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Clinical Fellowships
Clinical fellowships provide physicians with advanced, specialized training beyond residency. These programs offer focused clinical experience in subspecialty areas, advanced procedures, and emerging fields of medicine that are not typically covered during standard residency training.
At Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, we offer more than 200 clinical fellowship opportunities, including Area of Focused Competence (AFC) programs accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Fellowship training is intended for physicians who have completed or are eligible to complete specialty or family medicine certification and are seeking additional expertise in a focused area of practice.
Residency vs. Fellowship
Residency training prepares physicians for independent practice within their chosen specialty. A fellowship takes place after residency and provides additional subspecialized training, allowing physicians to deepen their expertise, refine advanced skills, and gain concentrated experience in a specific clinical field.
Applying for a Fellowship
Find a Fellowship Program
Arrival & Onboarding
Frequently Asked Questions
Sponsored fellowship positions are funded through formal agreements with sponsoring institutions in select countries (currently Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE). Applicants apply through their sponsor, not directly to PGME or the fellowship program, and receive salary and funding support from their home institution.
Non-sponsored fellowship positions are for applicants not under a formal sponsorship agreement. Eligibility is generally based on citizenship and training background. Applicants apply directly to programs and may have external funding (e.g., sabbatical support, home institution salary, or self-funding such as locums or moonlighting where permitted by the CPSO license class).
Fellowship positions must be funded through an approved source. Funding cannot come from personal sources such as family members, personal savings, or private family businesses.
Acceptable funding includes salary support from a recognized health or education institution in the fellow’s home country, or salary provided directly by the fellowship program (where available).
Self-funding (e.g., via locums or moonlighting) is only permitted for candidates eligible for Independent Practice or a CPSO Provisional licence, which is limited to those who have completed residency training in Canada, the USA, or a limited number of other approved international jurisdictions.
Yes. International applicants who have completed residency training outside of Canada are eligible to apply, provided they have completed residency and hold specialty or subspecialty certification from the appropriate certifying body in the country where training was completed.
If selected for a fellowship, you will receive supporting documentation and instructions to apply for a work permit through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), which is required to live and train in Canada for the duration of the appointment.
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