Overview
A one-year non-RCPSC-accredited program in hospital-based obstetrics, emergency skills, patient safety and quality improvement, training fellows as obstetric safety officers.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1 year
- Start
- July 1
- Positions
- Two per year
- Accreditation
- Not accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
- Department
- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Not stated on official page
- International applicants
- Yes – TOEFL required if training was not in English; sponsorship letter documenting full salary support required
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) licence; accepted clinical fellows trained abroad must complete the CPSO 4–12-week pre-entry assessment program (department fellowship resources)
How to apply
- Deadline
- September 1 each year (September 1, 2026 for 2027/2028; closed)
- Application method
- Pre-assessment, then full package (CV, degrees, transcripts, cover letter, three references, TOEFL, sponsorship letter) emailed to the Fellowship Coordinator; interviews in November
Funding
- Funding
- Must be fully funded by a sponsoring institution/agency; trainee salary no less than CAD 60,000 per annum