This residency program is for 2 years.

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

The training schedule is as outlined by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Subspecialty Training Requirements in Pediatric Infectious Diseases.

The curriculum outline is generally as follows:

• 10 months of clinical training in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH)
• 2 months of Adult Infectious Diseases at our University of British Columbia (UBC) affiliated teaching hospitals
• 3 months of a foundational microbiology course through UBC (PATH 722)
• 1 month at Oak Tree Clinic, a multi-disciplinary HIV clinic for children and their families
• 1 month at the TB Clinic at the BCCDC (public health)
• 2 months of clinical microbiology, split amongst training at BCCH, BCCDC, and other BC sites
• 1-2 months of a focused ID outpatient experience, including reproductive/obstetrical infectious disease clinic, pre-transplant consult clinic and multidisciplinary clinic for solid organ transplant recipients, family immunization clinic, general ID clinic, pediatric TB clinic, and other experiences as available
• 2-6 months of research and elective time
• 1 month of Infection Prevention and Control Service at BCCH or another UBC affiliated teaching hospital
• 1 month of Antimicrobial Stewardship at BCCH
• 1 month at provincial or regional Public Health unit
• Opportunities for longitudinal follow up of complex ID patients
• Opportunities for international experiences: a combination of research, clinic, laboratory, and public health activities (depending on the applicant’s career goals) at our participating international sites

Weekly academic half-days are held in conjunction with the Adult Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology programs.