Upper Extremity & Trauma Fellowship - Sunnybrook

Overview

Preceptor-based upper extremity fellowship covering shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand surgery with Level 1 and community trauma at Sunnybrook and the Holland Centre.

The programme

Training type

Clinical Fellowship

Duration

1 year

Start

Not stated on official page

Positions

3 per year

Accreditation

Not stated on official page

Department

Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery

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

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

Not stated on official page

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