Clinical Curriculum and Academics
Clinical Curriculum
Clinical rotations in the Urology Program will commence immediately after a Surgical Foundation Boot Camp in the first week of residency. A sample rotation schedule can be found below. Please note that rotations will take place in Thunder Bay unless noted otherwise, and placement of blocks is flexible in order to meet Royal College standards combined with scheduling capacity. Blocks are four weeks in length, while a rotation may include more than one block.
First-year
3 blocks – Urology
4 blocks – General Surgery
2 blocks – Vascular
2 blocks – Pediatric Urology (Toronto)
1 block – Transplant
1 block – Trauma
Second-year
1 block – Research
2 block – Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
4 blocks – Urology
6 blocks – Urology
Third-year
1 block – Research
2 blocks – Urology
3 blocks – Urology
4 blocks – Urology
3 blocks – Pediatric Urology (Toronto)
Resident must have passed the Surgical Foundations exam prior to progressing on to PGY4.
Fourth-year
1 block – Infertility (Toronto)
1 block – Research
1 block – Elective
3 blocks – Urology
4 block – Urology
3 blocks – Urology
Fifth-year – Senior Resident
1 block – Urology Clinic
3 blocks – Urology
3 blocks – Urology 3 blocks – Urology
Academics
Academic sessions will be scheduled every Thursday, on-site and by videoconference, during protected time from clinical duties. Residents will also have the opportunity to participate in monthly Grand Rounds, and Journal Clubs, as well as weekly Morbidity and Mortality Rounds, and Clinical Scenario sessions, on-site and by videoconference.
Surgical Foundations
Residents in the Transition to Discipline and Foundations of training stages (approximately the first 1.5 years of training) will be enrolled in the Surgical Foundations Program, which will run simultaneously alongside the Urology Program. The Surgical Foundations Program requires attendance at a Boot Camp in the first week of training and teaching sessions that will be scheduled on a weekly basis. In the fall of the resident’s second year, they will sit the Surgical Foundations final exam set by the Royal College.
Research
Research is an important educational component of the Urology Residency Program. Participation in research projects incorporates competency development in many of the CanMEDs roles. The research curriculum is designed to give residents opportunities to continue learning about research while they have the supervision and support of mentors and research tutors. Also, this exposure to scholarly work is anticipated to stimulate an inquiring and thoughtful approach to medical practice and life-long learning.
Residents will be encouraged and supported to engage in a project that investigates a topic of personal interest. The requirement is for the resident to participate in faculty-led research, and to lead the development of a research project during their residency. The resident-led project may take the form of a clinical or basic science project, case report chart review, quality improvement review, etc.
To support this work, residents in their 2nd, 3rd, and 4th will complete a 4-week block in a Research Rotation. There will also be weekly protected time scheduled during Urology Rotations, with consultation with the Research Coordinator, to work on research.
Rotation Plans
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