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 will be tailored to your prior training and career goals. However, certain rotations are considered mandatory and must be completed. Rotations may 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.
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. Greg Rutledge, 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.
Rotation objectives
- Anesthesia
- Community Emergency Medicine
- ICU CCU
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Plastic Surgery
- Tertiary Care
- Trauma
Assessment
Policies
Resident Research Day 2016
The effect of heart rate and age on the High-Sensitivity Cardiac
Dr. Nicole DesforgesAnti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: A review of the data and an approach to testing and treatment
Dr. Kyle DoroshConsequences of an Outpatient Treatment Protocol on Thromboembolic Disease Management in a community emergency department
Dr. Kayleigh HagermanRetrospective chart review of intubation practice of emergency physicians in stroke patients
Dr. Ashu JainCurrent patterns of pediatric emergency department visits within Hamilton
Dr. Monica TomaDr. 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. Jeremy Wojtowicz
Assistant Program Director
CCFP Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Hamilton General Hospital
Phone: (905) 521-2100 x 73547
Fax: (905) 577-8247
jmwojtow@hotmail.comDr. James Beecroft
Regional Education Coordinator
Niagara Regional Campus
CCFP Emergency Medicine Residency Program
james.beecroft@medportal.caDr. Catherine Tong
Regional Education Coordinator
Kitchener Waterloo Regional Campus
CCFP Emergency Medicine Residency Program
scrubs79@gmail.comMaria Campagnolo
Emergency Administrative Coordinator
CCFP Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Hamilton General Hospital
Phone: (905) 521-2100 x 73547
Fax: (905) 577-8457
campag@mcmaster.ca