University, e.g. through divisional funds or an endowed fellowship TAHSN-affiliated hospital-based funding, e.g. through a divisional unrestricted educational fund, practice plan or hospital-based program Sponsored fellowships, e.g. a country or institution funds a fellow to come to Toronto for specific training Fellowships may NOT be funded directly by a pharmaceutical industry partner. If industry partners wish to support fellowship training programs, they may do so by providing unrestricted educational grant to the program/division/hospital. Further, the industry sponsor must adhere to University standards and thus remain at arms-length to the trainee ( ) Fellowship Approval Process Before a fellowship is approved, the must be completed with appropriate sign offs before submission to DoM. 1. Develop a Clear Fellowship Description and complete the New Fellowship Application Educational objectives (as per PGME application), e.g., mastery of a clinical area, completion of a scholarly project, graduate degree, formal course work, etc. Duration of the fellowship (start and end dates) - pre-determined for each fellowship and in alignment with those required for any concurrent Master’s or other graduate course Amount and type of clinical work, including on-call responsibilities if any (this must be consistent with the educational goals of the fellowship) (the ratio of Residents to Fellows on any service cannot be such that the residency program is negatively impacted) Expectations regarding scholarship, e.g. completion of a graduate degree program or scholarly project and if any, % protected time for these activities Teaching expectations level of trainee, % time – Source, method (e.g., T4 income from hospital) and amount of payment (salaries and benefits) must be stated and meet minimum standards (s) Primary fellowship supervisor name and frequency of contacts with fellow and responsible – – Division Director (in general, fellowship supervisors should have no more than 2 fellows at any time) and plan for fellow mentorship Frequency and method of evaluation see below for details – Draft posting and proposed sites for posting of the fellowship opportunity Process of selection of candidates for the fellowship Plan for orientation of VISA sponsor and non-Toronto trained fellows to the University of Toronto Indication of support for the fellowship from relevant senior administrative lead, e.g. hospital PIC or division head 2. Obtain Approval of the Relevant Departmental Divisional
University, e.g. through divisional funds or an endowed fellowship TAHSN-affiliated hospital-based funding, e.g. through a divisional unrestricted educational fund, practice plan or hospital-based program Sponsored fellowships, e.g. a country or institution funds a fellow to come to Toronto for specific training Fellowships may NOT be funded directly by a pharmaceutical industry partner. If industry partners wish to support fellowship training programs, they may do so by providing unrestricted educational grant to the program/division/hospital. Further, the industry sponsor must adhere to University standards and thus remain at arms-length to the trainee ( ) Fellowship Approval Process Before a fellowship is approved, the must be completed with appropriate sign offs before submission to DoM. 1. Develop a Clear Fellowship Description and complete the New Fellowship Application Educational objectives (as per PGME application), e.g., mastery of a clinical area, completion of a scholarly project, graduate degree, formal course work, etc. Duration of the fellowship (start and end dates) - pre-determined for each fellowship and in alignment with those required for any concurrent Master’s or other graduate course Amount and type of clinical work, including on-call responsibilities if any (this must be consistent with the educational goals of the fellowship) (the ratio of Residents to Fellows on any service cannot be such that the residency program is negatively impacted) Expectations regarding scholarship, e.g. completion of a graduate degree program or scholarly project and if any, % protected time for these activities Teaching expectations – level of trainee, % time Source, method (e.g., T4 income from hospital) and amount of payment (salaries and benefits) must be stated and meet minimum standards (s) Primary fellowship supervisor – name and frequency of contacts with fellow – and responsible Division Director (in general, fellowship supervisors should have no more than 2 fellows at any time) and plan for fellow mentorship Frequency and method of evaluation – see below for details Draft posting and proposed sites for posting of the fellowship opportunity Process of selection of candidates for the fellowship Plan for orientation of VISA sponsor and non-Toronto trained fellows to the University of Toronto Indication of support for the fellowship from relevant senior administrative lead, e.g. hospital PIC or division head 2. Obtain Approval of the Relevant Departmental Divisional
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