The first and second years are primarily off-service, where residents will learn from rotations with direct relation to the practice of dermatology. The final three years are devoted to the study of dermatology and its subspecialties.

PGY1–2 rotations:

• Internal medicine
  
• Emergency medicine
  
• Infectious diseases
  
• Rheumatology
  
• Dermatologie
  
• Pediatric dermatology
  
• Outpatient clinic experience
  
• Occupational medicine
  
• Tropical medicine
  
• Plastic surgery
  
• Dermatopathology

PGY 3–5 Core dermatology rotations:

• General dermatology
  
• Pediatric dermatology
  
• Dermatopathology
  
• Mohs surgery
  
• Research
  
• Electives
  
• Community dermatology
  

• Women’s College Hospital
  
• Toronto Western Hospital (University Health Network)
  
• The Hospital for Sick Children
  
• Sunnybrook Hospital

• First- and second-year residents have a protected Friday academic half-day. This includes a 4–5-week introductory course in the summer. They also have a monthly 2-year longitudinal course which includes topics in morphology, differential diagnoses, and disease management.
  
• Senior residents have the full day on Friday protected. Morning sessions provide interactive small-group morphology, pathology, and resident-led sessions. Afternoons provide an opportunity for collaborative patient viewing rounds and discussion.

• Our curriculum is transitioning to a competence by design framework, wherein residents will be evaluated more frequently.
  
• We currently provide formative biannual written and OSCE-style examinations to our senior residents in order to prepare them for their Royal College examination.
  
• There is also opportunity to be evaluated formally and informally in clinics in the core dermatology years.
  

• Residents have, at minimum, a 3-month block scheduled to pursue research during their fourth year. The opportunity to pursue research is abundant outside of this window and based on their initiative, many residents begin projects, funded formally and unfunded, much earlier.
  
• The University of Toronto has several streams to support residents in research-related graduate degrees.
  
• We have research day annually, where residents have the opportunity to showcase their work.

• Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma clinic
  
• Melanoma clinic
  
• Oral medicine clinic
  
• Epidermolysis bullosa clinic
  
• Childhood morphea clinic
  
• Childhood CTCL clinic
  
• Occupational health clinic
  
• Hair disorder clinic
  
• Wound care clinic
  
• Hidradenitis clinic
  
• Pyoderma gangrenosum clinic
  
• HIV clinic
  
• Phototherapy clinic
  
• Patch testing
  

• Biannually residents formally teach the junior medical students didactic and clinical skills dermatology teaching.
  
• Informal teaching of medical students and off-service residents is done by senior dermatology residents in core dermatology years during clinics.
  
• There is also opportunity to get involved in medical education research.

• Toronto provides the opportunity to learn dermatology in the most densely populated and diverse urban centre in Canada – this also means seeing some of the most severe and rare cases.
  
• We strive for excellence in teaching of first principles in dermatology and offer residents opportunities for hands-on experience in practical applications such as surgery, cosmetics, phototherapy, patch testing, pathology, and research.
  

• Toronto Dermatology Society has quarterly meetings with patient viewings and discussions
  
• Women’s College Symposium Annually
  
• Toronto Psoriasis Seminar & Robert S. Lester Postgraduate Dermatology Seminar annually
  
• Opportunity to volunteer at Camp Liberté