Royal College Clinician Investigator Program – Distributive Curriculum Training (DCT) Pathway

Royal College Clinician Investigator Program at University of Toronto –
Distributive Curriculum Training (DCT) Pathway

For individuals interested in a career as a clinician scientist, the University of Toronto offers the Royal College Clinician Investigator Program which provides a formal postgraduate medical education pathway that fulfills the existing specialty/subspecialty requirements of the Royal College and provides integrated, structured, and rigorous research training.

The CIP training pathway has typically involved a minimum of two years of continuous, intensive research training within a University graduate unit (The Continuous Training pathway).

U of T is pleased to announce a new additional pathway for clinician investigator trainees: The Distributive Curriculum Training (DCT) pathway.

Description of DCT Pathway:
This new pathway is targeted to graduates of MD/PhD Programs, residents who already have a PhD, or residents who have demonstrated outstanding research track record during undergraduate medical school.  Successful candidates will have coordinated entry into the PGY1 year for both CIP and their specialty/subspecialty program.  The program involves two full years of core specialty clinical training, followed by three years of research with 25% clinical time per year, after which time the resident writes the primary specialty examination and continues with full time subspecialty training.  DCT pathway trainees will accomplish all the educational objectives of specialty and sub-specialty training, as required of traditional residents, and acquire 27 months of research time towards a graduate degree or postdoctoral fellowship.

How to apply:
In addition to applying to the core internal medicine residency program through CaRMS, interested applicatns must submit a separate application to the CIP for Committee review which consists of: (i) a one page summary of your past research experience and the research area you would like to pursue; (ii) two reference letters addressing your research potential and (iii) CV.

Successful candidates must be accepted to both the U of T internal medicine residency program and Clinician Investigator Program DCT pathway.

Deadline for additional application to CIP:
January 15, 2008

For more information, please contact the CIP office at uoft.cip@utoronto.ca or (416) 946-5738.

Clinician Investigator Program
University of Toronto
Room 7205 – Medical Sciences Building
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8
Tel:       (416) 946-5738
http://www.utoronto.ca/cip/