The Public Health and Preventive Medicine postgraduate program at the University of Ottawa is a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons accredited 5-year residency program. We offer the opportunity for residents to receive comprehensive Public Health and Preventive Medicine training while living and working in a beautiful city.
Being located in the nation's capital, the program enjoys exceptional access to a variety of amazing training sites, including local and federal departments and agencies such as the Public Health Agency of Canada, Department of National Defence, Canadian Medical Association, Correctional Service Canada, Health Canada, Direction de Santé Public de l'Outaouais, and Ottawa Public Health. These sites are a short drive, bike ride or sometimes even a walk away! Other public health units of Ottawa/Gatineau region are also within a reasonable commuting distance including the Eastern Ontario Health Unit (Cornwall/Casselamn) and Leeds, Grenville, and Lanark District Health Unit (Brockville). Ottawa Public Health, a large health unit with four public health physicians (one medical officer of health and three associate medical officers of health), provides an excellent training environment.
The program is flexible in offering a choice of two streams. In the General Stream, residents can pursue aa greater focus on public health with the three final years of the program devoted entirely to public health. The Family Medicine Stream offers the opportunity of obtaining Certification in The College of Family Physicians as a part of the program with the final two years of the program devoted to public health training.
Please visit the CaRMS web site for further information about applying to our Public Health and Preventive Medicine Residency Program.
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Director of Residency Program:
Trevor Arnason, MSc, MD, CCFP, FRCPC
Program Administrator:
André Purdy
Email: sephphpm@uottawa.ca
613-562-5800 ext. 8281
Lead Resident: phpmchef@uottawa.ca
Resident Rep: phpmresidents@gmail.com