Post Graduate Residency Program

Selection Criteria

• Reference letters from preceptors in the field of psychiatry are preferred
• An acceptable academic record which demonstrates special proficiency in those subjects related to the specialty
• Candidates should demonstrate an interest in the specialty (This may be described in the personal letter)
• Willingness to contribute and enhance the residency program experience
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Behaves with maturity, empathy, sensitivity

Curriculum Overview

The program holds a half-day protected time throughout the residency for formal seminars or self-directed learning.  There is an introductory block of seminars and academic case discussions for PGY-1 residents.  These seminars cover clinical skills, essential knowledge that is needed early-on (such as emergency psychiatry and safety issues), and psychiatry in the general hospital setting.

Practice oral examinations are held twice a year.

Projects

With the assistance of the Residency Research Director, residents are provided with a research mentor in their junior years. It is expected that at some time during the five year program, the resident will complete an academic project that would be suitable for submission to a peer review process.  The project can be a research project or it might be a project related to a critical appraisal of the literature or an interesting case report with accompanying literature.

Residents are encouraged to present their projects at provincial or national meetings and at the departmental research day (Littmann Research Day), which is held every spring.  Here, residents and faculty present their academic and research interests. Residents have been active participants in these highly successful events.  Prizes are awarded for the Best Resident Research Project and Most Innovative Resident Research.