This self-funded fellowship is intended to advance the knowledge and skill set of the trainee in the field of tropical medicine. This is not an introductory fellowship, and is only offered to those with advanced training or experience in the field of tropical medicine, typically signified by some developing world experience and/or graduate training. The fellowship is completed on a part-time basis (2.5-days per week x 1 year for clinical and scholarly work) so as not to impede the fellow's ability to engage in remunerative work that is either hospital or clinic-based. There is no on-call or patient care expectations beyond the time during which the fellow is in clinic with the supervisor. Teaching occurs around each clinical case, and is supplemented by formal and informal lectures, clinical scenarios, readings, and meetings throughout the year. The fellow will also have the opportunity to attend the full roster of educational rounds offered by the Division of Infectious Diseases at UHN, which includes weekly HIV rounds, weekly city-wide ID/Microbiology rounds, weekly clinical case rounds, weekly tropical medicine rounds, and monthly national tropical medicine rounds. The fellow will have the opportunity to engage in a scholarly activity of his or her choosing, and this may include writing of a case report(s) or book chapter(s), or completion of a QI or research project relevant to the practice of tropical medicine. If a QI or research project is selected as the scholarly activity, the supervisor will assist the fellow in obtaining competitive funding awards to enable presentation of the work at an international scientific conference.
Contact Name:
Dr. Andrea K. Boggild
Role:
Fellowship Supervisor
Telephone:
416-340-3675
E-mail:
Andrea.boggild@utoronto.ca
Mailing Address:
Tropical Disease Unit, Toronto General Hospital
200 Elizabeth Street, 13EN-1350
Toronto, ON M5G 2C4
