North York General Hospital
North York General Hospital is a popular training site for University of Toronto family medicine residents and MD students. It is a suburban community hospital in northern Metro Toronto with departments in all major fields of medicine: family medicine, internal medicine, geriatrics, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, emergency, medical imaging, paediatrics, genetics and psychiatry. The hospital has approximately 80,000 emergency visits and over 7,000 obstetrical deliveries a year.
Type of Practice
Community office — each student will typically be supervised by two-three main preceptors.
A small number of preceptors are located in the hospital on the Family Medicine Teaching Unit.
Students will spend at least one-half day with the hospital program director (this will take place in the community).
Location of Practice
The offices are located in the catchment area of North York General Hospital (roughly: Eglinton to Steeles, Bathurst to Victoria Park). All locations are TTC accessible and many are close to the hospital.
Special Features of Site
We have a large roster of outstanding community preceptors providing comprehensive care. We aim to provide the most diverse clinical experience possible and will also try to match students with preceptors based on their career interests whenever possible. We also offer a variety of elective opportunities, as well as mandatory clinical experiences outlined below.
Supplementary Clinical Experiences
Several half-day clinical selectives are scheduled for students during their rotation: Breast Diagnostic Centre, Diabetes Education Program, Palliative Care, and Long-Term Care. These additional opportunities provide students with the opportunity to see the diversity within family medicine, and increase exposure to common clinical issues.
Clerkship Electives/Selectives
In addition to core clinics, students may choose to supplement their clerkship experience with a wide variety of electives offered largely by primary care providers and colleagues within the hospital and community. A list of available options is provided to students at the beginning of each rotation. Examples of available electives include but are not limited to: surgical assisting, sports medicine, breastfeeding, marginalized/disadvantaged populations, focused-practice psychotherapy, substance abuse.
Address:
4001 Leslie Street
4 South
Toronto, Ontario
M2K 1E2
Chief of Family Medicine
Teaching Site Facilities:
- A large and busy Emergency Department, excellent General and Orthopedic Surgery, Labour and Delivery and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
- In-hospital and outpatient paediatrics care are among the busiest in the city.
- Busy Breast Diagnostic Clinic, Fracture Clinic and Plastic Clinics.
- 15 family physicians that practice obstetrics at North York General Hospital.
Sites:
- General site - 4001 Leslie Street
- Seniors' Health Centre - 2 Buchan Court - senior services & long-term care home
- Philips House - 10 Buchan Court - child & adolescent mental health; adolescent eating disorders
- Consumers site - 243 Consumers Road - minor surgical procedures; elder care home
- Champagne site - 2 Champagne Drive - Outpatient & Community Services Centre: diabetes education, mental health outpatient services, medical imaging services
The Area:
- Located on the Sheppard subway line and easily accessible by transit or car.
- Approximately 21 km from downtown, a 30-minute drive.
Demographics:
- The patients are community-based patients coming from a wide range of cultural communities and socioeconomic levels.
- The patient demographics are those of a typical suburban hospital, including patients from many immigrant groups and different socioeconomic levels (i.e., broad).
- An active paediatric inpatient program and strong geriatric program result in patients of all ages as both inpatients and outpatients.