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Postgraduate Residency Training
(updated: November 28, 2007)

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Programme Director

Dr. M. Rajda MD, FRCPC, Diplomat ABSM Director, Postgraduate Education Department of Psychiatry 5909 Veterans' Memorial Lane, Room 8205, AJLB QEII Health Sciences Centre Halifax, NS B3H 2E2 (902) 473-2508 tel (902) 473-4545 fax malgorzata.rajda@cdha.nshealth.ca

Our Program is designed to prepare Residents to practice as independent specialists in general psychiatry or one of its subspecialties with the necessary knowledge, clinical skills and attitudes to function successfully as a consultant to physician colleagues and colleagues in other clinical disciplines.

All the training requirements for certification in psychiatry from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) must be met, and Residents must pass both the written and clinical/oral examinations for certification. Within the program we also strive to provide Residents with all the mandatory training required for RCPSC certification, while retaining choice in elective rotations in the senior years. The ability to review psychiatric literature critically and to undertake at least a modest piece of research work or scholarly activity is mandatory. These overall objectives are achieved through didactic content, research and various clinical rotations and through regular evaluation processes.

NOTE: The PGY-1 through PGY-5 clinical rotations are currently under review to reflect the new RCPSC Specialty Training Requirements in Psychiatry (2007). This will be implemented for new residents beginning in July 2008.

2007/08 Outline of Clinical Rotations

PGY-1

13- four week rotations as follows

3 Rotations Psychiatry (1 in Metro Halifax*, 2 in Saint John, NB**)
2 Rotations General Medicine
1 Rotation Neurology
2 Rotations Emergency Medicine
1 Rotation Pediatric Neurology
1 Rotation Family Medicine
3 Rotations Selectives***

*The first rotation of the year will be psychiatry based in the Halifax-Dartmouth area, so that the introductory series of seminars can be offered to all PGY 1 trainees. PGY-1 Residents will be assigned to a mentor and their service for the first four-week block.

**Residents can expect to spend a minimum of 8 weeks rotating in Saint John, New Brunswick as two of the PSYCHIATRY rotations are based at the Atlantic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) in Saint John. Although residents have the option to rank location for NEUROLOGY or EMERGENCY MEDICINE, it is possible that you may have to do one of these rotations at AHSC. This could bring your total time in Saint John, to a maximum of 16 weeks during PGY 1.

*** "Selective" rotations will be in a further branch of psychiatry or in an allied field linked to psychiatry chosen by the resident and approved by the Department--eg., physical medicine and rehabilitation, geriatric medicine, endocrinology, obstetrics & gynecology. Other branches of medicine suggested by the trainee can be considered if they can be arranged by agreement between the Department of Psychiatry and the relevant other department.

PGY-2	4 months of General Adult Inpatients at QEII 4 months of General Adult Inpatients at NSH 4 months of Adult Short Stay at NSH or QEII
PGY-3	6 months of General Adult Outpaitients 3 months of Child and Adolescent Inpatients 3 months of Child and Adolescent Outpatients
PGY-4	6 months of Rehabilitation Psychiatry 3 months of Geriatric Psychiatry 3 months of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
PGY-5	12 months of Electives. Popular Choices include: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Cross-Cultural Psychiatry in St. Kitts-Nevis or Trinidad-Tobago Eating Disorders Epidemiology Forensic Psychiatry Geriatric Psychiatry Mental Health Day Treatment Program Neurology Pain Management Psychopharmacology Psychotherapy Rural Psychiatry Shared Care Short-Stay Psychiatry Sleep/Wake Disorders and other relevant branches of medicine.

Our RCPSC approved, affiliated teaching hospitals are:

Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation, Saint John, NB
IWK Grace Health Centre (IWK) Halifax, NS
The Nova Scotia Hospital (NSH) Dartmouth, NS
Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre (QEII) Halifax, NS
Valley Regional Hospital (VRH) Kentville, NS

Application

All candidates must apply directly through:

Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS)
151 Slayter Street; Ste 802
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5H3
CANADA
1-800-465-4584 tel
1-613-563-2860 fax

Please refer to the CaRMS Web Site http://www.carms.ca/ for more detailed information regarding deadlines, etc.

For more information about the interview schedule, contact Norma Thompson, Postgraduate Coordinator at (902) 473-7122 OR norma.thompson@cdha.nshealth.ca.