Program Overview & Highlights

Program Overview

Length of training: five (5) years

The NOSM General Surgery program includes core rotations and subspecialty rotations selected to incorporate a diversity of experience and proficiency in subspecialty areas integral to a future practice as a General Surgeon.

Residents spend the majority of their first year in either Sudbury or Thunder Bay, providing them with an opportunity to become acquainted with colleagues and to gain a foundation of skills before traveling outside of this home-base. After this, there are multiple options available for ongoing training for a variety of rotations in the following communities: Thunder Bay, Sudbury, North Bay, Sault Ste Marie, Huntsville, Parry Sound and Ottawa. The majority of training will be completed in northern Ontario.

Based on the resident’s personal learning plan, the content, sequence of training and schedule of movement between teaching sites may vary. Years one and two comprise the core program (Surgical Foundations). In the fall of their PGY2, residents will be eligible to take the Surgical Foundations Examination, which must be successfully completed prior to the licensing exams.

Program Highlights

The following represent the highlights of our program:

• Early surgical skill training
• Individualized educational goals focused on anatomy and surgical procedures; 24 hour in-hospital access to full body cadavers
• Unparalleled preceptor support from knowledgeable surgeons committed to practicing in northern Ontario
• Early integration as a key member of a health care team dedicated to professionalism, high quality patient care and excellent medical education
• Exposure to the culture and social fabric of francophone and indigious communities
• Opportunity to participate in research under expert guidance
• Opportunity for learning expereince in a range of northern urban, rural and remote clinical settings
• Funding available for research, professional development and conferences
• Provisison of financial support for resident travel to and from core clinical placements away from the home base and all mandatory educational activities at non home base locations