Overview | Department of Medicine | School of Medicine

Our goal is to provide our trainees with experience in all the major disciplines of internal medicine. The PGY1 year is focused mainly on inpatient ward experiences but also involves some consult rotations, ER, Airway/ICU and Neurology rotations. The PGY2 residents serve as team leaders on the CTUs, complete their ICU training, ambulatory and consult rotations. The PGY3 residents supervise patient care and teaching on the CTUs and continue rotations in ambulatory and consult services. See the program information brochure for additional information about our program.

Sample Schedule

Transition to Discipline	Foundations of Discipline	Core of Discipline
3 months	9 months	24 months
Queen's IM Bootcamp	General medicine ward	General medicine ward
General medicine ward	Medical short-stay team	ICU (2)
Subspecialty ward	Subspecialty ward	CSU
Subspecialty consult	Airway/ICU	Elective (2)
	Research/Selective	Selective/Research
	Palliative Care Medicine	Subspecialty Consults & Clinics
	Elective (1)	GIM Consults & Clinics
		Night Float
		Neurology/Stroke
		Community Medicine

PGY-4

We guarantee all our trainees 4 years of training in order to be eligible for the Royal College exams. All trainees MUST apply for any subspecialty programs (https://www.carms.ca/match/msm/) through the nationally run PGY4 CaRMS match.

Research / Scholarly Activity

Queen’s has many active research programs and residents are encouraged to join with a mentor to complete a research project. Time is available for research blocks and residents who take this opportunity are expected to present at the annual resident research day. Evidence of other scholarly activities (such as Grand Round presentations, quality assurance project, case report, chart reviews) are a required part of training.

Our program supports residents who are interested in pursuing a clinician scientist career on research to participate in the Clinical Investigator Program (CIP). For more information you can visit the CIP website: https://meds.queensu.ca/criticalcare/academics/cip.

Benefits

Conference Attendance

Residents have up to 7 days of educational/professional leave each year and the department will sponsor residents to present at national meetings.

Vacation & Days off

As per PARO rules, residents are entitled to 20 week days and 8 weekend days (4 weeks) vacation per year, plus 5 days off over either Christmas or New Year, and one floating day. In addition, we allow 5 days off for interviews for the PGY3 residents for MSM CaRMS interviews.

We also are proud to have a diverse group of residents, and are always happy to make accommodations for residents with religious or cultural observances that fall outside of Canada’s standard holidays.

Equity and Diversity

We welcome diversity among our trainees and seek to foster an environment that is welcoming to all, regardless of gender identity, race, religion, or sexual orientation.

We are committed to advancing equitable and inclusive practices. Please refer to the PGME website for additional information / resources including QHS EDIIA Initiatives and EDIIA statements (Indigenous Land Acknowledgement, Anti-Discrimination Statement, Inclusion Statement, and Statement on Social Accountability).

Our program also is proud to support the EDI Resident Innovation Team (RIT) in which residents advise the program adminstration and implement initatives to promote equitable processes to ensure well-being of residents.