Medical Fellows

To apply for a fellowship at UHN, you should check your eligibility for fellowship training at the University of Toronto. Following, you must contact the contact the office of the Fellowship Program Director listed through the University of Toronto Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) website. Each program will have specific requirements.

Upon successfully receiving an offer letter, you will be contacted by the PGME office with registration instructions.

Please visit resources for new trainees for key resources such as the PGME orientation manual, an overview of PGME and Life at UofT can be found.

Upon receiving your PGME registration confirmation, you must follow the steps to complete your PG registration at UHN.

Check out the FAQs for more information.

For further inquiries, please contact: MedicalEducation@uhn.ca.

Application

• Fellowship applications are to be completed via the  PGME website and differ for each program.
• Information for new fellows.
• The UHN International Learner Welcome Package (for all learners).

Each academic year, all medical learners rotating through UHN are required to submit an online placement. Once this placement is approved, your registration with UHN Medical Education is complete and, if applicable, your network access information will be available through your learner profile on the site.

For more details on this process, please refer to the PGME UHN registration instructions and the registration FAQs .

As outlined in the PGME registration requirement, full immunization record and mask fit to be completed and signed by a clinic, health centre, or health care professional other than yourself. New trainees will have three months to acquire their mask fit test at the hospital of their first rotation. Visit PGME Registration for more information.

Scrubs and pager forms must be picked up at the UHN Medical Education department located at:
TGH: 200 Elizabeth Street, Eaton Wing, Ground-001, 0800-1600
TWH: 399 Bathurst Steet, 3rd Floor, West WingFurther information can be found outlined in the

Further information can be found outlined in the PGME registration instructions .

UHN Education encompasses teaching and learning at four hospitals– Princess Margaret, Toronto General and Toronto Western hospitals, and the five sites of Toronto Rehab – as well as full-time programs at the School of Applied Health Sciences and a range of options via the School of Continuing Education at the Michener Institute of Education at UHN. Visit UHN Locations for more information on services, programs and amenities offered at each location.

• Get to and around UHN
• In-hospital amenities
  
• Information about bike parking can be found on the Energy and Environment Department home page on the UHN Intranet

UHN Shuttle Service
A free shuttle service runs between Toronto Western and Toronto General Hospitals Monday through Friday.

Providing inclusive and safe spaces for learners throughout your education is of the utmost importance. Learn more about resources available to you at UofT and UHN.

UHN is committed to learner and educator wellness at both an individual and at an organizational level. Workplace wellness at UHN is a comprehensive approach to improving the health and well-being of employees, trainees and the organization. A healthy organization translates into a more productive and resilient workforce.

You can visit our Oasis Wellness Centre - Main Office at Toronto General Hospital - 1NU168

In addition to UHN wellness resources, fellows can access other wellness support resources for learners and physicians.

Postgraduate Medical Education offers urgent advice for PGME Trainees through the Office of Learner Affairs and Learner Mistreatment.

Any learner requiring assistance at UHN can find resources on our Learner Assistance page.

Visit the Post-Graduate Medical Education office for more information on how to apply for Awards and Scholarships.

We know you need space to study, eat and relax while learning with us. Most spaces that are open to staff are also open to you.

Call Rooms and Lounges

Resident/Fellow Lounges at UHN
Toronto General Campus (badge access)
GNU 122 - Ground Floor Norman Urquhart Wing, Room G-122 (badge access)

Toronto Western Campus
8MCL 419 - 8th floor McLaughlin Pavilion, Room 8-419 (punch code; contact program administrative for door code)

Princess Margaret Campus
14th floor, Room 14-619 (punch code; contact program administrative for door code)

Toronto Rehab Campus
University Campus: 4th floor, Room 4-131 (badge access)
Lyndhurst: Learner Lounge - TLC Room 206

For specific call room information, please contact your postgraduate education site lead/director or administrative coordinator.

Libraries and Computer Labs

The UHN Library Network is one of the largest in Canada and includes health sciences academic libraries across all five campuses (including the hospital-based libraries across UHN), providing expert information leadership across UHN and beyond.

• Hospital-based libraries
• Virtual library

Learning Spaces and Computer Labs

Education spaces at Toronto General Hospital and Toronto Western Hospitals are equipped with bookable seminar rooms, exam rooms, kitchens and computer facilities along with drop-in spaces accessible to learners.

If you are interested in using a learning space, please drop in or if you would like to book a space please contact the centres:

Toronto General Hospital (Helliwell Centre)

200 Elizabeth Street, Eaton North, Ground Floor, Room 001
Toronto, ON M5G 2C4
Phone: 416 340 4846
Email: medicaleducation@uhn.ca

Toronto Western Hospital Education Centre
399 Bathurst Street, 3rd Floor, West Wing
Toronto, ON M5T 2S6
Phone: 416 603 5924
Email: medicaleducation@uhn.ca

Rooms:

• Seminar rooms (six total)
• Equipped with conference tables and large monitors that can be used as projection screens
• Seminar Rooms can accommodate up to 10 to 12 people
• Seminar Rooms 1-3 and 5 & 6 have the ability to combine displays with retractable doors to create a larger learning monitors that can be linked to any computer and used as a large display screen. Additional audio-visual equipment can be acquired through the hospital's audio-visual department

• Student lounge with full kitchen
• Lactation Space
• Computer lab with multiple dual screen computer stations with printing and photocopying
• Full wireless service

Princess Margaret Education Centre
The Princess Margaret Education Centre is anticipated to open in early 2023. You will need to use the 620 University Avenue Elevators to get to the space, located on the 6th floor.

