Canadian Pharmacy Residency Board

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

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 - General/Oncology-Focus

Type: General/Oncology Focus

Focus: Clinical Practice

Established In: 1967

Number of Positions: 3 (general) + 1 to 2 (oncology focus)

Application Deadline: As per PRAMS

Starting Date: September 2024

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 Janet Chow 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.

Estimated Stipend: $45,000 per annum

Benefits: Not applicable to temporary full time staff

Vacation/Holiday Leave: 10 Off-Rotation Days, 4% in lieu

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 participate in a number of different teaching activities including co-precepting a junior learner.  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

Program - Primary Care

Type: Primary Care

Focus: Primary Care and Family Medicine

Established in: 2008

Number of Positions: 1

Application Deadline: (as set by PRAMS)

Starting Date: September 2024

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 Janet Chow 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.

Estimated Stipend: $45,000 per annum

Benefits: Not applicable to temporary full time staff

Vacation/Holiday Leave: 10 Off-Rotation Days, 4% in lieu

Education/Conference Leave: 1 major pharmacy conference

Program highlights: Visit Education (uhn.ca) for more information about our program 

The current healthcare environment in Canada demands that the primary care system adopt an interprofessional model of care, creating a unique opportunity for pharmacists.  This residency is a 52 week post-graduate training program accredited by the Canadian Hospital Pharmacy Residency Board.  It will provide the resident with experience in a variety of ambulatory care settings.  It is designed to prepare the graduates for successful careers as independent practitioners of Pharmaceutical Care in an ambulatory care setting.  The majority of the resident's time will be spent in the Toronto Western Family Health Team with special attention on the needs of the aging population, new immigrants, children and women.  The clinic is comprised of an inter-professional team including dieticians, chiropody, nurses, occupational therapists, pharmacists, physicians, physiotherapists, and social workers.  Some required and elective rotations can be completed longitudinally over a period of time.  The resident will have the opportunity to lead a research project in Primary Care.  Opportunities to enhance presentation and communication skills, become involved with teaching, research and other scholarly activities will be available.  

Minimum required credentials: BScPhm/PharmD

Required Rotations:

The resident will complete rotations in:

• Family Health Team 
• Clinical Electives 
• General Internal Medicine 
• External Family Health Team (FHT) 
• Research Project (Longitudinally)
• Leadership  
• Teaching/Preceptorship (Longitudinally)
• Inpatient Rehabilitation

Elective Rotations: Residents have a choice of several elective rotations which are 4 weeks in duration each:

• Ambulatory Chronic Pain and Opioid Stewardship Clinic
• Ambulatory HIV/Immunodeficiency Clinic
• Ambulatory Nephrology Clinics (Peritoneal Dialysis and Chronic Kidney Disease Clinic)
• Antibiotic Stewardship
• Emergency Medicine
• Mental Health
• Outpatient Pharmacy

Organization

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

Graduates

2023-2024	Julia Giannini Ya Ping Guo Aileen Liu Jenna Rizzo
2022-2023	Lu Loretta Lu Yuki Meng (Primary Care) Nashita Tabassum
2021-2022	Christopher Tse (Oncology Focus) Jinfan (Aaron) Zhang Yifan Zhou
2020-2021	Jerome Flores (Oncology Focus) Cynthia Lam (Primary Care) Avery Loi Jenna Sauve
2019-2020	Christopher Chiu (Primary Care) Josephine Ho Caylie Poirier Henry Pun (Oncology Focus) Grace Tang
2018-2019	Amanda Carroccia Cassandra McClelland (Primary Care) Maria Moreno (Oncology Focus) Adam Romanowski Robert Taglione
2017-2018	Erin Cicinelli Xia-Ying (Rachel) Liu Jaspreet Nijjar (Primary Care) Samantha Polito (Oncology Focus) Jessica Ragazzo
2016-2017	Alexander Bacopoulos (Oncology Focus) Caitlin McIntyre Brittani Prete (Primary Care) Sylvia Sivarajahkumar
2015-2016	Marie Jam Bravo Matthew Chow Patwant Dhillon (Oncology Focus) Katherine Koroluk (Primary Care) Jennifer Ma Seann Seto