Dr. Craig Goldie
Program Director
Dana Rae
The Queen’s Palliative Medicine training program offers a significant diversity of patients and clinical sites:
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.
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.
Ontario | |||
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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
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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. |
Visit the PARO website.
www.myparo.ca
We are looking for trainees who are skilled, dedicated and interested in a career in Palliative Medicine. This skill, dedication and interest can be demonstrated at any university. It is helpful to have completed an elective at any university where you are applying, for you as much as for the program, but this is not a requirement to be accepted into the program.
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