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Dr. Craig Goldie

Program Director

Dana Rae

Program Coordinator
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Events Calendar

Upcoming Events
10
Sep
18:00  
EST  
— Town Hall Session
Queen's Critical Care Medicine Townhall
14
Sep
12:00  
EST  
— Town Hall Session
Queen's Ophthalmology Town Hall
16
Sep
18:00  
EST  
— Town Hall Session
Queen's University Adult Nephrology Town Hall
24
Sep
18:30  
EST  
— Meet & Greet
Cardio Social "CaRMs Applicants Meet & Greet"
02
Oct
19:30  
EST  
— Town Hall Session
Queen's Family Medicine Town Hall + Q&A
03
Oct
19:00  
EST  
— Meet & Greet
Queen's University Orthopedic Surgery Meet & Greet
15
Oct
19:00  
EST  
— Information Session
Queen's Family Medicine Town Hall + Q&A
19
Oct
12:00  
EST  
— Town Hall Session
Queen's Ophthalmology Town Hall
Upcoming Events From
Queen's University
10
Sep
18:00  
EST  
— Town Hall Session
Queen's Critical Care Medicine Townhall
14
Sep
12:00  
EST  
— Town Hall Session
Queen's Ophthalmology Town Hall
16
Sep
18:00  
EST  
— Town Hall Session
Queen's University Adult Nephrology Town Hall
24
Sep
18:30  
EST  
— Meet & Greet
Cardio Social "CaRMs Applicants Meet & Greet"
02
Oct
19:30  
EST  
— Town Hall Session
Queen's Family Medicine Town Hall + Q&A
03
Oct
19:00  
EST  
— Meet & Greet
Queen's University Orthopedic Surgery Meet & Greet
15
Oct
19:00  
EST  
— Information Session
Queen's Family Medicine Town Hall + Q&A
19
Oct
12:00  
EST  
— Town Hall Session
Queen's Ophthalmology Town Hall

Program Highlights

The Queen’s Palliative Medicine training program offers a significant diversity of patients and clinical sites:

  • We have urban, suburban, and rural patients, with exposure to indigenous and marginalized populations including incarcerated individuals.
  • We provide care in a tertiary hospital (Kingston General Hospital), subacute hospital (Providence Care Hospital) providing consultation and MRP care in both acute and hospice settings as well as community palliative care.
  • We provide outpatient clinics in the Cancer Center of Southeastern Ontario (and our residents have resident-led longitudinal clinic to get to know patients and families over time) as well as a Neuromuscular/ALS clinic, Lung Diagnostic Assessment Program (LDAP – lung cancer workup clinic), ILD clinic, and conservative renal clinics.

Our residents benefit from individualized attention and a close-knit group of clinicians and educators with excellent access to the clinical, teaching and research resources of Kingston Health Sciences Center and Queen’s University. Kingston is a wonderful city to live in with great amenities, food, and cultural activities within a small and friendly city.

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General Information

The majority of training will occur at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) at the tertiary Kingston General Hospital (KGH) site. KGH is located near downtown Kingston, adjacent to Queen’s campus and Lake Ontario. Some ambulatory clinics may be located at the Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH) site which is in downtown Kingston or Providence Care Hospital. The Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario (CCSEO) is attached to KGH for ambulatory cancer (oncology and palliative) clinics.

Further training will occur at the Providence Care Hospital (PCH) including our 10 bed sub-acute Palliative Care Unit. All of these sites are located within close proximity of one another with a shuttle running between KGH, HDH and PCH.

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Salary Information

Post graduate salaries and benefits differ by province and are determined by two things: your training year, and the province you work in. See below the salaries and benefits for Queen’s University - Family Medicine - Palliative Care - Kingston.
Ontario
Effective October 4th, 2023 
PGY1
$67,044.99
PGY2
$72,804.48
PGY3
$78,190.61
PGY4
$84,712.26
PGY5
$90,073.03
PGY6
$95,190.86
PGY7
$99,836.15
PGY8
$105,844.41
PGY9
$109,734.47
Professional Leave
7 working days/year
Additional time off provided for writing any CND or US certification exam, leave includes the exam date and reasonable travel time to and from the exam site. Additional RCPSC & CFPC Certification Examination
Prep Time
  1. Subject to operational requirements and at the request of a resident, a resident will not be scheduled for call duties for a period up to fourteen days prior to a CFPC or RCPSC certification exam.
  2. Subject to operational requirements and at the request of a resident, a resident *will be granted up to seven consecutive days off during one of the four week*s preceding a CFPC or RCPSC certification exam.
Annual Vacation
4 weeks
Meal Allowance
No
Frequency of Calls
1 in 4 In-hospital, 1 in 3 home
Pregnancy Leave
17 weeks
Parental Leave
35 weeks, 37 weeks if resident did not take pregnancy leave
Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan
Top-up to 84% 27 weeks for women who take pregnancy and parental leave; 12 weeks for parents on stand-alone parental leave.
Provincial Health Insurance
Yes
Extended Health Insurance
Yes
Provincial Dues (% of salary)
1.3%
Dental Plan
85% paid for eligible expenses
CMPA Dues Paid
Under current arrangements, residents are rebated by Ministry of Health and Long Term Care for dues in excess of $300.
Long-Term Disability Insurance
Yes – 70% of salary, non-taxable.
Statutory and Floating Holidays
2 weeks leave with full pay and benefits;
10 stat days plus 1 personal floater.
Residents are entitled to at least 5 consecutive days off over the Christmas or New Year period, which accounts for 3 statutory holidays (Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day), and 2 weekend days.
Life Insurance
Yes, 2x salary
Salary and Benefit Continuance
A resident that can’t work due to illness or injury will have salary and benefits maintained for 6 months or until end of appointment (whichever occurs first)
Call Stipend
Regular:
$127.60 in-hospital; $63.80 home call or qualifying shift on shift-based services.
Weekend premium:
$140.36 in-hospital; $70.18 home call or qualifying shift on shift-based services.
Updated October 4, 2023

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Kingston
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