PGY-1: Toronto East Health Network - Michael Garron Hospital or North York General Hospital
PGY-2: Lakeridge Health: Port Perry Hospital
Number of Residents (for all 4 mid-Ontario Communities):
CMG: 6
IMG: 2
Elective time:
PGY-1: 1 block
PGY-2: 4 blocks
Recreation: Several annual festivals including the Mississauga First Nation Pow Wow. Local summer Theatre and Art gallery. Nearby trail systems, golf course, parks and marina.
Cultural Notes: Predominantly Caucasian population. Local Indigenous populations.
Cost of Living: The cost of living in Port Perry is lower than in Toronto but is still 3% higher than the national average. Rent and housing costs are particularly more expensive relative to the national average.
Type of curriculum: Horizontal. PGY-1 in Toronto, PGY-2 in mid-Ontario community.
Curricular Outline:
PGY-1: 5 blocks of Family Medicine. Rotations of one block each in Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Ob/Gyne, Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine. Half block rotations in Geriatrics and Palliative Care.
PGY-2: six blocks Family Medicine. Opportunities for horizontal experiences in Low-risk Obstetrics, Long Term Care, Hospitalist, Geriatrics, MSK, Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, Surgery and Anesthesia.
Unique features: Practice Management curriculum, Teaching Residents to Teach, residents maintain their own mini-practice, very few other learners so ability to work with very friendly and keen staff & preceptors
