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Obstetric Internal Medicine Fellowship

General Internal Medicine

Our Obstetric Internal Medicine (OBIM) fellowship is a one-year fellowship with the following exposures:

Clinical Opportunities

  • OBIM Consult service - based at the Foothills Medical Centre (high-risk delivery hospital) operating Mon-Fri 8am-5pm
  • OBIM clinics
  • Maternal-Fetal Medicine clinics
  • OBIM Fellows clinic - a longitudinal clinic where the fellow is responsible for their own patients with staff oversight
  • Subspecialty pregnancy-specific clinics
    • Nephrology
    • Cardiology
    • Congenital Cardiology
    • Thrombosis
    • Lupus/Antiphospholipid Syndrome
    • Diabetes in Pregnancy
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • We highly recommend an elective (1-3 blocks) at another site (in Canada or internationally) - travel restrictions permitting.

Education

  • Organization and responsibility for Complex Care Rounds - monthly multidisciplinary rounds where we review complex cases in pregnancy
  • Participation in monthly Cardiac Case Rounds - monthly multidisciplinary rounds where we review complex cardiac cases in pregnancy
  • Presentation at Journal Club twice over the fellowship and participation in our monthly journal club when other residents present
  • Providing education to
  • Core Internal Medicine program via Medical Teaching Unit education
  • Residents when on rotation

Research

  • Participation in a research project in a domain of interest
  • Research mentorship and support by Dr. Kara Nerenberg 

Eligibility

  • Trainees must be a Canadian graduate and have successfully completed the FRCPC in Internal Medicine
  • Funding - We are not independently funded but can work to find a solution for trainees coming outside of a formal training program without associated funding.
  • Enrollment in the fellowship is contingent on funding approval.

Application Information

  • Our application opens in the fall with applications due October 31st of the application year.  Successful candidates are invited for a zoom interview in November with announcement of the successful candidate by mid-December
  • We accept one fellow per year

Requirements for Application

  • Personal letter outlining your interest in OBIM, career goals and why you would be a strong asset to the OBIM fellowship
  • Updated Curriculum Vitae
  • Three letters of reference
    • Must be submitted directly by the referee either electronically or by mail
    • Please note – your reference letters must be from individuals outside of the Obstetric Internal Medicine program at the University of Calgary