Palliative Rotation at Toronto General

General Guidelines for Presentations

• Case-based, if possible.
• 15 minute article presentation.
• 15 minute discussion with audience input.
• Article may be randomized controlled trial, systemic review, meta-analysis, case report/series, qualitative studies, etc.
  

Resources for journal club

• JAMA Series on step-by-step critical appraisal
• Resource on critical appraisal from The Cochrane Collaboration
• Palliative Care Journal Club – aggregates and organizes journal articles relevant to palliative care, crowd-sourced and searchable
• How to do a Journal Club in 10 minutes

Teaching sessions and academic rounds​

Palliative care half-day teaching for medical students

When: Tuesday afternoons from 2:00 – 5:00 pm

Where: The Cathy Kelly Classroom, 4^th floor, Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Health Complex, 60 Murray Street.

Getting there: You will need to contact the receptionist to give you access to the classroom.

• These are didactic sessions attended by all residents and medical students on a palliative care rotation at UHN or Temmy Latner Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital.
• Attendance is mandatory.
• Different topics are covered each week.
• Suggested and required pre-reading is available online at University of Toronto Libraries.
• Check with the staff physicians you are working with as to whether you are expected to return to TGH after the session – this will depend on how busy the service is.

Palliative care teaching for residents and fellows

When: Please see the schedule sent to you by our administrative assistant.

Where: Usually in the office of the staff who is teaching.

• These teaching sessions take place 2 – 3 times per week and cover a wide range of topics in palliative care.
• Sessions vary between case-based and didactic format.

Academic Rounds

Topics for rounds vary from month to month and may be relevant to your interests and learning needs.