Overview
A 1-2 year fellowship giving advanced training in systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases through longitudinal scleroderma, lupus and pre-clinical autoimmunity clinics plus scholarly projects.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical and Research Fellowship
- Duration
- 1-2 years
- Start
- January or July
- Positions
- 1-2 depending on funding
- Accreditation
- University of Toronto clinical fellowship; does not lead to RCPSC certification (per UofT PGME fellowship page)
- Department
- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Completed rheumatology training
- International applicants
- Non-Canadian applicants may apply; sponsored applicants from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE apply via sponsoring agency to PGME (per UofT PGME fellowship page)
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- CPSO certificate authorizing postgraduate education (educational licence); applicants must be recognized as a specialist/family physician in the jurisdiction where they practised (per UofT PGME fellowship page)
How to apply
- Deadline
- Ongoing intake
- Application method
- Contact program (supervisors Drs. Sindhu Johnson, Joan Wither, Zahi Touma)
Funding
- Funding
- Division of Rheumatology does not provide fellowship funding; proof of funding required (per division page)