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The goal of our training program is to prepare family physicians who will provide expert and high-quality care for patients requiring emergency services in any remote, rural, regional, urban, or academic hospital emergency departments in Saskatchewan and across Canada. Our program produces well-rounded physicians who are equipped to be local leaders and experts in Emergency Medicine. The objectives for Added Competence in Emergency Medicine fall within the domain of the CFPC Skill Dimensions and the CanMEDS-FM roles. Our residents have Certification in the College of Family Physicians of Canada and will be eligible to challenge the CCFP (EM) examination.
The program has three training sites: Saskatoon, Regina, and Swift Current. The Saskatoon and Regina sites each offer a comprehensive learning experience in a tertiary care hospital setting. The Swift Current site has been uniquely designed as a longitudinal integrated residency based in a small regional centre, which emphasizes trainees maintaining their primary care proficiency while gaining enhanced Emergency Medicine expertise. The three sites have a coordinated Emergency Medicine curriculum that includes joint academic activities with the University of Saskatchewan Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RSPSC) Emergency Medicine Training Program.
The University of Saskatchewan’s Family Medicine Emergency Medicine Residency Program has been fully accredited as a Category 1 Training Program recognized by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC).
Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS) Training
Each resident will be provided an opportunity to complete formal Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) training and achieve competency as part of the academic curriculum. Emergency Department Echo (EDE) courses are also offered during the academic year, and residents can alternatively pursue full certification through an accompanying IP-certifying boot camp course, or via observed ultrasound scans with our EDE-certified faculty members.
Simulation Sessions
High-fidelity simulation sessions are held regularly in our state-of-the-art Simulation Centre.
Critical Care Days
This is a three-day educational event held at the beginning of the academic year, involving lectures on Airway, ACLS, ATLS, PALS, Procedural Sedation, Toxicology and Shock, amongst other topics. A procedural lab is held in the Simulation Centre to review basic and surgical airways, chest tubes and central lines. A half day of high-fidelity simulation sessions is held on the final day and is highly rated by the residents. The final day is dedicated to ultrasound training with many opportunities to scan patient models.
Transition to Practice Rotation
This is a unique month designed to prepare residents for independent practice. The curriculum involves several emergency medicine shifts and small group sessions on managing department flow, how to teach learners, medico-legal issues and managing life and finances while practicing emergency medicine. Each resident is also booked for one EMS shift with pre-hospital crews and two STARS air ambulance shifts.
Toxicology Academic Full Day
High fidelity simulation sessions, grand rounds and small group sessions hosted by a visiting consultant from PADIS.
Geriatric Emergency Medicine Full Day
Grand rounds and lectures from specialists in geriatric emergency medicine. High fidelity simulation sessions catered to geriatric cases.
Disaster Day
Full day dedicated to preparing residents for a mass casualty / code orange situation. Grand rounds on a code orange case, table-top simulation, and large multi-disciplinary code orange simulation.
FM Clinics (Saskatoon and Regina)
Opportunities for horizontal Family Medicine clinics.
Full Scope Community Medicine Experience (Swift Current)
Through family medicine half day back, obstetrics call, and inpatient rounds.
Academics Days
Coordinated Saskatoon-Regina-Swift Current academic half days curriculum.
Research
Funding and protected time, as well as research mentorship.
Resident Retreat
Annual Emergency Medicine Resident Retreat.