Program Overview
Cardiac Surgery
Starting July 1, 2019, the Cardiac Surgery Residency Program will be transitioning to CBD.
The first two years will comply with a "core" curriculum required for all residents in surgical programs. The two year program is designed to prepare the resident for part II of the MCCQE examination and for the Surgical Foundations exam which is taken in the PGY-2 year.
One year is available for "academic enrichment" which can be extended to two or more years for those pursuing an academic career and can be taken anywhere between the PGY 3-6. A two or three year of research training leading to an MSc or PhD can be obtained through the Clinician Investigator Program. Funding for this program must be arranged in advance through the Director of the Clinician Investigator Program, Dr. Sean McMurtry.
2020 Rotations - CBD stream
3 blocks in Transition to Discipline
23 blocks of total in Surgical Foundations
9 Cardiac surgery
2 Vascular surgery
2 Critical care
1 Trauma
1 Cardiac anesthesia
1 Cardiac echo
40 blocks total in Core
17 Cardiac surgery
3 Peds Cardiac surgery
3 Endovascular surgery
3 Cardiac cath lab
1 Cardiac rhythm device implantation
13 academic enrichment
9 blocks in Transition to Practice
Research
Clinical research is highly stressed and it is expected that a resident will prepare several abstracts/publications during their residency. The year available for "academic enrichment" can be used as a clinical or basic science research year. Basic science areas of interest in our Division include Ex-vivo heart and lung perfusion, transplant metabolism with metabolic modulation of immune function, pulmonary vascular development, neonatal myocardial protection and fetal surgery and improving homograft valve preservation. A 2-year research period to obtain a Master of Science degree is highly recommended.
Extensive opportunities exist for residents to participate in research. Supervisors, projects and funding are available to support research training in the broad areas of basic sciences, surgical education, and clinical outcome studies. Research presentations are presented annually at the Toms Williams Research Day in May, and at the Cardiac Sciences Research Day held in June.
Seminars
Three hours a week are devoted to seminars. A variety of topics pertaining to Cardiac Surgery are covered. Protected time for seminars take place on Friday mornings. For those who are entering into a research stream there are also a series of seminars in Experimental Surgery available during the PGY-2 or PGY-3 level.