First Half of enrichment year: is the second half of PGY3
Second Half of enrichment year: is the first half of PGY4
鈥⑻� 听Last Half of PGY3 for 6 months from January to June
鈥⑻� 听First Part of PGY4 for 6 months from July to December
The enrichment year (from January 1st to December 31st) is divided into periods
鈥⑻� 听6 months for full time research time
鈥⑻� 听3 months of electives including
o听听 听1 month of community rotation at Lakeshore General hospital or other site approved by the program director
o听听 听1 month of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery (Dr Nabil Fanous and Dr Mark Samaha clinic
o听听 听1 month of selective rotation
Goals and objectives
The main objective of this program should be to show residents the principles of good basic research and to provide high quality research in otolaryngology.
In addition to the research involvement, the resident will maintain certain clinical exposure and obligations.听 This will include mandatory duties as well as elective opportunities.听 The resident must be present at grand rounds, hospital rounds, academic half and full days, journal clubs and special seminars. The regular on call schedule will be part of the enrichment year.
The resident will avail himself/herself to certain mandatory pedagogical experiences.听 These will include anatomy (as a demonstrator) during the head and neck portion and epidemiology and biostatistics.听 This course will be taken for credit and the resident must achieve a passing grade.
The resident may enroll in other elective courses with the approval of the program director.
Program outline
Year-round activities of the enrichment year resident include:
鈥⑻� 听Research related:
听听听听听 - Research seminars with Dr. Segal
听听听听听 - Biostatistics course at 平特五不中 or at the Meakins-Christie Lab
听听听听听 - Head and neck anatomy demonstration for 平特五不中 medical students in the spring
听听听听听 - Anatomy preceptorship for the 鈥渂ack to basics鈥� course
鈥⑻� 听University related:
听听听听 - University grand rounds
听听听听 - Thursday academic half days
听听听听 - Journal clubs
听听听听 - Weekly hospital rounds (choose between JGH, RVH or MCH sites)
听听听听 - Monthly Thursday pathology conference at JGH
听听听听 - Monthly Thursday radiology conference at JGH
听听听听 - Monthly thyroid conference 鈥� JGH
听听听听 - Weekly Tumor board rounds (choose between JGH, RVH)
听听听听 - Weekly听 rounds at the RVH respectively, radiology, pathology otology, laryngology, rhinology and M&M
鈥⑻� 听Community rotation: one month at the Lakeshore General hospital
鈥⑻� 听Facial plastic and reconstructive rotation: one month at the clinics of Dr Nabil Fanous and Dr Mark Samaha
鈥⑻� 听 One month of selective rotation in the following rotations:
听听听听听 - Maxillofacial surgery 鈥� MGH
听听听听听 - Head and neck radiology
听听听听听 - Head and neck pathology
听听听听听 - Medical oncology
听听听听听 - Radiation oncology
听听听听听 - Voice lab 鈥� MGH
听听听听听 - Vestibular laboratory 鈥� RVH
听听听听听 - Otology
听听听听听 - Audiology service 鈥� JGH, MGH, RVH, MCH
听听听听听 - Facial nerve unit
听听听听听 - Extra month in facial plastics rotation
听听听听听 - Extra month in community rotation
Procedures for research activities
Eight months before the enrichment year, residents will seek advice from faculty, and work out details of the proposed program. A new method to assign residents to projects was implemented in 2011 where each resident completed a questionnaire about their research plans and their interest in ongoing research projects. This permitted matching of student interests with suitable projects for their enrichment year. As a result, there was better matching of residents to strong supervisors and appropriate research projects.
Residents must submit a timetable of their proposed enrichment year activities 3 months before their enrichment year begins. The research committee must approve the proposed timetable.
Exceptional 平特五不中 OTL residents may be permitted to enter a double-program Master鈥檚, combining both normal residency and Master of Science activities.听 Double-program activities must start 6 months before the Enrichment year starts, and normally continue after the end of the Enrichment year. The double master proposal is reviewed by the research committee and highly scrutinized before approval.
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Timetable for Enrichment year:
| May 鈥� August (preceding enrichment year) | Find project and supervisor |
| October (preceding enrichment year) | Submit timetable for enrichment year activities |
| December (preceding enrichment year) | Complete research proposal form, specifying when epidemiology and demonstrating will be done. Submit to research committee |
| January | Literature review and finalize proposal |
| February/March/April/May | Research in lab |
| June听 | Progress report |
| July | Compiling statistics |
| August/September | Starting writing paper |
| October/November | Progress report |
| December | Final report due |
| May (following enrichment year) | Cutoff date for final report |
| June (following enrichment year) | Presentation at annual Canadian meeting |
| Following year | Keep research committee updated with new publications |
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