The Discipline’s priority is medical education. We offer both undergraduate and postgraduate training opportunities to clerks and residents.

The Discipline currently supports four residency training programs accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC).

The Internal Medicine Residency Program consists of three years of core internal medicine. After the completion of this program, residents will normally go on to complete additional training in the subspecialty selected through the CaRMS medicine subspecialty match process. Our goal is to train exceptionally competent, professional, and well-rounded internists for their future careers, regardless of their chosen field within internal medicine.

This program is based on the Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) framework. The majority of resident training occurs at The Health Sciences Centre, which is the largest tertiary care centre in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Internal Medicine residents have exposure to learning experiences in the inpatient and outpatient environment. They learn from general internal medicine specialists and a wide range of subspecialist physicians. Residents have ample opportunity to gain experience in all the subspecialties through Selective and Electives.

Residents can also do community internal medicine rotation at approved sites.

The program encourages scholarly activity from our trainees. Residents are expected to complete research projects and research methods are taught as part of the formal curriculum. We have an annual Scholarship Day where residents present their research.

The Neurology residency program is dedicated to training exemplary future neurologists through broad clinical exposure, a comprehensive and well-structured academic curriculum, research opportunities, a flexible training schedule customizable to resident interests, and much more.

This five-year program and is based on the Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) framework. This curriculum is divided into 4-week rotations/blocks and occurs mainly at the HSC site.

The two-year General Internal Medicine program accepts applicants who have completed at least three years of training in Internal Medicine (acceptable to the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada).

The General Internal Medicine program is based on the Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) framework. The primary teaching sites are the Health Sciences Centre and St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital in St. John’s. Community experiences can be undertaken in a variety of smaller centers, including Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander, Carbonear, Clarenville and Corner Brook. The program has a mandatory rotation at the University of Alberta for obstetrical medicine training.

The two-year Nephrology program accepts applicants who have completed at least three years of training in Internal Medicine (acceptable to the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada).

This program normally accepts one trainee every two years. The resident will work as part of a multidisciplinary team.  Progressive responsibility is assigned in proportion to the level of training. Experience will be gained in clinical nephrology in both in-patient and ambulatory environments. Trainees will learn at a variety of sites in St. John’s, including the HSC and a large outpatient dialysis unit and dedicated clinic at the Kidney Care Center in Mount Pearl. A mandatory kidney transplant rotation is required and generally will be completed in Halifax, NS.

The Nephrology Program encourages and supports the performance of clinical research by trainees.

The Discipline of Oncology supports a subspecialty-training program in Medical Oncology. This accredited two-year program accepts candidates who have completed at least three core years of training in Internal Medicine (acceptable to the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada).