculty/resident interaction and communication in an open and collegial atmosphere so that a free discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the program can occur without hindrance.
- The Enhanced Skills – Adolescent Medicine Program Director will:
- engage in innovation related to their program and encourage education and scholarship;
- develop and maintain a competency-based curriculum that includes consideration of all CanMEDS-FM roles;
- establish and maintain a program of assessment to ensure competencies are being achieved as well as readiness for practice;
- attend and participate in the Category 2 Enhanced Skills Competence Committee that reviews resident progress in the program.
Committees:
The Adolescent Medicine Program Director will serve on the following committees:
- Member, Enhanced Skills Residency Program Committee and Competence Committee
Reporting Responsibilities:
- The Adolescent Program Director reports to the Enhanced Skills Program Director
- The Enhanced Skills Program Director is under the leadership and oversight of the Director, Post Graduate Education and the Vice-Chair, Education for the Department of Family and Community Medicine.
- The Adolescent Medicine Program Director is expected to meet with the Enhanced Skills Program Director for a 1:1 meeting at least once yearly and more often if required.
Support
- The duties and responsibilities of the Adolescent Medicine Program Director will be carried out with the support of a DFCM ES Category 2 Program Administrator.
Appointment
- The position will be funded for one day per month and the Enhanced Skills Adolescent Medicine Program Director will be compensated by DFCM.
- The term of this appointment is five years.
- The appointment is renewable once after a satisfactory term review. Annual reviews will be conducted to ensure that all parties are satisfied that the appropriate duties and responsibilities are being met.
To apply:
For additional information, please contact Thanu Sabesan, Enhanced Skills Category 2 Program Administrator at dfcm.enhancedskillscat2@utoronto.ca
Applications should include a letter of intent and curriculum vitae.
Please send applications to the attention of:
Dr. Stu Murdoch and Dr. Vaibhav Kamble
Department of Family & Community Medicine
University of Toronto
500 University Avenue, 3rd Floor
Toronto, ON M5G 1V7