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    Faculty

    • Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry
    • Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

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    Accreditation

    • Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada

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    Expected duration

    • 1 year

Residency details

Enhance your skills in all aspects of dental care through the management of patients in a hospital setting, treating patients whose medical condition, intellectual and/or development disability, or need for pharmacological behavior management warrants specialized medical and dental care.

Training

Training includes a four-week rotation in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine — with clinical opportunities in perioperative and pain medicine, internal medicine, and emergency medicine. In-hospital patient care includes day, evening, night, and weekend emergency on-call coverage.

Residents gain experience with all forms of sedation including oral (PO), intramuscular (IM), intravenous (IV), intranasal (IN) as well as dental treatment in the operating room setting. 

Dental interns are encouraged and permitted time for elective study, research, or participation in a suitable clinical activity not already included in the program.  There are also weekly seminars requiring active participation.

Duration and selection process

The program starts July 1 (June 30 end date), with two positions available yearly; typically, one is offered to applicants with a particular interest in adult hospital-based special needs general dentistry.

Stipend

Residents will be members of the Professional Association of Residents and Interns of Manitoba (PARIM).

Resident will receive a stipend at the PGY1 level, approximately $60,000/year plus additional stipends for on call days. For more information, please visit Professional Association of Residents and Interns of Manitoba.

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Admission and application requirements

Application deadline: October 31

To apply for the General Practice Residency, you must:

  • be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada
  • hold dental qualifications eligible to register in the Province of Manitoba (National Dental Examining Board)

Closing date for receipt of applications is October 31 of each year, however applications may be received at any time before that date. Candidates selected for an interview will be notified in the first week of November.

How to apply

Applicants must apply to the National Postdoctoral Dental Matching Program as well as directly to the General Practice Residency program.

The following must be submitted directly to the program by October 31:

  • Completed application form 
  • $25 application fee (payable to: Associated Hospital Dentists)
  • Letter of intent
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Official transcripts (not required by current UM students)
  • Two signed and sealed letters of reference

Please direct your completed residency program applications (by mail) and inquiries to:

Graduate programs
Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry
P129A – 780 Bannatyne Avenue
Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0W2
oral.surgery@umanitoba.ca

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Graduate programs    
Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry
P129A – 780 Bannatyne Avenue
Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0W2