Program Overview and Highlights
Program Overview
Length of training: five (5) years
The NOSM University Urology Program includes core rotations in Urology and subspecialties.
The content, sequence of training, and the schedule of movement between teaching sites may vary according to availability and the resident’s personal learning plan and goals. The majority of rotations will be completed in Thunder Bay with several opportunities to learn from the Urology team in other Northern Ontario sites with other specialists such as in trauma, pediatric urology, transplant, and infertility. As noted in the clinical rotation schedule, some rotations will need to be completed in Toronto.
Program Highlights
- Early surgical skill training in both the Surgical Foundations Program and Urology
- Educational learning opportunities focused on anatomy and surgical procedures including 24-hour in-hospital access to full-body cadavers in Thunder Bay
- Unparalleled preceptor support from knowledgeable surgeons committed to practicing in Northern Ontario
- Learning from and working with a highly productive research team
- Early integration as a key member of a healthcare team dedicated to professionalism, high-quality patient care, and excellent medical education
- Exposure to care for patients from a variety of cultural backgrounds and social fabric, including in Francophone and Indigenous communities
- Opportunity for learning experience in a range of Northern urban, rural and remote clinical settings, as well as in Toronto
- Funding available for research, professional development, and conferences
- Provision of financial support for resident travel to and from core clinical placements away from the home base and all mandatory educational activities at other locations