Clinical Fellowship - Acute Care Surgery

Job Description

, University of Saskatchewan

The University of Saskatchewan offers a one-year Clinical Fellowship in Acute Care and Community Surgery. The Fellowship is designed to prepare surgeons for a career in Community Surgery with focus on enhanced skills in Acute Care-Emergency Surgery.

Clinical excellence

Promoting a diverse and intense clinical experience is a central priority of the fellowship program. ACS fellows will serve as clinical and administrative chiefs on dedicated ACS services and are responsible for directing patient management both in and outside the OR with graduated independence. The fellow will have the opportunity to further their teaching skills of graduate and undergraduate trainees in both clinical and simulation settings.

ACS rotations (seven blocks) will take place in Saskatoon at the Royal University Hospital as well as St. Paul’s Hospital. Together these ACS services function as the major referral centers for the northern half of the province and therefore provide a large volume of diverse urgent and emergent surgical cases. The Royal University Hospital also provides Trauma services for the northern half of the province which offers an opportunity to enhance trauma management skills.

The rotation schedule includes significant elective time to suit the unique career goals of the successful applicant. Five blocks are available locally and one block externally (should the applicant wish). Electives historically undertaken include MIS (Regina, SK), Colorectal, Trauma, and Community General Surgery.

ACS fellows will serve as clinical and administrative chiefs on dedicated ACS services, and are responsible for directing patient management, teaching, and initiation and completion of surveillance and quality improvement initiatives. Opportunities will also be available for training of Graduates and Undergraduate students in both clinical and simulation settings.

Academic excellence

The fellowship has an educational curriculum including journal and guideline review as well as participation in monthly educational rounds (Trauma Rounds, Dept of Surgery Grand Rounds, and Quality Improvement Rounds). To expand formal academic teaching experience, the fellow will facilitate one General Surgery Academic Half Day and two ACS and Trauma Journal Clubs.

Quality improvement skills are developed through supported facilitation of QI Rounds with the goal of independent facilitation by the end of fellowship. All fellows are expected to develop QI/research programs based on their personal interest and career ambitions. Fellows are encouraged to present their work at major National/International meetings.

Job Qualifications

A fellowship candidate must meet the following criteria: (1) has completed training and holds an M.D. or equivalent degree and (2) has completed an accredited General Surgery residency with certification upon starting the fellowship.