This residency program is for 3 years.

Program length of training does not exceed the Royal College or College of Family Physicians of Canada standard.

The major objective of this program is to fully equip trainees for careers in the tertiary care of patients with Pediatric malignancies and blood disorders.  The rotational and academic curriculum is mapped to the Competence By Design Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) and is in accordance with the Training Experiences document.

An approximate template of rotational training experiences in our program is as follows:

2 months Jr. Fellow (combined Oncology Inpatient, Hematology service, Outpatient Clinic and Orientation)

5 months Oncology/BMT Inpatient and Consultation Service – BC Children’s Hospital

5 months Hematology Consultation – BC Children’s Hospital

3 months Hematology/Oncology/BMT Outpatient Clinic (including LTFU clinics) – BC Children’s Hospital

4 months Laboratory (Hematopathology, Cytogenetics, Transfusion Medicine) – BC Children’s Hospital/Vancouver General Hospital

1 month Adult Hematology – VGH/BCCA

3 months Research – BC Children’s Hospital

1 month Radiation Oncology

1 month Palliative Care

1 month NeuroOnology

1 month Pediatric HSCT (Pediatric Hematolpoietic Stem Cell Transplantation exposure is met with longitudinal equivalent of > 3 months throughout our three year training program in addition to concentrated Sr. resident level Pediatric HSCT rotation)

1 month Junior Attending

8 months – additional Clinical/Research/Scholarly Activities directed at trainee’s interested as approved by Program Director