This residency program is five years; program length of training does not exceed the Royal College or College of Family Physicians of Canada standard.
Family Medicine Stream
The first two years of the Public Health and Preventive Medicine Residency are integrated with the Family Medicine Program of the University of Ottawa. Family Medicine Stream residents are expected to complete the requirements for Certification in Family Medicine. Throughout the Family Medicine training, Public Health and Preventive Medicine residents are encouraged to focus on clinical areas relevant to Public Health Medicine (e.g., Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Infectious Diseases, under-serviced populations, Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Indigenous peoples). There are opportunities for residents to pursue particular interests through electives.
The third year of the program is dedicated to academic coursework, covering the basic sciences underpinning public health practice. Courses in epidemiology, biostatistics, and other public health sciences provide the theoretical and conceptual training that the resident requires to work in public health and preventive medicine. Placements before and after the formal academic training are designed to reinforce the relevance of the scientific training for professional practice. Residents are encouraged to complete a Master's degree, if they do not already have one; individual arrangements are made to ensure that the program supports them in this goal. Residents are strongly advised to integrate their thesis into a field placement.
The remainder of training (three blocks of 3rd, 4th and 5th year) are field placements in public health core rotations, with 5 blocks of electives.
Mandatory Rotations: Years 3-5 of the Family Medicine Stream
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Number of Blocks |
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| Academic Training |
10 |
Focus on Epidemiological and Biostatistical methodologies important to Public Health Practice. |
| Communicable Disease/ Health Protection |
3 blocks junior & 3 blocks senior
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Focus on communicable disease and outbreak management activities at the local public health unit. Complementary activities in risk assessment, risk management and environmental health. |
| Health Promotion/Disease Prevention |
3 blocks junior & 3 blocks senior |
Work as part of a multidisciplinary team on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention strategies at the local public health unit. Explore ways to connect with different populations and community partners in a variety of settings and using different communication strategies. |
| Surveillance/Epidemiology |
3 |
Develop expertise in assessing the health needs of a defined population. Participate in the development and/or evaluation of a disease or injury surveillance system. |
| Environmental & Occupational Health |
3 |
Junior resident placement, acting as a consultant on Environmental Health Issues. |
| Senior Management and Leadership |
6 |
Six blocks of 5th year will be spent in a health unit. Every effort will be made to place residents into health units where the resident can take on the role of an Associate Medical Officer of Health.
The goal of the Consolidation is to acquire mastery of the core competencies of PH, in preparation for transition to practice.
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In all training sites, residents work with public health and preventive specialists, medical officers of health and associate medical officers of health, public health physicians and other accredited public health professionals. The goal of the core rotations is to acquire competence, as defined by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Objectives of Training in PHPM, in communicable disease control, health promotion, environmental health, disease surveillance, PH emergency management, policy development, PH ethics, PH unit management, leadership and research, applied across different populations and contexts.
Five blocks of training are elective. Most residents choose to undertake their electives at the end of their training, but this is not required. Residents can work in new settings or return to any of the core rotations to undertake more advanced professional activities. In some cases, this time can be used to complete thesis research or undertake a research project.
General Stream
Please refer to the program description specific to the general stream (see below) for details and apply to this stream separately, should it be available. In the event that the general stream is not one of the options, CMG candidates invited for an interview may inform the Program Administrator of their interest following their match result.
The first year of the PHPM Residency is dedicated to Basic Clinical Training. PHPM residents focus on clinical areas relevant to Public Health Medicine (e.g., Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Infectious Diseases). There are opportunities for residents to pursue particular interests through electives.
The second year of the program is dedicated to academic coursework, covering the basic sciences underpinning public health practice. Courses in epidemiology, biostatistics, and other public health sciences provide the theoretical and conceptual training that the resident requires to work in public health and preventive medicine. Placements before and after the formal academic training are designed to reinforce the relevance of the scientific training for professional practice. Residents are encouraged to complete a Master's degree, if they do not already have one; individual arrangements are made to ensure that the program supports them in this goal. Residents are strongly advised to integrate their thesis into a field placement.
The remainder of training (three blocks of 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th year) are field placements in public health core rotations, with 13 blocks of electives.
Mandatory Rotations: Years 3-5 of the General Stream
| |
Number of Blocks |
|
|---|
| Communicable Disease/ Health Protection |
3 blocks junior & 3 blocks senior |
Focus on communicable disease and outbreak management activities at the local public health unit. Complementary activities in risk assessment, risk management and environmental health. |
| Health Promotion/Disease Prevention |
3 blocks junior & 3 blocks senior |
Work as part of a multidisciplinary team on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention strategies at the local public health unit. Explore ways to connect with different populations and community partners in a variety of settings and using different communication strategies. |
| Surveillance/Epidemiology |
4 |
Develop expertise in assessing the health needs of a defined population. Participate in the development and/or evaluation of a disease or injury surveillance system. |
| Environmental & Occupational Health |
3 |
Junior resident placement, acting as a consultant on Environmental Health Issues. |
| Public Health Policy and Planning (Policy) |
4 |
The resident learns to conduct a policy analysis and learns to apply skills to the different stages of the policy cycle: agenda setting, policy formulation, decision-making, policy implementation and policy evaluation. This is the rotation where the resident practices the health advocate role. |
| Senior Management and Leadership |
6 |
Six blocks of 5th year will be spent in a health unit. Every effort will be made to place residents into health units where the resident can take on the role of an Associate Medical Officer of Health.
The goal of the Consolidation is to acquire mastery of the core competencies of PH, in preparation for transition to practice.
|
In all training sites, residents work with public health and preventive specialists, medical officers of health and associate medical officers of health, public health physicians and other accredited public health professionals. The goal of the core rotations is to acquire competence, as defined by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Objectives of Training in PHPM, in communicable disease control, health promotion, environmental health, disease surveillance, PH emergency management, policy development, PH ethics, PH unit management, leadership and research, applied across different populations and contexts.
Thirteen blocks of training are elective. Most residents choose to undertake their electives at the end of their training, but this is not required. Residents can work in new settings or return to any of the core rotations to undertake more advanced professional activities. In some cases, this time can be used to complete thesis research or undertake a research project.
