Curriculum Requirements

As per the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), below are the requirements for the successful completion of the Core Internal Medicine Program.

A minimum of 12 months must take place in General Internal Medicine (GIM), either on a General Medicine clinical teaching unit, a General Medicine consultation service, or an Ambulatory Care block rotation. The Core Internal Medicine Program has defined the GIM requirements to mean:

Team Medicine: 8-9 months
Medical Consults: 1-2 month(s)
Community Medicine: 1 month
Hospitalist Team: 0-1 month
Longitudinal/Ambulatory Clinics (PGY1 and PGY3): 1 month

The remaining 24 months of the Core Internal Medicine Program will be spent on subspecialties. RCPSC stipulates that:

All residents must have a significant experience in the following subspecialty fields:

Critical Care Medicine
Cardiology, including the Coronary Care Unit

All residents should have a significant experience in the following subspecialty fields:
1. Infectious Diseases
2. Neurology
3. Respiratory Medicine
4. Rheumatology
5. Endocrinology/Metabolism
6. Gastroenterology
7. Geriatric Medicine
8. Hematology
9. Medical Oncology
10. Clinical Allergy & Immunology
11. Dermatology
12. Nephrology

For a breakdown of required months for the above subspecialties, review the Curriculum Requirement Table.

Last updated:1/20/2011 3:28:13 PM