Arthroplasty & Lower Extremity Reconstruction Fellowship - Humber River Hospital

Overview

Community-hospital fellowship focused 80% on advanced hip and knee arthroplasty (direct anterior, robotic, revision) and 20% on periarticular and periprosthetic trauma.

The programme

Training type

Clinical Fellowship

Duration

1 year

Start

1 July

Positions

2 per year

Accreditation

Not stated on official page

Department

Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery

Eligibility and visa

Eligibility

Surgeons who have completed general orthopaedic training

International applicants

Yes - clinical fellows are surgeons from Canada or international countries who already hold orthopaedic specialist status in their country of origin

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

12 months before the 1 July start

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

Official sources