Une initiative de
Dr. Jonathan Bush
Directeur(trice) du programme
Shelley Berkow
At UBC, the program has incorporated a “mini-fellowship” opportunity into the 5th year of the DMP residency program, to be available to residents after successfully completing the Royal College oral exam. This “Area of Special Interest” (ASI) program involves 4 blocks of fellowship-type learning in one of the approved DMP subspecialties, which includes nearly all surgical pathology, cytopathology, autopsy, and administration domains. The ASI may be based out of a number of hospitals across the Lower Mainland and throughout BC, where opportunities exist to work with dedicated pathologists who have agreed to participate across the province. The workday and sign out is designed to be similar to what a resident may expect as a fellow, with much of the focus being on consultations and challenging cases. Although this training won’t replace a full fellowship, residents may choose to pursue an ASI to prepare them for a future fellowship, prepare them for the ability to sign out a second service in addition to their future fellowship, or address a specific need that their future employer has identified that requires additional expertise. Residents will receive the ASI designation on their UBC PGME graduation certificate.
On an average day, residents sign out cases with staff on a one-on-one basis, followed by grossing specimens and previewing slides for the next day. Organized teaching rounds include Academic Half Day and multihead microscope teaching sessions.
There is a wide spectrum of research opportunities for residents at UBC, ranging from review of small case series to tumor genomics to the use of artificial intelligence in Pathology. The program has internal funds for each resident research project, and money is also available for residents to present their research at national and international conferences.
Residents are expected to participate in teaching Pathology small group sessions for undergraduate Medical students, and to participate in histology and pathology lectures to programs affiliated with the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, such as the Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science students.
First year residents are required to complete four blocks of clinical medicine, including rotations in Internal Medicine, Surgery and Oncology.
Graduating residents typically do Fellowship training after residency, and the program has a good track record of residents being accepted into excellent fellowships (at Stanford, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Cleveland Clinic, etc). Many graduating residents come back to British Columbia for staff positions.
While some rotations can be busy, other rotations have a lighter workload that allows for residents to enjoy all that Vancouver and British Columbia have to offer.