Resident Expectations

Here is an overview of the expectations we have the residents at each year of training. This is not an exhaustive list but rather the main goals of each year.

The overall themes of the residency are:

Graduated responsibility: Each year, as you gain knowledge and experience, you will be expected to hold more responsibility in the department. This may mean supervising junior residents, or managing all or part of the flow in the A&E.

Self learning, resident learning, faculty learning, lifelong learning: This is a key concept starting with self learning. Since we have limited faculty, it is up to you to do most of your own book learning. Your co-residents will teach you as well as graduates and visiting faculty. This all leads to a culture of life long learning. Residency is only the beginning!

Leadership: The residency and the specialty will not succeed unless each resident becomes a leader and helps support and promote our specialty.

1st year:

Learn emergency medicine priority diagnoses

Acquire the knowledge base required for the safe practice of emergency Medicine

Become comfortable with the acute management of common presentations

Gain procedural experience

2nd year

Deepen your knowledge of emergency medicine

Improve your efficiency and accuracy of patient evaluations

Continue improving procedural competence.

3rd year

Work on speed, efficiency, and resource stewardship

Increase breadth and depth of knowledge

Be a recognized and confirmed leader of the department

Contribute administratively

Work independently

Teach