Family Medicine-Enhanced Skills: Family Practice Anesthesia
The Toronto Metropolitan University School of Medicine's Family Medicine-Enhanced Skills: Family Practice Anesthesia Residency Program received accreditation from the College of Family Physicians of Canada in October of 2024.
TMU’s one-year Family Medicine-Enhanced Skills: Family Practice Anesthesia (FPA) residency enables family physicians to deliver competent, compassionate anesthesia care as part of their practice. The FPA program gives trainees the knowledge, skills and sound judgment necessary to provide anesthesia care to low-risk patients undergoing simple procedures, particularly in rural and remote communities.
This program is accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
Program Info:
Faculty:
School of Medicine
Program Format:
Full Time: 1 year
Program Director:
Dr. Shazia Ambreen
Board Eligibility:
Certificate of Added Competence in Family Practice Anesthesia
Accreditation:
CFPC (October 2024)
Application Deadline:
September 10, 2024 at 12 p.m. ET
- Training in both urban and rural environments
- Wide variety of training blocks including pediatrics, endoscopy, labour and delivery, intensive care unit/post-acute care unit, acute pain service and chronic pain clinic
- Focus on providing an educational experience with culturally humble and sensitive competencies
- Unique Leadership, Education, Advocacy, Research, and Non-Clinical (LEARN) Time program enables residents to tailor their learning experiences and launch their careers
Sample Rotation Schedule
Transition to Family Practice Anesthesia
- 2 Blocks: Urban Anesthesia
- 1 Block: Rural Anesthesia
Core Family Practice Anesthesia
- 1 Block: Pediatrics
- 1 Block: Endoscopy
- 1 Block: Labour and Delivery
- 1 Block: Elective
- 1 Block: Intensive Care Unit /Post Acute Care Unit
- 1 Block: Urban Anesthesia
Transition to Practice
- 1 Block: Outpatient Clinic
- 1 Block: Acute Pain/Chronic Pain Clinic
- 2 Blocks: Rural Block
Foundational Curriculum
Our comprehensive, competency-based Foundational Curriculum covers diverse areas including equity, diversity and inclusion in medical care, research strategies, communication skills and patient safety. Our unique LEARN Time program also offers individualized time, space and resources for residents to focus on areas of specialized interest.
Candidates must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada and meet both the basic criteria (external link) and the Ontario-specific criteria (external link) in order to apply to the FM-ES: Family Practice Anesthesia program.
Residents who complete the FM-ES: Family Practice Anesthesia program will be eligible to receive a Certificate of Added Competence in Family Practice Anesthesia.
Residents will train at four sites in the western GTA with whom TMU has clinical affiliations. Learn more about these affiliates on the map below.
- William Osler Health System (external link) includes Brampton Civic Hospital, Etobicoke General Hospital and Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health & Wellness.
- Trillium Health Partners (external link) includes Mississauga Hospital, Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga and Queensway Health Centre.
- Headwaters Health Care Centre (external link) operates an acute and complex care facility.
- Halton Healthcare (external link) includes Georgetown Hospital, Milton District Hospital and Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital.
Additional major training sites may be added for core program rotations.
How to Apply
Applications to the FM-ES: Family Practice Anesthesia program at TMU are only accepted through CaRMS. Visit our program description page (external link) for detailed application requirements and to apply. All applicants will be notified through CaRMS Online and TMU will send email invitations directly to applicants selected for an interview.
Note that three reference letters are required with your application. Letters from your current family medicine program director or site director, a physician/preceptor and a non-physician clinical referee are mandatory.