Overview
Training in the management of severe systemic dermatological disease such as CTCL and pemphigus variants, with preference for future academics and those pursuing a graduate degree.
The programme
- Focus
- Complex medical dermatology
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1–2 years
- Start
- 1 July of the following year
- Positions
- 0–4 per year
- Accreditation
- University of Toronto clinical fellowship (Certificate of Completion); does not lead to RCPSC certification
- Department
- Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Fully trained and certified dermatologists
- International applicants
- Institution policyYes - international applicants who meet CPSO clinical-fellow licensure requirements contact the Fellowship Program Director; applicants from countries with training agreements apply via their sponsoring agency to the PGME Office
- Visa support
- Institution policyinternational clinical fellows need an IRCC work permit; the PGME Office issues an LMIA-exempt offer of employment number and supports the work permit application
- Licence requirement
- Must be eligible for a CPSO certificate authorizing postgraduate education (educational licence); IMGs complete a Pre-Entry Assessment Program
How to apply
- Deadline
- Open anytime
- Application method
- Institution policyapply to the departmental Fellowship Program Director; sponsored international applicants apply through their sponsoring agency to the PGME Office
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policyclinical fellows must be funded (department or sponsoring agency); FEAC recommends pay at least equal to PGY1 on the PARO salary scale, and foreign nationals must be paid at a rate commensurate with a Canadian in the same role