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London Program Curriculum

Features of our London Program
  • Training in urban and suburban community practices
  • Teaching faculty who:
    • have a wide variety of special interests in palliative care, primary care procedures, domestic violence, intrapartum obstetrics, sexual assault, forensic medicine, information technology
    • are dedicated and experienced teachers
  • Wednesday mornings are dedicated to teaching sessions organized by faculty and residents during core family medicine blocks
  • Experience interdisciplinary care while working with nurse practitioners, social workers and public health nurses
  • A shared mental health program led by a psychiatrist, and a mental health nurse practitioner at most training sites. The psychiatrist and his nurse visits on a weekly basis to see consultations. On a bi-weekly or monthly basis, team meetings are held where difficult cases are discussed and corridor consultations take place. Residents have the opportunity to see patients together with the nurse practitioner or psychiatrist to gain additional skills in mental health care
The London program has an integrated 2-year curriculum. Some of the rotations take place in regional centres. There are electronic medical resources for residents, including computer and internet access, and standard medical resources in each core Family Medicine training site.

PGY1 Year
Rotation Duration Location / Notes
Family Medicine 16 weeks Assigned family practice
Family Medicine - selective 4 weeks Family practice – either assigned family practice or a different practice
Family Medicine - elective 4 weeks Family practice with special interest or elective choice
Palliative Care † 4 weeks Locations:
-Guelph
-Grand River Hospital/St. Mary's, Kitchener*
-London Health Sciences Centre
-St. Joseph's Health Care/Parkwood Hospital
-Bluewater Health, Sarnia*
-Woodstock*
-Windsor*
Pediatrics 4 weeks Locations:
-Pediatric Emergency at London Health Sciences Centre
-Community Pediatrics in London
-Community Pediatrics in St. Thomas*
Obstetrics/Gynecology 4 weeks Locations:
-London Health Sciences Centre
-Grand River Hospital in Kitchener*
General Surgery 4 weeks Locations:
-London Health Sciences Centre
-St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital*
-Stratford General Hospital*
-Chatham-Kent Health Alliance*
-Windsor*
-Owen Sound Hospital*
-Bluewater Health-Sarnia*
-Woodstock*
Medicine 4 weeks Choices:
-Hospital General Internal Medicine Clinical Teaching Unit at London Health Sciences Centre
-Hospital general internal medicine clinical teaching unit and ambulatory experience in Windsor*
-Chatham-Kent Health Alliance*
-Stratford General Hospital*
Medicine - Geriatrics 4 weeks Choices:
-London Health Sciences Centre (NorthEnd Consults or Acute Care of the Elderly unit)
-Parkwood Hospital
-London Long-term Care Rotation
Medicine - selective 4 weeks Choices:
-Hospital General Internal Medicine Clinical Teaching Unit at London Health Sciences Centre
-Ambulatory G.I.M. at London Health Sciences Centre
-Ward Cardiology at London Health Sciences Centre
-Hospital general internal medicine clinical teaching unit OR ambulatory (office and clinic) experience in Windsor*
-Chatham-Kent Health Alliance*
-St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital*
-Stratford General Hospital*

*=community hospitals
†For palliative care rotation requirements, please see:http://www.familymedicineuwo.ca/residents/rh_end_of_life.html

 

PGY2 Year
Rotation Duration Location / Notes
Family Medicine 16 weeks Assigned family practice
Rural Family Medicine 8 weeks Various locations available (http://familymedicineuwo.ca/PostGrad/CR/FamMedicine.aspx)
Adult Emergency 4 weeks Choices:
-London Health Sciences Centre
-St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital*
-Chatham-Kent Health Alliance*
-Stratford General Hospital*
-Windsor*
Core selective 8 weeks Choices:
-Any rotation within Southwestern Ontario
Electives 16 weeks Anywhere in Ontario; maximum 4 weeks of out-of-Ontario elective allowed

*=community hospitals
†For palliative care rotation requirements, please see:http://www.familymedicineuwo.ca/residents/rh_end_of_life.html


Other mandatory requirements for completion of residency
  • Residency project
    • Choices: clinical audit, case report, clinical research project, comprehensive literature review, major essay, other (requires approval from family medicine preceptor)
    • Resident will present project either as a poster or presentation

  • Academic program
    • Every Wednesday afternoon (on or off-service) will be protected for completion of the academic program
    • Must complete a minimum number of credits; minimum credit requirements exist for certain topics to ensure full coverage of topics to be learned
    • Credits can be accumulated via self-directed learning or attending pre-scheduled teaching sessions on Wednesday afternoons
    • Activities are logged online in order to receive credits
    • Participation in Behavioural Medicine and Ethics Curriculum

  • Procedures and obstetrics delivery log
    • Allows residents to track their own learning
    • Helps accomplish delivery targets
 
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