Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Fellowship

Overview

One-year clinical trauma and acute care surgery fellowship at Southern Alberta's provincial Level 1 trauma centre treating about 1,500 trauma patients a year.

The programme

Focus

Trauma & acute care surgery / surgical critical care

Training type

Clinical Fellowship

Duration

1 year

Start

Not stated on official page

Positions

1–2 per year

Accreditation

Not stated on official page

Department

Department of Surgery, Section of General Surgery (Office of Surgical Fellowship)

Eligibility and visa

Eligibility

Completed or completing RCPSC (or equivalent) accredited residency; eligible for a CPSA educational or independent licence

International applicants

Institution policyInternational medical graduates accepted as International Clinical Fellows or Sponsored Fellows if they hold a CPSA-acceptable medical degree, completed residency, verify credentials via physiciansapply.ca, meet CPSA English-language requirements and obtain a work permit; funding must come from a PGME-approved source

Visa support

Institution policyInternational fellows need an IRCC work permit valid for the whole fellowship; PGME supplies the LMIA-exemption number for the application and fellows cannot start (or enter Canada for training) without it

Licence requirement

Institution policyA current CPSA (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta) postgraduate training licence must be issued before training starts (renewed annually from May; includes criminal record/vulnerable sector check and CPSA English-proficiency rules); CMPA liability protection also required

How to apply

Deadline

31 May 2027 for 2028/2029

Application method

Application via the Office of Surgical Fellowship

Funding

Funding

Compensation per Office of Surgical Fellowship policies

Official sources