Sinai Health

Address:
600 University Avenue
Toronto, ON, M5G 1X5

Director: 
Andrew Wyllie, Senior Manager, Pharmacy Quality and Academic Practice, BScPhm, ACPR, PharmD
Phone: 416-586-4800, ext. 8582

Coordinator/Contact: Christinne Duclos, BScPhm, PharmD
Clinical Practice Leader and Residency Coordinator

Program

Type: General
Established in: 1980
# Positions: 2
App. deadline: October 8, 2020 - 5 p.m. EST.
Starting date: September 2021 (Not flexible)
PRAMS: Additional requirements to complete the Pharmacy Residency Application and Matching Service (PRAMS) application should be sent through PRAMS when applying to Sinai Health System program by the application deadline: A program specific cover letter (maximum 500 words) 
Est. stipend: $32,000 per annum + benefits in lieu
Vacation/holiday leave: 2 weeks
Education/Conference leave: 1-2 conferences 

Program highlights: General program that emphasizes the development and application of advanced practice skills in the provision of direct patient care.  The resident will have the opportunity to be an active participant in many of our multidisciplinary health teams and promote the integration of evidence into the decision making process for the patients they are responsible for.  Mandatory rotations include medicine, rehabilitation care (Bridgepoint campus), surgery, cardiology, infectious disease, neonatology, drug information, clinical teaching, administration and drug distribution. The last rotation of  the Residency  is a liaison rotation where the resident is the primary pharmacist for a service.  This serves to help bridge the resident into practice.

Elective rotations include: Psychiatry, Geriatric Medicine, Critical Care, Oncology, ER, Complex Rehabilitative Care, and Family Health.

Required Rotations:

  • Distribution: 2 weeks
  • Administration: 1 week +
  • Drug Information: 3-4 weeks
  • General Medicine: 4 weeks
  • General Surgery (IBD)/TPN: 4 weeks
  • Cardiology: 3-4 weeks
  • Rehabilitative Care: 2 weeks
  • Infectious Disease: 3-4 weeks
  • Perinatology: 4 weeks
  • Clinical Teaching: 3-4 weeks
  • Project: 6 weeks
  • Liaison: 4 weeks

Elective Rotations:

  • Resident generally has a choice of 2 electives
  • Psychiatry: 3 weeks
  • Emergency Medicine: 3 weeks
  • Critical Care: 3 weeks
  • Oncology: 3 weeks
  • Geriatric Medicine: 3 weeks
  • Family Health Team: 3 weeks
  • Complex Rehabilitative Care: 3 weeks

Minimum required credentials: BScPhm plus eligibility for licensure in Ontario.

Organization

Type: Tertiary care teaching hospital
Number of beds: 354 Acute and 464 Complex Continuing Care
Sites: Mount Sinai Hospital, Bridgepoint Active Healthcare
Affiliation: University of Toronto

Residents

2021-2022
Bridgett Hyland
Madeline Powers

2020-2021
Clarence Lam
Simona Miljanic

2019-2020
Xing (Linda) Liu
Josephine Vu

2018-2019
Huyee Chan
Dario Moscoso 

2017-2018
Monique Eisa
Raymond Melika 

2016-2017
Sarah McKenna
Ashlie McGuire
 
2015-2016
Noreen Jamal
Najla Tabbara

2014-2015
Stephanie Lovering
Wenya Miao

2013-2014
Tara Farquharson
Kristiina Principe

2012-2013
Michelle Yang
Natalia Persad