FM/Emergency Med. Match (R-3)

Program Descriptions

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Updated July 18, 2011

McGill University

College of Family Physicians of Canada
Emergency Medicine Residency Program CFPC(EM)

Supporting Documents

1. Reference Letters
   Three letters are required and each must be accompanied by the "Referee Assessment of Applicant".
   Click here to access the "Referee assessment form"
   
   
2. Assessment by Program Director
   One letter from your family medicine program director which must be accompanied by the "Family Medicine Program Director's Assessment of Applicant".
   Click here to access the "Family medicine program / site director's assessment of applicant form"
   
   
3. Personal Letter
   A letter describing your career interest is required.
   
   
4. Proof of Citizenship
   You must submit the following to allow us to determine your eligibility: PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP must be submitted with each application. In the case of Canadian Citizens or Canadian Permanent Residents: birth certificate plus one of the following: both sides of the permanent resident card or citizenship document, passport page. In the case of Quebec medical students currently on a Student Visa in Quebec: A copy of your valid passport page as well as a copy of your birth certificate and Student Visa. We are unable to consider Visa Students from other provinces. Also, it will be necessary for us to receive the certified copy of the documents once the trainee has been matched.

Review Process

Applications submitted after File Review has opened:
- will not be considered

References and other supporting documents which arrive after File Review has opened:
- will not be considered

Applicants will be selected based on:

• academic excellence
• interpersonal skills
• potential contribution to emergency and family medicine
• well-roundedness is considered an asset

Interviews

Date(s) of Interview: November 15

Invitation/ Notification Information:

Those applicants selected for interview will be notified by email.

Details regarding Interview:

Interviews will be held on November 15 at the McGill University Health Centre. Those selected for an interview will undergo two interviews by staff physicians and current residents. The interviews will be 20 minutes in length. There will be opportunity to interact with and ask questions of staff and current and former residents in the program.

Program Information

Overview

The McGill Family Medicine - Emergency Medicine program will be starting its 27th year as of July 2011. From it's origins in the mid 1980's with 2 residents, the program has flourished and grown to be the largest program in Canada. By the end of the 2010-2011 academic year, one hundred and eighty-six residents from across Canada will have completed the third year program in Emergency Medicine at McGill. Over the past decade the exam success rate has remained in the 95% plus range. Many of the graduates have continued in an academic stream and are actively involved in research and medical education, while others are practicing in rural and community hospitals combining Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine practice. Our residents have gone on to become leaders in the hospitals, communities and Emergency Departments they have joined.

Curriculum

The following is an outline of the specialty rotations (four weeks) undertaken during the PGY3 year:

PGY 3 Rotations

Seminars and Rounds

Oral, Interactive and Written Sessions

Oral, written and interactive sessions are held on a monthly basis. The purpose of these sessions are three-fold:

These sessions take place on Wednesday mornings, corresponding to weeks 2 & 3 of the period. They generally run from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm.

These sessions are a compulsory part of the curriculum. In order to ensure and monitor your progress through the year, you will be evaluated during these sessions, both on your performance during the oral and written as well as your participation and preparedness during the interactive sessions. There will be introductory sessions in the month of July that will review the basics of how to do an oral exam.

The textbook that serves as the basis for these sessions is the American College of Emergency Medicine Study Guide ( Tintinalli ) though other sources are also suggested ( e.g. - ACLS / ATLS texts, Rosen, etc. ). These sessions alternate between the hospital centers of the CFPC(EM) Program - SMBD Jewish General Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital, the Montreal General Hospital and the Montreal Childrens' Hospital.

At the beginning of the academic year, the residents are given a schedule of the topics for these sessions, the topics deriving from the chapters of Tintinalli and other texts. Prior to each session, it is the responsibility of each resident to review that topic, often using the above text as the main reference, with other references being used on an as needed basis. The morning of these sessions are organized in the following way: the residents are divided into two-three groups, each assigned to one to three staff physicians (the physician often being chosen based on their particular interests and areas of expertise). The staff physician will have prepared several cases (written and oral) to use and will subsequently test each resident in a format similar to the actual exams.

Following the actual exam, critique and evaluation will take place by both the staff physician as well as the other residents in the group with a few minutes of discussion revolving around each case. Each resident will in turn be the candidate. These sessions have been found to be quite valuable in preparing the residents for the exams both with respect to the format and approach as well as allowing them the opportunity to review major bodies of information. Furthermore, the learning process is enhanced by not only being subjected to being the candidate, but also by being an observer with the ability to critique following a fellow resident's oral. Following the oral sessions (approximate time allotted - 1,5 to 2 hours) both the staff physicians and residents will convene together for a 1,5 to 2 hour interactive session in which the staff will act as moderators while reviewing the topics for that session in a quiz-answer format. This allows the staff to do some teaching on the finer points of a particular topic.

Core Rounds Core Content Teaching Rounds

These are weekly rounds that include new advances in Emergency Medicine, review of controversial Emergency Medicine topics, introduction of new equipment and protocols and review of on-going research in Emergency Medicine. These rounds are held during Wednesday mornings of week one and week four. They are combined rounds of both the Royal College accredited Emergency Medicine Residency Program and the CFPC(EM) Program. They are held at the Royal Victoria Hospital, and Jewish General Hospital. On the Wednesday mornings of week two and week three of every month the residents will have their interactive and oral exam sessions.

Several of the rounds will be the responsibility of the CCFP(EM) residents to organize, in large part coordinated by the chief residents.

Journal Club

The last Wednesday evening of every PERIOD is reserved for Journal Club. For this upcoming year, the format will include a critical appraisal of one to two related articles by the FRCP(EM) residents, followed by a journal watch by the CCFP(EM) residents (brief summaries of several interesting articles in the recent emergency medicine literature). The articles should be distributed at least two weeks in advance to all participants.

The emphasis of the discussion is on the following:

These sessions will take place at Thompson House at McGill University

Accreditation

The program was fully accredited in 2006.

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