Flexibility

• Three streams with diverse sites in each stream
• Horizontal or Block rotation schedule
• Hospital-based family medicine teaching unit (FMTU) or preceptor-based teaching models
• Tertiary centers or community hospitals
• Multiple opportunities for electives

Resident responsiveness

• Family Medicine Residents Association of Toronto (FRAT)
• Committee memberships (both local, provinical and national)
• Local delivery of curriculum (responsive to site directors/program assistants and site chief residents)
• Professional Association of Residents of Ontario General Council representation relative to program size

Well-resourced

• Diverse patient population (broad range of clinical, socioeconomic, cultural issues)
• Unparalleled learning opportunities
• Excellent teacher to learner rations (does not exceed 1:4 in Family Medicine)

Strong Academic Profile

• Fully accredited by the CFPC 2013
• High pass rates for both CMG and IMG residents on national certification examination
• Scores consistently above the mean on all components of national exam
• Competency-based Curriculum
• Family Medicine Medical Expert Assessment of Progress (FM-MAP) for residents to self-monitor progress on Essential FM competencies
• Opportunity and support for Research/Academic Projects
• Quality Improvement Curriculum and project support
• Protected weekly academic time at sites (Academic Half Days)
• Protected Quarterly Core Days with central core teaching with residents together from all sites

Additional Program Highlights

• Practice Management Curriculum
• Teaching Residents to Teach (TRT)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
• Advances in Labour and Risk Management (ALARM)
• Integrated Third Year Leadership Program (I3P)
• Integrated Third Year Family Medicine + Enhanced Skills (FAM-ES)

Breadth and quality of PGY 3 Enhanced Skills Opportunities

See opportunities by clicking this link.

The University of Toronto’s Department of Family & Community Medicine (DFCM) is recognized internationally for its clinical and educational excellence. The goal of the program is to prepare you to practice Family Medicine anywhere in the province (urban or rural) and the country. The DFCM program has 3 Family Medicine residency streams you may apply to separately through CaRMS:

• Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
• Barrie or Newmarket
• Integrated Communities

The same application should be submitted for each stream to which you apply. Only one application will be reviewed.   Attendance at only 1 Virtual Interview Session is required if you apply to 1 or more of the 3 geographic streams:

• GTA
• Barrie or Newmarket
• Integrated Communities

Your hospital teaching site is determined after the CaRMS match results, using a separate internal matching process. You will be asked to rank your preference of teaching hospital sites available to you depending on the geographic stream you have been matched to. Please review our program description for further details TORONTO: The World at Your Doorstep

Please find FAQs regarding the Admissions Process, our Family Medicine Program and our Virtual Interviews by clicking this link (hover over the Residency Tab –> FAQs are available on your left hand side).