Why choose University of Ottawa for your Postgraduate Medical Education Training!

• Excellent training opportunities: We offer more than 75 training programs that provide innovative clinical experiences through a variety of educational strategies that guide our trainees into well-rounded clinicians. New residency and fellowship training programs are continually being implemented with our partner hospitals as we collaboratively enhance patient care.
• Leading health care settings: Our residents and fellows complete their medical training in our affiliated academic health science centres, including The Ottawa Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Hôpital Montfort, The Royal and Bruyère Continuing Care, as well as hospitals in rural communities in Eastern and Northern Ontario. Additionally, we have one of the largest medical simulation facilities in North America, the University of Ottawa Skills and Simulations Centre.
• Training in a Francophone milieu: Training in French is offered by many programs through our partnership with L’Hôpital Montfort. Furthermore, we offer unique training opportunities with our international partner, L’Université de Lyon in France.
• Specialties, subspecialties, and Area of Focused Competence (AFC) programs: We offer 29 specialty and 37 subspecialty programs that lead to certification by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, as well as core Family Medicine and 7 Enhanced Skills programs leading to certification by the College of Family Physicians of Canada. In addition, uOttawa offers 9 AFC programs that provide advanced post-residency training accredited by the Royal College. These AFCs build on broader disciplines to expand and deepen the scope of clinical practice.
• Fellowships and Clinician Investigator Program (CIP): We offer many fellowship opportunities and accept over 150 foreign trainees annually who bring a wide range of skills and cultural diversity that serve to enrich our programs and Faculty. Our CIP allows residents to complete either a Masters or PhD while conducting research and providing health care.

Our Mission 

To expand our global leadership in a dynamic environment through interdisciplinary innovation in education, research, health of populations, and patient-partnered care, in both official languages. Together, we strive to push the boundaries of medical education and patient care, in alignment with the Faculty of Medicine’s strategic vision: “Leading innovation for a healthier world.”

The fellowship program consists of one-year training in clinical and neurodevelopmental evaluation, early identification of delays or other concerns, referrals/plans for interventions and an interdisciplinary approach to care for children with more complex medical problems.

Training:

1. Neonatal Follow-Up experience: Trainees will be scheduled to spend 7 rotations in the Neonatal Follow Up clinic at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (4 -5 clinics per week, 1-2 of these clinics would be a joined clinic with a Physiotherapist).
2. Clinical rotations in the NICU: Trainees will spend a minimum of two rotations (or equivalent) in the NICU
3. Elective: Additional Neonatal Follow-up rotation in another centre (such as Sunny Brook, Mount Sinai or McGill) is highly recommended. Another elective such as Development (outside of Neonatal Follow-Up, focused on Psychology assessment, intervention or other area of interest), Palliative care or Genetics would also be supported.
4. Academic Halfday: Trainees are expected to attend the weekly academic half days that are joined by all fellows in the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine program. Topics are related to both NICU and Neonatal Follow-Up. Teaching is provided by both staff and trainees supervised by staff.
5. Teaching: Trainees are expected to provide teaching sessions related to Neonatal Follow-Up during the academic half-days. Other teaching includes one journal club and two case presentations.
6. Longitudinal Research Experience: Trainees are expected to carry a research project during their fellowship. This would be supervised by the fellowship faculty supervisor. Depending on the number of electives, there will be a minimum of 2 rotations dedicated to research.

Evaluation:

• Trainees will receive feedback after each clinic from the supervising neonatologist, pediatrician or developmental pediatrician.
• An ITAR will be filled out at the end of each rotation by one of the supervising clinicians.

Formal meeting for feedback mid and at the end of training will be arranged between the trainee and the faculty supervisor.

In order to be admissible for a fellowship position, you must meet the following criteria:

• Have a medical degree from an accredited institution listed in the World Directory of Medical School confirming school is recognized in Canada (Sponsor Notes tab);
• Have successfully completed a specialty program before the beginning of the fellowship;
• Be certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) or another recognized international certification board (organization outside of Canada and the United States that certifies medical specialists), or at a minimum, have completed a residency program and be admissible to take the Royal College, CFPC or USA certification exams;
• Have successfully completed an English proficiency test, if applicable. See requirements below.

Language Requirements:

Must provide proof of English language proficiency through ONE of the following:

• International English Language Testing System (IELTS)-Academic with a minimum score of 7 in each component, OR;
• TOEFL-iBT; passing score of 93, including a minimum score of 24 on the speaking section, OR;
• Occupational English Test (OET)-Medicine with a minimum grade of B in each component, OR;
• The Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP General) with a minimum score of 9 in each of the four skills, OR;
• Candidates for whom their primary and secondary, medical school or specialty education was conducted in English, proof must be attached to application, OR;
• World Directory of Medical Schools Language Option – If the instruction and the language of patient care at the undergraduate medical school was conducted completely in English, then a candidate can submit a copy or printout of the World Directory of Medical Schools website (Program Details tab) listing the medical school which clearly states that the language of instruction is English.

Applicants must be able to communicate proficiently in the language of instruction and patient care of the training site.

Note that you may apply only to a Clinical Fellowship in the same discipline (or subdiscipline) in which you are recognized as a specialist.

Must have prior certification in neonatal perinatal medicine. Ideally, also have one year experience in neonatology in Canada or the US. This Canadian experience could be obtained as a one-year Neonatology Clinical Fellowship in Ottawa, prior to the start of the NNFU and Development Fellowship.