Postgraduate Medical Education

For all of those PGY 2 residents who were not able to attend the MCCQE Part II Information Session on Tuesday, October 6th, the session was videotaped, and can be viewed online at the following link:

MCCQE Part II Information Session - October 6, 2009

The Powerpoint presentations from the information session, that go along with the video above, are available to view at the following links:

Dr. Ross Walker's presentation
Dr. Mala Joneja's presentation
Dr. Aaron Aggarwal's presentation

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Samira Abdo at abdos@queensu.ca

Each year, the Physicians’ Services Incorporated (PSI) Foundation sponsors research awards to encourage scholarly enquiry in residency programs.  Five $2000 awards are available at Queen’s, and all residents are encouraged to write up their research projects to submit for consideration. This year, the competition was of a very high caliber, and we would like to congratulate the following residents for having their research papers chosen to be our top five submissions:

Dr. Yi Ning Strube, Ophthalmology
Dr. Jaime Snowdon, Anatomical Pathology
Dr. Jennifer Flemming, Gastroenterology
Dr. Eric Bruder, Emergency Medicine
Dr. Timothy Hanna, Radiation Oncology

Congratulations also to Dr. Timothy Hanna, for having his research paper chosen to be forwarded to the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation (CSCI) and the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), where it will be considered for their joint research competition for the best resident research paper.

Internal Medicine residents who will be applying for the R4 Subspecialty Match this year should keep informed of the changes happening to the process.  Information on the Match is available from the Postgraduate website, and a special section of the CaRMS website has been established for Match information.  An information session for residents has been scheduled for Wednesday, June 24th at noon, and room details will be available shortly.

The RCPSC has provided its deadlines for applications for preliminary assessment of training for the examinations of the Royal College.  Information about deadlines, the registration process for exams, and the steps to taking the Royal College examinations, are all available on the Postgraduate website in the RCPSC Bulletins & Exam Information section.