Emergency Medicine
The Family Medicine/Emergency Medicine Program at McMaster University is a one year program designed to provide physicians, who have completed a family medicine residency, with the specific competence to practice Emergency Medicine and the leadership skills to assess, promote, and integrate emergency health services in the community.
Both urban and community stream are available, depending on your career goals as a physician.
The teaching hospitals used are organized by specialty, such as burn/trauma, oncology, pediatric trauma, and emergency psychiatry. The hospitals, both urban and community, offer emergency departments with good patient volume supported by comprehensive medical and surgical services. Overall, the sites offer a wide range of patient problems.
Rotations may be tailored to your prior training and career goals, however, certain rotations are considered mandatory and must be completed. Rotations will include ICU, CCU, Surgery, Trauma, Orthopedics, Plastics and Emergency Medicine.
A typical residency year would include:
- 4 blocks – Emergency Medicine
- 1 block – Emergency Pediatrics
- 1 block – Trauma
- 2 blocks – ICU
- 1 block – CCU
- 1 block – Selective
- 1 block – Anesthesia
- 1 block – Plastics
- 1 block – Community Emergency Medicine
It is recommended that interested applicants ensure significant experience is gained in emergency pediatrics. We suggest using elective time in the first or second year of family medicine residency to obtain this experience.
Selectives
Selectives are completed in a variety of formats and approval is based on a set of criteria. Historically, Selectives have included Toxicology in New York City, or an additional block of Trauma, Emergency or Surgery (lumps and bumps). These Selective are tailored toward your stated objectives.
Academic Activities
Emergency Medicine core content material is covered during weekly academic half days. Thursday mornings are the Academic Half Day for Emergency Medicine. Sessions include core content, Tintinalli Rounds, Skill Sessions, radiology, examination preparation, bioethics, and administration.
In addition, there will be four Simulation Sessions with high fidelity simulators through the academic year. Finally, there is a day in the Anatomy Lab practicing procedures on cadavers.
Research / Rounds
Residents are expected to complete a resident research project on evidence-based medicine skills. It is expected you have the ability to search data bases, critically appraise the articles and present the material at Resident Research Day. This may take the form of a CQI/QA project, literature search or a formal research design study. It is expected that you will display competence in preparing, practicing and evaluating evidence-based medicine.
Course in Ultrasound
An Ultrasound (US) Course following the EDE principles is offered in the early fall of the year. This course teaches the technical skills and didactic principles of Point of Care US (POCUS). The remainder of the course is spent scanning volunteers to achieve the required number of scans. We have ample faculty available to assist with attaining the required scans for full certification if you are unable to do so during the US Course.
Katelyn Baker
Hometown: Burlington, ON
Most Interesting Place You’ve Visited: Tanzania
Medical School: McMaster, Niagara Regional Campus
Residency: McMaster, Rural Stream, Grimsby
Personal Interests/Hobbies: Figure Skating, Hiking & Music
Academic Interests: Community and Rural Emergency Medicine, Teaching/EducationNeil D’Souza
Hometown: Toronto (Scarborough
Most Interesting Place You’ve Visited: Cinque Terre, Italy
Medical School: University of Toronto (Fitzgerald Academy)
Residency: University of Toronto
Personal Interests/Hobbies: Raptors/NBA, Stand-Up Comedy, Travel, Food/Dessert/Wine
Academic Interests: QI, Ultrasound, Trauma
Publications: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/neil.d’souza.1/bibliography/public/Jonathan Gravel
Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario
Most Interesting Place You’ve Visited: Entebbe
Medical School: University of Ottawa
Residency: University or Toronto & McMaster University
Personal Interests/Hobbies: Spinning, Hiking and Cryptic Crosswords
Academic Interests: Addictions and Rural Critical Care
Publications: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=ao5hXDUAAAAJ&hl=enHometown: Toronto, Ontario
Most Interesting Place You’ve Visited: Istanbul
Medical School: University of Toronto
Residency: McMaster University (Brampton Site)
Personal Interests/Hobbies: Reading, Badminton
Academic Interests: Ultrasound use in ED/Urgent CareNicholas Lant
Hometown: Waterloo, ON
Most Interesting Place You’ve Visited: Ibiza, Spain
Medical School: Western University
Residency: McMaster, KW Site
Personal Interests/Hobbies: Spending time with my wife Chantelle and our 2 year old Golden Retriever Nash, Road Biking, Windsurfing, Hockey
Academic Interests: Head Injury, Trauma, Disorders of Consciousness
Publications: Lant, Nicholas D., Laura E. Gonzalez-Lara, Adrian M. Owen, and Davinia Fernández-Espejo. “Relationship between the anterior forebrain mesocircuit and the default mode network in the structural bases of disorders of consciousness.” NeuroImage: Clinical 10 (2016): 27-35.Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
Most Interesting Place You’ve Visited: Petra, Jordan
Medical School: McMaster University
Residency: Toronto (Mount Sinai)
Personal Interests/Hobbies: Ultra Marathon Running
Academic Interests: Geriatric Emergency Medicine, Frailty, Elder Abuse, Medical Education
Publications: Ringer T, Dougherty M, McQuown C, Melady D, Ouchi K, Southerland L, Hogan TM. Geriatric emergency medicine education: Current state, challenges, and recommendations to enhance the emergency care of older adults. Acad Emerg Med Educ & Training 2018;2:S5–S16.Ringer T, Moller D, Mutsaers A. Distress in caregivers accompanying patients to an emergency department: A scoping review. J Emerg Med. 2017 Oct;53(4):493-508. URL: goo.gl/VMTkGD
Cheung A, Haas B, Ringer T, McFarlan A, Wong CL. The Canadian Study of Health and Aging Clinical Frailty Scale predicts adverse outcomes among geriatric trauma patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2017;225(5):658-665.
