University of TorontoRespiratory Medicine

Programme Director• Jae Yang

Training Programme• Individualized, flexible, to attain the trainee’s career goals

• 2 year program

• Typically 5-7 fellows per year

• 8 academic hospitals

• Opportunities to work in affiliated community hospitals▫ E.g. Credit Valley, Toronto East General, Etobicoke General

• Flexible elective rotations

Training Program• Procedural experience in bronchoscopy, transbronchial lung

biopsies, thoracenteses, chest tubes, EBUS

• 2 months of dedicated physiology teaching

• 2-year protected teaching half-day

• Once monthly Journal Club

• Chest Radiology monthly sessions

• Longitudinal half-day clinic in second year

• Preparation for Royal College Exam

Mandatory Rotations

Elective Rotations

Introduction to Respirology•First week of residency•All Ontario residents meet in Toronto for a 1 week

course•Review lectures on various respiratory diseases and

processes• Includes a full day Intro to Bronchoscopy course

Bronchoscopy Crash Course•U of T course now open to all

Ontario Respirology residents•Full day of bronchoscopy

simulation

Introduction to Pulmonary Physiology• PFTs, 6MWT, Methacholine Challenge testing• Seminars

Rounds, Rounds, Rounds…•Grand Rounds (city-wide)•Research Rounds•Visiting Professor Rounds•Site-based Rounds▫Combined Respirology-Radiology-Pathology rounds▫Weekly lunch rounds▫Radiology rounds

Academic Half Day

•Every Wednesday afternoon

•Excellent presentations held by local faculty from various sites

•Each fellow will usually present once during the year

Journal Club•Monthly supper to discuss current literature

•Excellent and incomparable critical appraisal teaching held by Dr. Matthew Stanbrook

•Great discussion, food and wine!

Journal Club - June 2011

Radiology Sessions

•NEW THIS YEAR!!!

•Once a month sessions on approach to reading CXRs and chest CT

•Focus on Respirology Royal College preparation

•Each session run by different staff member▫Allow you to meet various faculty members and

interact with your fellow residents

Events•Welcome Dinner•CanMEDs Weekend•Annual Day in Respirology Update Course (really

good, and free too)•Holiday parties•Niche suppers (Pulmonary Hypertension, Alpha-1-

antitrypsin deficiency, etc.)•Respirology Research Day•Residents Symposium at Better Breathing

Collegiality

CanMEDs Weekend

CanMEDS Weekend• All Ontario Respirology

residents and PDs• Career planning sessions▫ Starting an office▫ Tax planning▫ Billing

• Hands-on Workshops▫ EBUS▫ Pleural U/S▫ Chest tubes

• Evening competition▫ Pictionary▫ Jeopardy

Conferences•CHEST (ACCP)•Better Breathing (Ontario)• Canadian Respiratory Conference•ATS

Vancouver 2010

Up and Coming…

•EBUS▫St. Michael’s Hospital

And more…• More information on programme website▫www.utoronto.ca/respirology

• Chief Resident▫puja.sahni@utoronto.ca

• PGY-4 Representative▫ rebecca.colman@gmail.com

• Questions…?