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Humber River Health

Postgraduate Residency Program Details

Schulich Family Medicine Teaching Unit (FMTU)

Quick Facts

  • Schulich FMTU is an academic family medicine clinic, located inside the Humber River Health, Wilson site.
  • Number of residents: 18
  • Curriculum type: horizontal (residents maintain a family practice three half days per week throughout the two-year program)
  • PGY1 Elective months: 1
  • PGY2 Elective months: 3
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Program + Site Highlights

  • The FMTU clinic is a purpose-built space and is located on the main floor of the hospital.
  • Academic and community mentors in the FMTU and the hospital provide a supportive learning environment, with lots of exposure to unique pathologies, new presentations of diseases, and range of ages from newborn to the elderly. 
  • The FMTU has a social accountability mandate, serving a large, diverse, equity-deserving community. The community has one of the highest percentages of racialized populations including many newcomers to Canada. 
  • There are high volumes in the ER, Obstetrics, and other hospital departments. 
  • Residents will manage their own family medicine patients throughout the horizontal program, which enables continuity of care throughout residency.
  • There is a unique offering of a social accountability where residents have the opportunity to care for equity-deserving patients in unique settings. 
  • The innovative, state of the art Command Centre supports access to real-time data for quality improvement and research projects.
  • Academic half-day seminars every Wednesday morning
  • Residents will be supported by a team of interdisciplinary health professional including social workers, nurses, nurse practitioners, chiropodists and pharmacists – a collaboration experience as part of the learning.

Beyond their clinical practice, residents will have a welcoming experience at the Hospital with the following services and amenities available to them:

  • Shared workstations
  • Lounge/Kitchenette
  • Lockers
  • Massage chairs
  • Pool/ping pong table
  • Call-room
  • Fitness centre 

Curriculum

  1. Family Medicine

The FMTU is located centrally within the Hospital. The horizontal curriculum model will enable residents to manage their own group of patients for the entire duration of their residency to provide longitudinal care and management for the course of illness while emphasizing health promotion and illness prevention. Supervisors and mentors will include faculty located in the FMTU and the community.

  1. Specialty Rotations will include:
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Obstetrics / Women’s Health
  • Social Accountability
  • Paediatrics - Inpatient/Ambulatory
  • Care of the Elderly - Hospital/Long-Term Care
  • Surgery
  • Mental Health and Addictions
  • Internal Medicine - Inpatient / Ambulatory
  • MSK
  • Palliative

Sample Two-Year Rotation Schedule

PGY1

Rotation

Number of Blocks

Family Medicine Foundations

1

Emergency Medicine

2

Obstetrics/Women’s Health

2

Care of the Elderly

1

Paediatrics

2

Surgery

1

Mental Health and Addictions

1

Inpatient/ Ambulatory Medicine

2

Electives

1

Total

13

PGY2:

Rotation

Number of Blocks

Emergency Medicine

1

Palliative Care

2

Care of the Elderly - LTC

Social Accountability

1

Musculoskeletal

1

Internal/Hospital Medicine

1

Mental Health and Addictions

1

Teaching Practice in Rural Setting

2

Electives

3

Total

13

Contacts

Name and Title

E-mail Address

Phone Number

Dr. Priya Sood
Site Director

Mark Jankie
Site Administrator 

PSood@hrh.ca
 

MJankie@hrh.ca

416-242-1000x21930


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