Overview
A SickKids fellowship developing expertise in the medical and surgical care and genetics of retinoblastoma, with about 30% protected research time.
The programme
- Focus
- Ocular oncology
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1 year
- Start
- 1 July (fellowship runs 1 July - 30 June)
- Positions
- 1 fellow per year (not necessarily offered annually)
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Institution policymust be eligible for a CPSO postgraduate education certificate, including recognition as a medical specialist/family physician in the jurisdiction where the applicant practised before the fellowship
- 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
- Institution policyclinical fellows must hold a CPSO certificate of registration authorising postgraduate education (educational licence); research fellows do not need CPSO registration
How to apply
- Deadline
- Second Friday in September of the year prior to beginning the fellowship in July
- 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