Video PresentationUnity Health Toronto: St. Michael's *recorded April 2022 Show
Teaching Sites
Quick Facts
Program Highlights
Hospital, Community, Teaching Unit and ProgramOur staff are dedicated to ensuring that our residents graduate from the program with a broad range of skills and are able to work in a variety of settings. You have access to a wide array of agencies which are staffed by members of our department. They include:
Though our program is situated in downtown Toronto our graduates acquire the skills to work in settings ranging from academic to rural, remote and international. Each year a few of our residents elect to continue their training in academic medicine or third-year programs. Our residents have access to highly rated hospital rotations with excellent clinical teachers. The profile of our patient population varies somewhat from one clinical site to another. These sites are as follows: The Family Practice Unit at 61 Queen Street East, 3rd Floor
The St. Lawrence Health Centre at 140 The Esplanade
Wellesley-St. Jamestown Health Centre - HUB C, 95 Homewood Ave.
Wellesley-St. Jamestown Health Centre - HUB B, 95 Homewood Ave.
Health Centre at 80 Bond Street at 80 Bond Street
Houses inter-professional alliances with Chiropractic care, Dentistry, and Ryerson Psychology Sumac Creek Health Centre
CurriculumThe family medicine curriculum includes both a longitudinal and a block (rotation-based) component. In horizontal/longitudinal:
Block family medicine rotations (four in first year and two in second year) include:
Throughout the year, residents will return to the department every Wednesday morning for presentations by residents, family physicians and consultants, on topics in family medicine. During block time, additional sessions in evidence-based medicine and behavioural health are incorporated into the rotation. The family medicine experience is based on a team approach to care. Team members, including nurses, nutritionists, social workers, pharmacists, physical therapists and addictions counsellors, play a central and essential role in both patient care and teaching. In addition, our residents complete the NRP (neonatal resuscitation). In first year, one of the four months of family medicine has been modified to emphasize inner city health. During that month residents may spend up to four clinical half days per week in community agencies and clinical settings which serve the inner city community. The schedule is kept flexible to allow residents to select both clinical and enrichment activities that correspond to their learning needs and interests. Similarly, the flexibility of our second-year curriculum recognizes the need for residents to identify their learning objectives and select rotations accordingly. Mandatory experiences are outlined (one month in each of internal medicine selective, women’s health, palliative care, mental health) but residents choose and arrange the type of rotation which meets their learning needs. Residents in good academic standing have the opportunity to complete their second-year requirements on a longitudinal/horizontal basis. Residents are provided with support for completion of their resident academic project (RAP). A dedicated resident academic project coordinator physician and the departmental research assistant provide guidance while other departmental research activities provide opportunities for exploring family medicine research. In short, our residents, the expertise of more than 80 staff representing all members of the health care team, our commitment to a diverse, challenging and rewarding patient population and our central role in one of the leading tertiary care centres in this country make our department a rewarding learning environment where the basics of family medicine are extended to the integrated care of those marginalized by our society. If you have additional questions, please contact:
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