Overview
A one-year forensic pathology fellowship for anatomical pathologists from low- and middle-income countries, based on supervised medicolegal autopsies, to build forensic capacity at home.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1 year
- Start
- Normally July (selected fellows may wait 1–3 years)
- Positions
- 1 per year
- Accreditation
- University of Toronto PGME clinical fellowship (not Royal College certification)
- Department
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- From a low- or middle-income country (preference for Jamaica, the Caribbean and Africa); MD/MBBS; recognised postgraduate certification in anatomical pathology; CPSO-eligible; fluent English; able to build forensic capacity at home
- International applicants
- Yes — designed exclusively for pathologists from low- and middle-income countries
- Visa support
- Work permit required for non-Canadians; Temerty PGME Office provides documents for the Canadian visa application (applicant pays processing fee)
- Licence requirement
- CPSO Certificate of Registration for Postgraduate Education (or independent licence) and CMPA malpractice cover
How to apply
- Deadline
- Online applications 1 January – 31 August each year (rolling)
- Application method
- Online form with letter of interest, CV, MD and specialty certificate copies (translated), letter of good standing if in training; three references emailed to lmp.pg@utoronto.ca
Funding
- Funding
- Financial support from the Raymond Chang Foundation for trainees whose countries cannot fund training in Canada