PGY-1 Rotation

Transition to Discipline

• PGY-1 Hamilton Health Sciences(HHS)-St. Joseph’s Healthcare Transition to Discipline (PDF)

Foundations of Discipline

• PGY-1 HHS Foundations of Discipline (PDF)
• PGY-1 Internal Medicine Rotation (PDF)
• PGY-1 General Surgery Rotation (PDF)
• PGY-1 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Rotation (PDF)
• PGY-1 Plastic Surgery Rotation (PDF)
• PGY-1 Neurosurgery Rotation (PDF)
• PGY-1 Anesthesia Rotation (PDF)

PGY-2 Rotations

Foundations of Discipline

• PGY-2 St. Joseph’s Healthcare (SJH)Foundations of Discipline (PDF)
• PGY-2 Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) Foundations of Discipline (PDF)

Junior Core of Discipline

• PGY-2 SJH Junior Core of Discipline (PDF)
• PGY-2 HHS Junior Core of Discipline (PDF)
• PGY-2 Cambridge Community Junior Core Rotation (PDF)

PGY-3 Rotations

Junior Core of Discipline

• PGY-3 SJH Junior Core of Discipline (PDF)
• PGY-3 HHS Junior Core of Discipline (PDF)
• PGY-3 Elective or Community Rotation (.doc)
• PGY-3 SJH Otology Neurotology Junior-Senior Core of Discipline (PDF)

PGY-4 Rotations

Senior Core of Discipline

• PGY-4 SJH Head & Neck Senior Core of Discipline (PDF)
• PGY-4 SJH Otology Neurotology Junior-Senior Core of Discipline (PDF)
• PGY-4 HHS Senior Core of Discipline (PDF)
• PGY-4 & 5 Optional Elective or Community Rotation (.doc)

PGY-5 Rotations

• PGY-5 SJH Rotation (PDF)
• PGY-5 HHS Rotation (PDF)
• PGY-5 Pathology & Radiology rotation SJHH (PDF)

Assessment Form Templates

The Royal College website describes the four Competence by Design (CBD) assessment forms and provides template samples. Our program uses all of these forms. Forms 1, 2 and 4 are located on the Royal College Mainport ePortfolio and MedSIS ePortfolio. Form 3 is found below and must be either printed or emailed for the observer to complete the form. The academic advisor needs to collect completed form 3 and generate a report for Entrustable Professional Activity (EPA) 3.2 Managing an inpatient surgical service and for EPA 4.3 Organizing and Managing General otolaryngology – head and neck surgery clinics.

Competence by Design Assessment Forms:

• Patient observation – Form 1 on ePortfolio
• Procedural competencies-Form 2 on ePortfolio
• Multi-Source Form 3 EPA 3.2 must print or email (.docx)
• Multi-Source Form 3 EPA 4.3 must print or email (.docx)
• Narrative observation-Form 4 on ePortfolio

Other Work-based Assessment Forms:

• In Training Evaluation Report (ITER): Use for rotations that do not have EPAs
• Consultation Letter Dictation Evaluation (.doc)
• Operation Report Dictation Evaluation (.doc)
• Presentation evaluation on MedSIS
• Teaching evaluation on MedSIS
• Journal club evaluation on MedSIS
• 360 interprofessional assessment CanMEDS 2015 (.doc)

Promotion

The program director must meet all residents at least bi-annually to review their performance and progress, discuss career planning and promotion. The academic dossier is a document that summarizes the requirements of the training program. Before meeting the program director, residents must complete the following sections of their academic dossier:

• Rotations
• Presentations
• Teaching sessions
• Research
• Publications
• Temporal bone
• Courses or workshops attended
• Extra-curricular undergraduate/postgraduate medical education activities and awards.

When the academic dossier has been completed and reviewed with the program director, the dossier must be signed and posted on the resident’s file.

• Resident’s Academic Dossier Juniors (.doc)
• Resident’s Academic Dossier Seniors (.doc)

The Residency Program Committee (RPC) members and the program director must meet to review and discuss all residents’ performance and progress in the spring. The RPC members report back to the residents allowing them enough time to address any concerns that might affect promotion or graduation. A pre-promotion letter is sent to each resident indicating which requirements are either missing or need attention.

• Pre-Promotion Letter (.docx)

The program director, at the end of the academic year, completes a promotion letter. The promotion letter will indicate whether residents have completed all requirements of the training program or still need to correct any pending conditions.

• Promotion Letter (.docx)
• Promotion Letter for graduation (.docx)

Policies Related to Assessments & Promotion

• Policy on Assessment of Learners in Post Graduate Medical Education Programs (2019)
• Policy on Appeal of Assessments of Learners in Postgraduate Medical Education Programs (2019)
• Policy on Level 1 Appeal of Assessments of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Residents (.doc)

Residents and educators must be aware of policies and guidelines related to their home program, department of surgery and the postgraduate medical education at McMaster University.

Policies and guidelines are an essential component of the training program. They provide framework and structure, clarity when dealing with accountability issues or activities that are of critical importance, assist, support and direct residents and educators involved in otolaryngology – head and neck surgery.

Home Program Policies & Guidelines

• Responsibilities Concerning the Handling and Disposal patient information (PDF)
• Mask Fit Instructions Residents (PDF)
• Vacation Entitlement for Residents (PDF)
• Reporting Absences (PDF)
• Resident Safety Policy (PDF)
• Academic Program Attendance Policy (PDF)

Department of Surgery Policies & Guidelines

Professionalism

Healthy Workplace

• Working at McMaster: Healthy Workplace

Postgraduate Medical Education Policies & Guidelines

• Policies