Overview
Advanced clinical fellowships at three UBC teaching hospitals, including a St. Paul's track with 25–35 transplants, 15–20 assist devices and 20–30 ECMOs a year.
The programme
- Focus
- Adult cardiac / heart transplant / congenital
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1 year (maximum 2 years)
- Start
- 1 July
- Positions
- 1 at each hospital
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- Division of Cardiac Surgery
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Successfully completed a cardiac surgical residency recognised by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
- International applicants
- Open to Canadian and international applicants
- Visa support
- Institution policy (UBC PGME): foreign trainees must hold an IRCC work permit for the whole training period; the sponsoring department/PGME submits an offer of employment to IRCC and the fellow applies under the LMIA-exempt category
- Licence requirement
- Institution policy (CPSBC/UBC PGME): postgraduate trainees and fellows at UBC must be licensed with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC (educational - postgraduate class; fellow licence max 4 years) before training starts; the department obtains the licence, IMGs need physiciansapply.ca source verification and CPSBC English proficiency
How to apply
- Deadline
- 31 March of the year prior to the start date
- Application method
- Direct application to the UBC Division of Cardiac Surgery; applications reviewed each April for a 1 July start the following year
Funding
- Funding
- Own funding through sponsorship preferred, but funding can be provided by the Division of Cardiac Surgery
Official sources
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