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CHPRB Accredited Programs

Mount Sinai Hospital
600 University Avenue
Toronto, ON, M5G 1X5

Director : Bill Wilson
Director of Pharmacy

Coordinator: Toni Bailie
Residency Coordinator

Contact: Bill Wilson
Phone: 416-586-4800 ext. 5016
Fax: 416-586-8353

RESIDENCY PROGRAM

Type: General
Focus:
Established in: 1980
# Positions: 2
App. deadline: as set by HPRFO
Starting date: June-July
Est. stipend: $32,000 per annum + benefits in lieu

Benefits: % in lieu of benefits

Vacation/holiday leave: 2 weeks

Education/conference leave: 2 conferences (generally CSHP’S AGM and PPC)

Program highlights: General program that emphasizes the development and application of advance practice skills in the provision of direct patient care.  The resident will have the opportunity to be an active participant in many of our multidisciplinary health teams and promote the integration of evidence into the decision making process for the patients they are responsible for.  Mandatory rotations include medicine, surgery, cardiology, infectious disease, neonatology, drug information, administration and drug distribution.  In addition, at the end of the Residency, there is a liaison rotation where the resident covers a service.  This serves to help bridge the resident into practice.

Elective rotations include: Psychiatry, Acute Pain, Geriatric Medicine, Critical Care, Oncology, ER and Family Health.

Required Rotations:

Distribution/TPN: 4 weeks
Administration: 1 week +
Drug Information: 4 weeks
General Medicine: 5 weeks
General Surgery (IBD): 3 weeks
Cardiology: 4 weeks, or Infectious Disease: 4 weeks
Perinatology: 4 weeks

Clinical Teaching: 8 weeks
Project: 6 weeks
Liaison: 4 weeks

Elective Rotations:

Resident generally has a choice of 2 electives
Psychiatry: 3 weeks
Emergency Medicine: 3 weeks
Critical Care: 3 weeks
Acute Pain Service: 3 weeks
Oncology: 3 weeks
Geriatric Medicine: 3 weeks
Family Health Team: 3 weeks

Minimum required credentials: B.Sc.Phm. plus eligibility for licensure in Ontario.

ORGANIZATION

Type: Tertiary care teaching hospital
Number of beds: 472
Sites: Mount Sinai Hospital
Affiliation: University of Toronto

2011/2012 Residents:
Ruby Liang
Anthony Amadio

2010/2011 Residents:
Katie Mok
Christine Truong