Postgraduate Medical Education Information Booklet 2012-2013

University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine PGME 2012-2013
Message from Vice Dean: Dr. Salvatore M. Spadafora
Welcome to Postgraduate Medical Education at the University of Toronto. We
take pride in our continued success at keeping the University of Toronto and
our affiliated teaching sites at the forefront of excellence in teaching and
research. Not only do we offer the widest diversity of education and training
experiences in the country, but we have embarked on an agenda of
transformational change in postgraduate medical education. We offer 77
different accredited Family Medicine, specialty and subspecialty programs
across 28 affiliated teaching and community hospitals and healthcare sites,
plus dozens of other clinics and community sites.
We are committed to a culture of accountability and social responsibility. Our
impact on the healthcare landscape in Ontario, across Canada and around the
world is indisputable. We contribute almost 45% of new Ontario-trained
physicians annually in this province, and 18% of Canadian-trained physicians
across the country. We are working to expand and develop many new
community sites for postgraduate medical education.
The PGME residency programs regularly have superlative CARMS match
results, and are very proud of the exceptional performance achieved in the
last accreditation site survey of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Canada and the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
Our Faculty is home to the largest postgraduate MD training setting in the
country. More than one of every 10 physicians educated in Canada (12%)
begin their training at our Faculty of Medicine. Residencies and Fellowships at
UofT offer a wealth of clinical exposure and the finest research experiences.
As well, we are renown for innovations such as our foundational curricula on
CanMEDS competencies through the web based program, PGCorEd; learning
environments that are supported by our Office of Resident Wellness, and a
state of the art web-based Registration and Evaluation system (POWER).
I encourage you to come and hear firsthand about learning and discovery at
UofT, and become a member of the finest academy of postgraduate MDs in
Canada.
Salvatore M. Spadafora MD, FRCPC, MHPE
Vice Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education,
Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
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