Overview
Advanced clinical training, teaching and research in obstetric anaesthesia at a tertiary centre delivering more than 7,000 women per year, approximately 50% high-risk.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1 or 2 years
- Start
- July
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- University of Toronto PGME-registered fellowship; does not count towards Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada specialty certification
- Department
- Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Mount Sinai Hospital / University of Toronto
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Minimum 30 months of clinical anaesthesia training and all requisite anaesthesia certification exams passed in home country (University of Toronto departmental requirements)
- International applicants
- Yes — University of Toronto fellowships accept international graduates; English proficiency required where training was not in English
- Visa support
- Institution policyForeign nationals need an LMIA-exempt work permit; U of T PGME issues the IRCC offer-of-employment number and CPSO letter of eligibility about 5 months before start
- Licence requirement
- Eligibility for registration with University of Toronto PGME and a postgraduate education certificate of registration from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
How to apply
- Deadline
- July 2027 intake closed 31 May 2026; July 2028 intake opens 1 January 2027 and closes 31 May 2027
- Application method
- Online application platform on the University of Toronto Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine website
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policyFellowships funded by department, sponsoring agency or external source; PGME guidelines recommend at least PARO PGY1-equivalent remuneration and pay commensurate with a Canadian in the same role for visa trainees