University Health Network - General
Address:
Toronto General Hospital
585 University Avenue
Toronto, ON, M5G 2N2
Director(s):
Dr. Olavo Fernandes, BScPhm, PharmD, FCSHP
Director of Pharmacy
Dr. Amita Woods, BScPhm, ACPR, PharmD
Clinical Manager
Coordinators/Contact:
Dr. Cindy Natsheh, BScPhm, ACPR, PharmD and Dr. Janet Chow, BScPhm, ACPR, PharmD
Education Coordinators
Phone: 416-340-4800 x 8519
Fax: 416-340-3685
UHN program outlines and further information available by contacting residency coordinators or visiting our website at: http://www.uhn.ca/healthcareprofessionals/Meet_Professions/Pharmacy/Pages/education.aspx
- Program
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Type: General/General with oncology focus
Focus: Clinical Practice
Established in: 1967
# Positions: 3 (general) + 1 to 2 (oncology focus)
App. deadline: (as set by PRAMS)
Starting date: September 2023
PRAMS (Additional PRAMS requirements to complete the Pharmacy Residency Application and Matching Service (PRAMS) application should be sent through PRAMS when applying to University Health Network (General) program by the application deadline):- A cover letter, maximum one page, directed to Cindy Natsheh and uploaded to the UHN Program page after applying to UHN, outlining your reasons for applying to the University Health Network (General) residency program. If you are applying to more than one residency program at UHN, a single cover letter is sufficient, however, please indicate your program preference if possible.
Est. stipend: $35,000 per annum
Benefits: Not applicable to temporary full time staff
Vacation/holiday leave: 2 weeks
Education/conference leave: 1 major pharmacy conference
Program highlights: Visit Education (uhn.ca) for more information about our program- Designed to develop self-directed practitioners with advanced skills in practice of pharmaceutical care. The program offers a wide variety of clinical rotations across all four UHN sites with nationally recognized preceptors. The residency rotation schedule is tailored to account for the candidate’s prior learning and personal objectives. All residents are paired with an experienced mentor to help navigate the residency year. Residents will have the opportunity to participating in teaching activities on site and at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy. Residency projects are a high priority for UHN pharmacy and project team members are experienced researchers. Many residency projects are published in international peer reviewed journals. The oncology-focused program offers the resident to develop the skills to be an independent oncology pharmacy practitioner and as such most of the rotations are based at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.
Minimum required credentials: BScPhm/PharmD
Required Rotations:
The resident will complete rotations in:
- Medication Use Systems
- General Internal Medicine
- Drug Information
- Critical Care Medicine (for general residents)
- Leadership
- Clinical Practice (independent management of a clinical team)
- Research project (longitudinally)
- Teaching/Preceptorship (longitudinally)Elective Rotations: Residents have a choice of several elective rotations which are 4 weeks in duration each:
- Allogenic bone marrow transplant
- Ambulatory chronic pain and opioid stewardship clinic
- Ambulatory HIV/immunodeficiency clinic
- Ambulatory nephrology clinics (peritoneal dialysis and chronic kidney disease clinic)
- Antibiotic stewardship
- Cardiology
- Cardiovascular intensive care unit
- Complex continuing care
- Critical care (at Sinai Health System, oncology-focused resident only)
- Emergency medicine
- Geriatric rehabilitation
- Hemodialysis
- Lymphoma/Myeloma/Autologous stem cell transplant
- Malignant hematology
- Mental health
- Multi-program rehabilitation
- Neurology
- Neurology rehabilitation
- Neurovascular
- Oncology out-patient pharmacy
- Palliative care
- Primary care
- Solid organ transplant
- Solid tumor transplant
- Total parenteral nutrition
- Organization
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Type: University Health Network is a four site institution in downtown Toronto consisting of Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto Rehab Institute and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.
Key program groupings: advanced medicine and surgery; community and population health, heart and circulation; Krembil neurosciences program, multi-organ transplant, musculoskeletal health & arthritis; oncology and blood disorders, rehabilitation
Number of beds: 744
Sites: Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto Rehab Institute, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Affiliation: University of Toronto
UHN’s 2023 Year 1 Residency Program Virtual Open House
Friday, September 29, 2023 4:00 – 5:30 pm (EST)
Hi everyone!
We are excited to host our Virtual Residency Program Open House. Please read further for an overview of the evening and RSVP information
Agenda*:
4:00 – 4:45 pm Brief overview of UHN’s Year 1 Residency Programs
4:45 – 5:30 pm Meet and Greet Rounds (Closing remarks in the current room)
*All times indicated are Eastern Standard Time (EST)
In the virtual Meet and Greet Rounds you will have the opportunity to meet preceptors, current/past residents and the residency leadership team from our programs to ask your personal questions, get insight and hear different perspectives and experiences during residency.
Deadline to RSVP is Tuesday, September 26, 2023 @ 5:00 pm using the link: RSVP Signup
If you need further clarifications about the sign up process please send your questions to cindy.natsheh@uhn.ca
We look forward to “seeing” you all at our virtual open house.
Warmest regards,
Cindy
On Behalf of UHN Residency Leadership Team
- Graduates
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2021-2022 Christopher Tse (oncology focus)
Jinfan (Aaron) Zhang
Yifan Zhou2020-2021
Avery Loi
Jenna Sauve
Jerome Flores (oncology focus)2019-2020
Josephine Ho
Henry Pun (oncology focus)
Caylie Poirier
Grace Tang2018-2019
Amanda Carroccia
Maria Moreno (oncology focus)
Adam Romanowski
Robert Taglione2017-2018
Erin Cicinelli
Xia-Ying (Rachel) Liu
Samantha Polito (oncology focus)
Jessica Ragazzo2016-2017
Alexander Bacopoulos (oncology focus)
Larissa Boychuk
Caitlin McIntyre
Sylvia Sivarajahkumar2015-2016
Marie Jam Bravo
Matthew Chow
Patwant Dhillon (oncology focus)
Jennifer Ma
Seann Seto