Postgraduate Report
PG Administrative Team:
- John Berger, PG Program Coordinator, London Urban Resident scheduling and CaRMS.
- Claudia Jarosz, PG Program Coordinator, Academic and Research Project
- Cheryl Leystra-Lantz, PG Admin Coordinator, Student Relations
- Liz McInnis, PG Program Education Manager
- Melissa Veens, PG Program Coordinator, Rural and Regional Resident scheduling and Enhanced Skills (interim)
- Kayla Walter-Connoy, PG Program Coordinator, Finance and Evaluations
The PG Team extends their Congratulations and Welcome to Dr. Hiba El-Fayoumi who has been appointed as the IMG Co-ordinator.
Congratulations to the following residents who were nominated to attend the PGME Bootcamp for Resident Teachers being held November 14 and 15, 2024:
- Nousheen Amanullah
- Advait Desai
- Katelyn Gray
- Gabriella Schoettle
- Emily St. Pierre
- Vaishnavi Valappil
Postgraduate Preceptor Evaluations: Preceptor evaluations providing a summary of anonymized evaluations submitted by residents over the previous few years were released in August through One45. We appreciate everyone’s continued commitment to the teaching of our residents. Thanks so very much!
PGY2 Preferences Survey: PGY1 residents received their Rotation Preferences Survey via email in early October. On this survey residents indicate choices for the PGY2 year. A generous deadline to complete the survey has been given so that residents may consider their options, get guidance from their Faculty Advisor, and carefully make choices. We want to ensure that plenty of time is provided to reflect now in hopes that later requests for changes to the schedule are minimized (these changes can be disruptive to services, especially if they have set their schedules and booked patients). Full instructions and details about the PGY2 Preferences Survey (including an informational video) accompanied the distribution of the survey. If you have any questions about the rotation preferences process, please email us at fmpgc@schulich.uwo.ca.
The PGY2 Preferences Survey informational video is available on the Academic Half Day Archive which is accessible with your Western logon credentials.
2025/26 Schedule Update: We will soon start working with our FM sites and services to plan the second-year schedule. The process of scheduling is complicated as rotations may only accommodate a certain number of residents per block. Residents with their eyes on an Enhanced Skills program are encouraged to front-end electives to strengthen their application. We consider everything from the survey results and try to provide residents with electives that reflect their interests.
Faculty Advisor Program: Reminder that the purpose of the Faculty Advisor Program is to provide longitudinal mentoring, and educational support and guidance for our residents. Residents have been assigned a Faculty Advisor (the Faculty Member who will be supervising during family medicine block training). Residents are responsible for contacting their Faculty Advisor to arrange to meet three times per year. In preparation for the Faculty Advisor meeting, residents are asked to log into MyFM. There will be a tab under “Resident Assessment” where residents can download the Periodic Review Form with associated data from MyFM already populated. Before meeting with their Faculty Advisor, Residents should download the form and reflect on the relevant areas as indicated within the Periodic Review Form. During the meeting, the Resident and Faculty Advisor will complete the Periodic Review Form together within One45.
If you have not yet heard from your PGY1 resident regarding their first Periodic Review, please reach out to them to book this first meeting and you can reiterate with them at that meeting that they are responsible for reaching out for the next meetings.
2025 CaRMS: will continue to be VIRTUAL in nature. Interview period will be January 18 – February 9, 2025. References for applicants to Family Medicine will continue to require the Standardized Reference Form.
An email call for assistance with the CaRMS Interview process will be circulated in late October. Your participation with the interview process is encouraged and greatly appreciated!
- Program descriptions published on carms.ca: Aug. 28, 2024
- Info Session 1: Wed. Nov. 13, 6:30pm
- File review begins: Nov. 29, 2024
- Info Session 2: Wed. Nov. 20, 6:30pm
- Interviewer Orientation session: Wed. Jan 15, 1:30 pm
- National interview period: 18 January 2025 – 9 February 2025
- Rank Order List due: Feb. 14, 2025
- Match day: March 4, 2025
Western FM Interview Dates:
- IMG Interview Day #1 - Fri. Jan. 17, 2025, 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM, via Zoom
- IMG Interview Day #2 – Fri. Jan. 24, 2025 (likely also 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM), via Zoom
- CMG Interview Day #1 - Wed. Jan. 22, 12:30-4:00 PM, via Zoom
- CMG Interview Day #2 - Sat. Jan. 25, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM, via Zoom
- CMG Interview Day #3 - Sun. Jan. 26, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM, via Zoom
- CMG Interview Day #4 - Wed. Jan. 29, 12:30-4:00 PM via Zoom
Enhanced Skills Recruitment:
- CaRMS Online Opens and Program Descriptions due: July 30, 2024
- CaRMS applications deadline and 1st round of Category 2 applications due: September 10, 2024
- File Review begins: September 10, 2024
- Interview offers sent for both CaRMS and Category 2: October 3, 2024
- National interview period : October 11 – November 29, 2024
- Category 2 Interview Period with rolling offers up February 2025
- Western Hospitalist interviews: October 16th 2024
- Western Emergency Medicine Interviews: October 17, 2024
- Western Palliative Care Interviews: November 15, 2024
- Western SEM Interviews: November 22, 2024
- Western FM Oncology interviews: November 27, 2024
- Last date for Category 2 offers to be accepted: TBD
- CaRMS Rank Order List due: November 29, 2024
- Match Day: December 12, 2024
Dr. Daniel Grushka, Postgraduate Program Director
