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Hamilton Health Sciences
McMaster Site, 1200 Main Street West
Hamilton, ON, L8S 4J9

Residency Website: n/a but visit HHS website www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca

Director: n/a

Coordinator: Mary Thornewell
Clinical Pharmacist
thornewe@hhsc.ca

Contact: Mary Thornewell
Phone: 905-521-2100 ext. 72291

RESIDENCY PROGRAM

Type: General
Focus:
Established in: 1980
# Positions: 3
App. deadline: as set by HPRFO
Starting date: June/July
Est. stipend: $19.16/hour plus on-call opportunities

Benefits: optional, as discussed with HHS Human Resources on starting your residency  

Vacation/holiday leave: 2 weeks  

Education/conference leave: designated amount of funding is allotted to each of the residents, to be applied to conferences of their interest (i.e. ASHP Midyear, CSHP AGM, CSHP PPC

Program highlights: The residency is a unique self-directed program with guidance and information sources provided. The residents must establish objectives and use a problem-solving approach to meet their goals.

Required Rotations:

Drug Distribution (6-8 weeks)
Drug Information (3 weeks)
Critical Appraisal/Health Research Methods Rotation (4-5 weeks)
Practice Management & Drug Use Control (longitudinal over 4-6 months)
Teaching Skills Rotation (Longitudinal over 10 months)

Elective Rotations:

Cardiology (4 weeks)
Chronic Pain Program (Ambulatory) (3 weeks)
Family Health Team (3 weeks)
Geriatric Assessment & Rehabilitation Unit (3 weeks)
GI Disorders & Parenteral Nutrition (1 week experience or 3 weeks rotation) Infectious Diseases (4 weeks)
ICU - Adult (4 weeks), Pediatric (4 weeks)
Internal Medicine – Adult (4 weeks; option to complete an additional 4 weeks at end of program) Integrated Stroke Unit (3 weeks)
Neonatal ICU (1 week experience or 3 weeks rotation)
Neurosciences (3 weeks)
Adult Hematology/Oncology Inpatient and ambulatory settings (1 week experience or 3 weeks rotation)
Palliative Care (1 week)
Pediatrics – General (3 weeks)
Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology (3 weeks)
Rehabilitation populations (1 week experience or 3 weeks rotation)

Other clinical specialties:

• Experiences or rotations in anesthesia, cystic fibrosis, family medicine, outpatient pharmacy, thromboembolism, research (study design, randomization, blinding, quality assurance)
• In partnership with St. Joseph ’s Healthcare ( Hamilton ), available rotations are: emergency medicine, medication assessment clinic, nephrology, acute respirology, psychiatry
• Off-site electives may be arranged by the resident at specialized institutions, eg. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health ( Toronto ), Regional Poison Information Centre, Sioux Loukout Zone Hospital.

Minimum required credentials: B.Sc.Pharm.

ORGANIZATION

Type: Multi-site organization responsible for approximately 67% of the acute care hospital beds and approximately 70% of the inpatient weighted case activity in Hamilton-Wentworth
Number of beds: 1,122
Sites: Chedoke, Hamilton General, Henderson General, McMaster University Medical Centre
Affiliation: University of Toronto (for residency program), McMaster University

2009/2010 Residents:
Robin Brockhouse
Amanda Chan
Shazia Syed

2008/2009 Residents:
Cynthia Cho-Kee
Alena Saunders
Andrew Sinclair