The Temerty Advanced Education & Simulation Centre (Temerty Centre)

The Temerty Centre proudly boasts the future of innovative surgical training. Officially opening it's doors in Spring 2022 it will become known as a hub of advanced surgical simulation-based education and training for surgeons and healthcare professionals. With the completion of Phase I, we offer a state-of-the-art high-fidelity OR simulation lab, a 10 bay self-directed skills lab and an innovation hub for research cultivation in the areas of robotics and artificial intelligence in surgery. In honouring our roots, we are an official testing centre for the Fundamentals in Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS), and continue to support remote training of international surgeons around the world. The Centre has dedicated telesimulation/telementoring rooms to support the important work that has been done and to plan for the future of telesimulation. Upon completion of Phase II in Spring 2024 an additional 10 mini-OR bays will be added to the roster allowing for larger wet-lab simulation courses. Please visit us at www.temertysimcentre.com to see the wide range of offerings and services our Centre has available.

Anesthesia Simulation Centre

Using simulation equipment from a patient donation, the Anesthesia Assistants at UHN developed the Anesthesia Simulation Centre. To assist healthcare professionals to maintain and enhance patient safety practices through ongoing learning, the Anesthesia Simulation Centre created the UHN Continuing Education Simulation Program (CESP). This simulation program is accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Royal College accredited simulation programs are internationally recognized and must undergo a rigorous peer review process.

The Anesthesia Simulation Centre presents a creative venue for endless clinical situations from unit specific to interprofessional scenarios for both novice and experienced healthcare professionals. Participants can work individually or in teams to practice routine procedures, manage crisis situations, rehearse treatment protocols, and reflect on teamwork skills in a safe learning environment without any risk to real patients.

The Anesthesia Simulation Centre offers several simulation modalities including:

• Computerized high-fidelity adult human patient simulator
• Task trainers
• Role-playing
• Various bench-top 3D printed anatomical models

For each simulation session, the Simulation Program Coordinator works collaboratively with clinical educators from various disciplines to create unique scenarios that are tailored to the specific educational and training needs of the group. The scenarios provide formative and summative assessments with structured feedback for the participants. During the debriefing of the scenarios, in-depth discussions take place about ways to optimize current clinical practices.

By bringing the acquisition and implementation of knowledge, skills, and decision-making into clinical practice, in a safe environment, the Anesthesia Simulation Centre creates a continuous learning environment for healthcare professionals. This leads to increased patient safety, better interprofessional communication, and identification of learning gaps for improvement.

Centre for Learning, Innovation and Simulation - The Michener Institute of Education at UHN

The mandate for the Centre for Learning, Innovation and Simulation (CLIS) is to support the vision and strategic direction of Michener's academic programs. CLIS instructional designers, learning specialists and support staff work with stakeholders to develop curriculum and deliver best practice simulation methodology in order to maximize student learning. CLIS coordinates curriculum, faculty and organizational development activities. In concert with interprofessional collaboration and education initiatives (IPC and IPE) at Michener, CLIS provides expertise in competency-based, simulation-enhanced curriculum design and evaluation

UHN is Canada's leading research hospital network, so you may have the opportunity to engage in clinical or educational research. For more information about research at UHN, please explore these resources as well as the Office of Research Trainees (ORT) to ensure you have completed all necessary requirements to conduct research.

Educational Research (types of research we do at UHN, how do we use research to drive change and impact curriculum)

Broader statement of research [clinical practice, research and education]

• UHN Research Institutes
• UHN Libraries
• CAP Research and Innovation for information on practice based research
• Office of Research Trainees
• Wilson Centre
• Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare & Education (CACHE)
• The Institute of Education Research

At UHN, you cannot help but be involved in interprofessional education. That could mean taking part in a structured student IPE placement, or engaging in other IPE activities such as attending team rounds and family meetings, shadowing a team member from another profession, or reviewing a patient chart.

Staff opportunities for interprofessional education at at UHN are also critical. IPE activities are open to all team members as part of our culture of lifelong learning. Interprofessional care and collaborative practice have many champions at both the professional and program levels across the hospital campuses. These champions host interprofessional care and education rounds and workshops, train and develop IPC/E facilitators, and model interprofessional patient-centered care.

Visit the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada webpage for resources to help you transition from residency into practice.

For information on Continuing Education opportunities, please visit the Michener Institute of Education at UHN Continuing Education website.

The UHN International Centre for Education offers a wide variety of professional development opportunities such as observership-based personalized programs, online courses and in-person workshops.

Through a clinical observership/authorized guest visit, health care professionals and learners have an opportunity to learn by observing examinations and other procedures performed by our physicians, surgeons, nurses, and other staff in our hospitals.

Detailed instructions on how to find a sponsor for an Observership.

Please visit complete list of Continuing Professional Development and Continuing Medical Education opportunities at The Michener Institute of Education at UHN.