Dr. Cory Neudorf
Program Director
Amanda Willms
The strength of the program will be in helping residents learn how to function effectively as specialists in Public Health and Preventive Medicine within an integrated regionalized healthcare system, able to work in a public health department, and with other parts of the healthcare system.
The variety of public health experiences available in rural, northern and urban settings as well as the provincial level will provide a well balanced learning environment. The small size of the program will also ensure a greater ability to exercise responsibility through the program, and to adapt training to their career goals. As well as being a good learning environment for educating public health “generalists”, there are the academic resources to support other career goals in the specialty, whether that includes academic medicine, medical epidemiology, administrative medicine or a combination practice and public health work.
The University of Saskatchewan has a unique combination of academic units related to health issues, including a veterinary college, agriculture college, school of public health, school of the environment, school of public policy, and a world class vaccine development centre. [Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization].Being embedded in a relatively small healthcare system, this program will provide residents with the opportunity to get to know first-hand the important components of the public health system.
Public Health and Preventive Medicine (PHPM) is a 5-year post-graduate medical specialty training program.
University of Saskatchewan offers a variety of public health experiences in rural, northern and urban settings as well as the provincial level to provide a well-balanced learning environment. The small size of the program will ensure a greater ability to exercise responsibility through the program, and to adapt training to their career goals.
The University of Saskatchewan has a unique combination of academic units related to health issues, including a veterinary college, agriculture college, school of public health, school of the environment, school of public policy, and a world class vaccine development centre. It is also host to the Urban Public Health Network.
Saskatchewan | |
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Gross annual PGY-1 Salary | $61,635 |
Gross annual PGY-2 Salary | $67,217 |
Gross annual PGY-3 Salary | $72,794* |
Gross annual PGY-4 Salary | $78,348* |
Gross annual PGY-5 Salary | $83,860* |
Gross annual PGY-6 Salary | $89,359* |
Educational Leave | Minimum 7 days with pay, 12 Maximum |
Annual Vacation | 4 weeks |
Meal Allowance | n/a |
Frequency of Calls | 1:4 in-house (if in excess of 1:4 paid $196/period from 1700-0800 weekdays and $249 from 0800-0800 weekends)* 1:3 out-of-house |
Maternity Leave / Paternity | In conformity with Sask. Labour Standards Act – 17 weeks max maternity leave and up to 35 weeks parental leave. 5 paid days paternity (can split the 35 weeks parental leave with mother as desired.) |
Supplemental Maternity Leave Benefits | 15 weeks topped to 90% pay when eligible for Employment Insurance |
Provincial Health Insurance | Yes, if registered with Sask. Health |
Extended Health Insurance | Blue Cross family coverage, if registered with a Provincial Health Plan |
CMPA Dues Paid | 100% |
Dental Plan | 100% |
Statutory and Floating Holidays | 1.5 times pay or 1/2 pay & day off for stats, plus 6 extra paid days off at Christmas |
Long-Term Disability Insurance | Paid premium cost for Disability Insurance |
Life Insurance | Paid premium, >$100,000 coverage |
Sick Leave | 1.25 days per month to maximum 75 days |
Provincial Dues (% of salary) | 1% |
Employee Assistance Program | Two programs available through SMA and University of Saskatchewan |
On-Call Stipends | Home Light: per duty period: $72 weekday; $83 weekend In House: per duty period: $166 weekday; $191 weekend ICU/CCU: per duty period: $166 weekday; $191 weekend |
Updated August 24, 2022
*Effective January 1, 2021
Term of Collective Agreement – visit http://www.residentdoctorssk.ca/contract/current-collective-agreement for contract details.
No, the PHPM residency program at the University of Saskatchewan has a single year of rotating clinical rotations in the hospital and in community sites. There is the option of doing more targeted clinical rotations during the 6 months of elective time in clinical areas of public health relevance such as occupational health, sexual health, travel medicine, addictions medicine.
Yes, there are several opportunities to experience public health practice settings outside of Saskatoon including core rotations in either rural or remote public health, and in Regina at the Ministry of Health. Residents also have the option of doing their Communicable Disease rotation and Leadership rotations in either Saskatoon or Regina.
We offer core rotations in several unique content areas including Public Health Intelligence and Quality Improvement (at the Public Health Observatory and Health Quality Council), Health Promotion and Health Equity, and Public Health Leadership (where residents learn to function as a Deputy Medical Health Officer in their senior year). We also offer a rotation in environmental health which includes training in toxicology and risk communication in addition to time spent in the Environmental health department in public health.
Yes, our diverse faculty have many opportunities for resident involvement in a variety research projects including those being led by CH&E faculty, by public health physicians, and by the Urban Public Health Network, which is hosted at the University of Saskatchewan.
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