Royal College Accredited Neonatal-Perinatal Training Program

Overview

An integrated training programme founded in 1999 across SickKids, Mount Sinai and Sunnybrook NICUs, one of the largest in North America, attracting trainees from around the world.

The programme

Training type

Clinical Fellowship

Duration

2 years core (optional third academic year, 10 research/elective months)

Start

July

Positions

14 funded positions per year

Accreditation

Approved by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Board of Pediatrics

Department

Division of Neonatology (SickKids, Mount Sinai, Sunnybrook, St. Michael's)

Eligibility and visa

Eligibility

Must be a paediatrician

International applicants

Canadian and international trainees accepted; only Royal College-certified paediatricians may sit the Royal College exam on completion

Visa support

Institution policyinternational clinical fellows need an IRCC work permit; the PGME Office issues an LMIA-exempt offer of employment number and supports the work permit application

Licence requirement

Institution policyclinical fellows must hold a CPSO certificate of registration authorising postgraduate education (educational licence); research fellows do not need CPSO registration

How to apply

Deadline

31 January for July entry of the following year

Application method

Online application via Toronto Centre for Neonatal Health website

Funding

Funding

Institution policyclinical fellows must be funded (department or sponsoring agency); FEAC recommends pay at least equal to PGY1 on the PARO salary scale, and foreign nationals must be paid at a rate commensurate with a Canadian in the same role

Official sources