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University Health Network
Toronto General Hospital, 585 University Ave
Toronto, ON, M5G 2N2

Residency Webpage: see hospital webpage: www.uhn.ca.

UHN program outline available by contacting residency coordinators

Director:
Olavo Fernandes
Clinical Director of Pharmacy
Email: olavo.fernandes@uhn.on.ca

Co-Coordinators:
Karen Cameron (Karen.cameron@uhn.ca)
Education Coordinator 

Cindy Natsheh (Cindy.natsheh@uhn.ca)
Education Coordinator

Contact: Olavo Fernandes
Phone: 416-340-4800 x 6436
Fax: 416-340-3685

RESIDENCY PROGRAM

Type: General
Focus: Clinical Practice
Established in: 1967
# Positions: 3
App. deadline:November 1, 2011 (as set by HPRFO)
Starting date: approx. first Monday in July (start dates negotiable)
Est. stipend: $35,000 per annum

Benefits: Not applicable to temporary full time staff  

Vacation/holiday leave: 2 weeks  

Education/conference leave: 2 major pharmacy conferences with options for smaller conferences as applicable

Program highlights: Designed to develop self-directed practitioners with advanced skills in practice of pharmaceutical care. The program offers a wide variety of clinical rotations including specialty clinical rotations in solid organ transplantation, oncology, neurosciences, cardiology, infectious disease, ambulatory HIV Clinic, intensive care and general medicine. Also exposes residents to hospital administration, integrated clinical-distributive pharmacy practice sites, drug information services and ambulatory practice sites. Residents must complete a major project during the residency year. Residents rotate through all three sites of the University Health Network based on the rotations.

Required Rotations:

• Central Pharmacy Operations (1 week)
• Pharmacy Practice (4 weeks)
• Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaceutical Care (PPC) on General Internal Medicine – Clinical Rotation (8 weeks)
• Critical Care – Clinical Rotation (4 weeks)
• Drug Information (4 weeks)
• Administration (2 x 1 week)
• Clinical Practice (5 weeks)
• Project (8 weeks)

Elective Rotations:
-Residents have a choice of 3 elective rotations
-Elective Rotations are 4 weeks each in length  

• Inpatient Electives
• Cardiology
• Emergency Medicine 
• Infectious Diseases
• Neurosciences
• Oncology- Solid Tumor
• Oncology- Haematology
• Solid Organ Transplant
• Ambulatory Electives
• Ambulatory Family Practice
• Ambulatory HIV
• Ambulatory Nephrology
• External Rotations (meeting criteria) may also be arranged by the resident

Minimum required credentials: B.Sc.Phm

ORGANIZATION

Type: A 3 site institution consisting of The Toronto General Hospital, The Toronto Western Hospital and The Princess Margaret Hospital.
Key program groupings:advanced medicine & surgery; community and population health, heart & circulation; Krembil neurosciences program, multi-organ transplant, musculoskeletal health & arthritis; oncology& blood disorders
Number of beds: 744
Sites: Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital
Affiliation: University of Toronto

2010/2011 Residents:
Grace Ho
Rajini Retnasothie
Anjie Yang

2009/2010 Residents:
Emily Charlesworth
Alicia Niven
Charlene Wilson

2008/2009 Residents:
Godfrey Mau
Andrea Narducci
Cherie Wong