Postraduate Program Update

CaRMS 2015:  The CaRMS recruitment days that took place on January 16th, 24th and 25th were a huge success.  We interviewed over 600 candidates in total!  I would like to extend a sincere thank you to all of the faculty, staff and residents for your assistance on those days.  We couldn’t have done it without you!  Match day is March 4th, 2015 and the CaRMS 2nd iteration interview day is tentatively scheduled for March 21st, 2015.

Triple C Update:  We have determined the EPAs for competence in both in-patient hospital care and labour & delivery. 

The EPA’s are as follows:

In-Patient EPAs:

  1. Diagnose and manage common acute/urgent/emergent medical conditions across the life cycle
  2. Determine appropriateness for and complete hospital admission across the life cycles
  3. Establish goals of care
  4. Manage on-going care in inpatient setting
  5. Diagnose and manage end-of-life/palliative medical conditions across the life cycle
  6. Diagnose and manage common less acute and chronic medical conditions across the life cycle
  7. Determine appropriateness for and complete discharge
  8. Perform common bedside procedures
  9. Provide appropriate care to marginalized populations

Labour & Delivery EPAs

  1. Diagnose and manage common presentations at triage
  2. Assess and manage progress of labour (Stages 1, 2 and 3)
  3. Assess and manage risk during labour and delivery
  4. Perform common procedures related to labour and delivery
  5. Request consultations appropriately during labour and delivery
  6. Provide hospital care and manage common postpartum presentations (to hospital discharge)
  7. Provide newborn care from birth to hospital discharge

We will be determining the EPAs for residential care at an upcoming faculty development session in April 2015.