Postgraduate

PG Director Dr Daniel Grushka

Dr. Daniel Grushka, Postgraduate Program Director

The Department of Family Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, is an academic leader of family medicine in Canada. A centre of scholarly excellence, we are committed to training comprehensive family physicians and future leaders in health care. We do this through a highly adaptable program that includes tailor-made curriculum and educational programs for residents.

We believe residency is a rite of passage that is much more than just a means to getting a medical license. We trust our residents to be the best judge when it comes to recognizing the kind of experience that will assist them in becoming the physicians and people they aspire to be.

We are dedicated to training and mentoring our residents to ensure they acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to be confident and competent family physicians.

Our program is built around three core values:

Post Graduate Program Facts:

  • Our residents complete over 23000 hours of academic learning annually
  • Western residents who have won the College of Family Physicians of Canada prestigious Murray Stalker Award
    • Dr. Jane Thornton, 2018
    • Dr. Brenna Velker, 2016
    • Dr. Clarissa Holding, 2010
    • Dr. Eric Wong, 2004
    • Dr. Susan Woolhouse, 2003
  • # of hours of protected time/yr. for academic learning : 3 hours X 52 weeks + additional hours for palliative and behavioural medicine