General Orthopaedics and Lower… | University of Toronto

Overview

One-year community-based fellowship in general orthopaedic surgery with a strong focus on lower extremity arthroplasty and reconstruction.

Training type: Clinical Fellowship
Duration: 1 year
Start: Institution policyUniversity of Toronto PGME academic year runs 1 July - 30 June (letters of appointment issued per academic year; off-cycle starts possible)
Positions: 3 per year
Accreditation: Not stated on official page
Department: Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery

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: 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

Deadline: Applications due 18 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: 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