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We offer a two-year program in Medical Oncology that meets the requirements of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. The first year is comprised of mandatory rotations including three months in Haematology, three months in Radiation Oncology, one month in Palliative Care, one month in Gynecologic Oncology, and 4 months in Medical Oncology. The Haematology rotation is focused largely on malignant haematology, including one month on the Leukemia/Stem Cell Transplant service. The second year includes 6 months of Medical Oncology rotations, plus 6 months of elective time. We encourage our residents to spend one month in Pathology and one month in Community Oncology as part of their elective time, but residents with strong academic standing and defined research interests can request the entire 6 months as a research elective block. Our Medical Oncology rotations are based on three multi-disease-site specific teams. There is no in-house call, and call is largely restricted to Medical Oncology rotations, and never exceeds one in four. Early in the first year the trainee is assigned a longitudinal clinic, supervised by an attending staff member of the Section. Whenever possible this clinic is chosen to reflect the trainee’s stated interests. Participation in this clinic enables the trainee to appreciate the long-term nature of much of contemporary cancer care, and allows the trainee to hone patient interaction and communication skills. Graded responsibility for the care of both inpatients and outpatients is provided throughout the trainee’s rotation. The program is closely linked with CancerCare Manitoba, the organization overseeing cancer care in our province. CancerCare Manitoba is charged by an Act of the legislature of Manitoba with responsibility for cancer prevention, detection, care, research and education for the people of Manitoba. As a Centre of choice, CCMB is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for those living with cancer and blood disorders, and to improving control of cancer for all Manitobans. We are based out of two facilities in Winnipeg: the MacCharles Site at Health Sciences Centre, and the Tache Site at St. Boniface Hospital. These two sites are only 5 km apart. Each disease-site specific rotation includes clinics in both hospitals, providing access to a wide spectrum of clinicians and patients. Currently we have 10 Medical Oncologists between the two facilities seeing approximately 2000 new patients per year. Our program includes links to a lively research environment. CancerCare Manitoba is extensively involved in clinical trials, with affiliations with the National Cancer Institute of Canada’s Clinical Trials Group, and with the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, and with involvement in a number of industry-sponsored trials. Faculty members are expected to be productive on an academic level, and interests range from involvement in basic science research in breast cancer, CLL and prostate cancer (with close ties to the highly-regarded Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology), to Clinical Epidemiology research with collaboration with our Epidemiology and Cancer Registry Department. |
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Application Deadline: August 15th of the year preceding program commencement. Program Dates: Two year program from July 1st in year one until June 30th in year two. Remuneration: Residents will be paid according to the Professional Association of Residents of Manitoba (PARIM) agreement concerning remuneration of residents commensurate with their number of years of post-graduate training. |
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