PGY3 Enhanced Skills Applicants

To be eligible for uOttawa’s Postgraduate Enhanced Skills Family Practice Program, you must be:

• Currently enrolled as a PGY2 in the Family Medicine Residency program at a Canadian university at the time of application deadline.
• Residents must start their PGY3 year within 12 months of completing their PGY2 year.
• You may only apply once.

*Please note that we are not currently accepting applications through the re-entry program of the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care.

Applications to any of the programs offered at uOttawa follow the timelines agreed to each year by the Ontario Enhanced Skills Program Directors.  We do not accept late applications.  Please be sure to adhere to the deadlines.

To apply to the PGY-3 Enhanced Skills for Family Practice program, all of the following need to be submitted before the application deadline:

• A completed Application Form;
• Letter of intent;
• Updated curriculum vitae;
• Letter of reference and general questionnaire from three references of your choosing. NOTE: You are strongly encouraged to include a reference from your Family Medicine primary preceptor as one of three references;
  • General Questionnaire
• Applicants must also ask their Postgraduate Program Director to complete the PD questionnaire;
  • Program Director Questionnaire (docx, 29.98 KB)

The letters of reference and questionnaires should be directed to:

PGY3 Program Coordinator
Phone: 613-562-5800 ext. 7667
Email: esfpdfm@uottawa.ca
Department of Family Medicine
University of Ottawa
201 - 600 Peter Morand Cres
Ottawa, ON, K1G 5Z3

If you are applying to the Self Design program, you will also need to include the following as part of your application:

• Learning objectives and a tentative schedule (xlsx, 14.13 KB); and,
• Supporting documentation from the preceptor and/or institutions with whom you will be training (email correspondence will suffice). For contact information of various University of Ottawa departments, please visit the PGME webpage.

The PGY-3 Emergency Medicine program is administered through CaRMS.

The Palliative Medicine program has a separate application process but follows the same timelines, deadlines and eligibility criteria listed above. 

Your application must include all of the following before the application deadline:

• Letter of intent;
• Most current curriculum vitae;
• Letter of reference and general questionnaire from three references of your choosing; if you are still in residency, one of the letters must be from your current Program Director or Site Director;
  • General Questionnaire
  • Program Director Questionnaire (docx, 29.98 KB)

All documents should be directed to:

Palliative Medicine Residency Program

Bruyère Continuing Care - Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital
43 Bruyère Street, Room 284-J
Ottawa, ON K1N 5C8
PMRP@bruyere.org

If you are selected for an interview, you will be notified by email. You will be interviewed by a panel of Palliative Care staff, including the Palliative Medicine Program Director and a current resident in the program. Your interview will be approximately one hour and will include standard interview questions, and conversation. You will have an opportunity to ask questions of the panel members at the end of the interview.