Hometown: Guelph, Ontario
Most Interesting Place You’ve Visited: Zermatt, Switzerland – Hiking the Matterhorn while each Swiss Chocolate was incredible!
Medical School: McMaster University
Residency: McMaster University (Kitchener-Waterloo)
Personal Interests/Hobbies: Tennis, Squash, Hiking, Board Games, Piano, & Eating (Especially Ice Cream & Sushi)
Academic Interests: Medical Education, Simulation, FOAMed, Physician Wellness
Publications: C.Dainton, J.Truong, and C.Chu. A review of hypertension and diabetes protocols for Medical Service Trips (MSTs) in Latin America and the Caribbean. Annals of Global Health. 84(4), pp.563–570. DOI: http://doi.org/10.29024/aogh.2387. (2018)S.Al-Sarraf, J.Truong, and C.Tsui. Identification of risk factors and early intervention for post-concussion syndrome in adolescents. EBM-CR. (2017).
W.Pons, I.Young, J.Truong, A.Jones-Bitton, S.McEwen, K.Pintar, and A.Papadopoulos. A systematic review of waterborne disease outbreaks associated with small non-community drinking water systems in Canada and the United States. PLoS ONE. (2015). 10(10): e0141646.
Rotation Objectives
- Anesthesia
- Community Emergency Medicine
- ICU/CCU/PICU
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Plastic Surgery
- Emergency Medicine
- Trauma
Assessment
Policies
Applicants must have successfully completed two years of a Family Medicine Residency Program leading to certification by the College of Family Physicians of Canada. Applicants must also have written, or be eligible to write, the College of Family Physicians of Canada Certification Examination.
Application Requirement
The application process will run through the CARMS match. The website will be available at carms.ca. All applicants for the Family Medicine/Emergency Medicine Residency Program are required to:
- Complete the National Application form
- Complete the National Match Registration Form
- Provide three letters of reference and Referee Assessment forms
- Provide a Family Medicine Program Director’s Assessment of Applicant form
- Written letter to Dr. Erich Hanel, Program Director, Family Medicine/Emergency Medicine Residency program stating your reasons for wishing to join this program
- Send a curriculum vitae.
The Selection Committee will be chaired by the Program Director and will consist of resident representatives and faculty members from the Residency Steering Committee. For application deadlines and interview dates, please refer to the CaRMS website.
Dr. Raj Vadera
Division Director
Division of Emergency Medicine
Hamilton General Hospital
Phone: (905) 521-2100 x 73547
Fax: (90) 577-8247
rvadera@cogeco.caDr. Erich Hanel
Program Director
CCFP Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Hamilton General Hospital
haneleg@mcmaster.caDr. Liane Shipp-Dey
Assistant Program Director
CCFP Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Hamilton General Hospital
Phone: (905) 521-2100 x 73547
Fax: (905) 577-8247
liane.shipp-dey@medportal.caDr. Kayleigh Hagerman
Regional Education Coordinator
Niagara Regional Campus
CCFP Emergency Medicine Residency Program
kayleigh.hagerman@medportal.caDr. Lorraine Colpitts
Regional Education Coordinator
Kitchener Waterloo Regional Campus
CCFP Emergency Medicine Residency Program
lorraine.colpitts@medportal.caMelissa Hymers
Emergency Medicine Administrative Coordinator
CCFP Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Hamilton General Hospital
Phone: (905) 521-2100 x 73547
hymers@mcmaster.caBronwyn Andrews
PGY 1 Core and Emergency Medicine Electives
Hamilton Emergency Departments (SJH, HGH, JHCC)
emctu@mcmaster.ca