Overview
A two-year fellowship mirroring the Royal College PGY4-5 rheumatology training, open to internationally trained internists, leading to eligibility for the RCPSC SEAP rheumatology examinations.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical and Research Fellowship
- Duration
- 2 years
- Start
- July 1
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- RCPSC Subspecialty Examination Affiliate Program (SEAP) eligible
- Department
- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Completed an approved internal medicine training program outside Canada
- International applicants
- Non-Canadian applicants may apply; sponsored applicants from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE apply via sponsoring agency to PGME (per UofT PGME fellowship page)
- Visa support
- Work permit and CPSO licensure process often takes 6-8 months for candidates outside Canada
- Licence requirement
- CPSO certificate authorizing postgraduate education (educational licence); applicants must be recognized as a specialist/family physician in the jurisdiction where they practised (per UofT PGME fellowship page)
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Per UofT PGME process; contact fellowships.medicine@utoronto.ca
Funding
- Funding
- Division does not provide funding and does not accept self-funded applicants; proof of funding equivalent to PGY-3 PARO salary required