Paediatrics residency training program is for 4 year(s).
Program length of training does not exceed the Royal College or College of Family Physicians of Canada standard.
The Paediatric training program at Western is designed for trainees interested in pursuing careers in either community consulting paediatrics or a paediatric subspecialty. Our program is designed in accordance with the Royal College requirements for training in Pediatrics (2008). To facilitate the transition to residency, our program arranges for a senior resident and a faculty mentor for each incoming PGY-1 resident. A comprehensive Orientation seminar series is held during the first eight weeks of the PGY-1 year.
Residents are provided with ample opportunity for hands-on clinical experience and supervised decision-making. Objective assessment of performance is an integral part of our program which includes trainee evaluation for each rotation, an observed history and physical in each rotation, and yearly OSCE examination.
Our training sites include hospitals, ambulatory Pediatric offices, community health care facilities in London and smaller regional centers in Southwestern Ontario. Under the Southwestern Ontario Medical Education Network (SWOMEN) program, rotations in various subspecialties are available in the region. The community paediatric rotation during the PGY-1 year is spent working in community paediatricians' practices in the region under the SWOMEN programs. Funding is provided for travel and accommodation.
3 blocks - Clinical Teaching Units (CTU) - Children's Hospital, London, ON
1 block - Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU) - Windsor, ON
1 block - Community Paediatric - London or SWOMEN region
2 blocks - Neonatal Intensive Care - Children's Hosptial, London, ON
2 blocks - Paediatric Emergency Medicine - Children's Hospital, London, ON
1 block - Paediatric Surgery - Children's Hospital, London, ON
2 blocks - Paediatric Subspecialty elective - London, London, ON
1 block - Paediatric Subspecialty or non-Paediatric elective - can be in or outside London, ON
1 block - Clinical Teaching Unit - Windsor, ON
1 block - Level 2 - Neonatal Intensive Care - Children's Hospital, London, ON
2 blocks - Paediatric Critical Care - Children's Hospital, London, ON
1 block - Child Development - Child Parent Resource Institute, London, ON
1 block - Child Development/Child Protection - Thames Valley Children's Center, London, ON
1 block - Research
4 blocks - Paediatric Subspecialty electives - London, ON
2 blocks - Paediatric Subspecialty or non-Paediatric electives - can be in or outside London, ON
3 blocks - Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU) - Children's Hospital, London, ON
1 block - Neonatal Intensive Care - Children's Hospital, London, ON
1 block - Paediatric Critical Care - Children's Hospital, London, ON
1 block - Research
1 block - Child Psychiatry - London, ON
2 blocks - Senior Call - Children's Hospital, London, ON
2 blocks - Paediatric Subspecialty elective - London, ON
2 blocks - Paediatric Subspecialty or non-Paediatric elective - can be in or outside London, ON
