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Family Medicine-Enhanced Skills: Care of the Elderly

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Virtual Information Sessions: the Family Medicine Enhanced Skills Care of the Elderly program invites you to attend one of our upcoming virtual info sessions to learn more about the program and answer any questions that you may have. The info sessions will be approximately 30-45 minutes and will be held on the following dates:

 

Upon registering, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link.

Program Highlights
Curriculum
Requirements
How to Apply

Program information

TMU’s one-year Family Medicine-Enhanced Skills (FM-ES): Care of the Elderly residency enables family physicians to manage the complexities of providing comprehensive primary care to seniors living in various community and institutional settings. Residents will learn to provide culturally competent, patient-centred care for common presentations in elderly patients, and work effectively in interdisciplinary teams, while also contributing to improving seniors care in their communities.

This program is accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

Faculty:
School of Medicine

Program Format:
Full Time: 1 year

Program Director:
Dr. Katarina Lakovic

Board Eligibility:
Certificate of Added Competence in Care of the Elderly

Accreditation:
CFPC (October 2024)

Application Deadline:
9 September 2025 at 12:00 (noon) ET

  • Comprehensive experience in a variety of community and inpatient care settings
  • Dedicated time to explore community groups and connect with seniors in non-clinical settings to better understand their healthcare challenges, needs, and expectations
  • Carefully selected mentor for each resident based on self-identified needs and interests
  • Unique Leadership, Education, Advocacy, Research, and Non-Clinical (LEARN) Time program enables residents to tailor their learning experiences and launch their careers

Sample Clinical Rotations

  • 2 weeks: Wound Care 
  • 2 weeks: Rehab
  • 2 weeks: Geriatrics - Clinic
  • 2 weeks: Geriatrics - Inpatient Consults
  • 4 weeks: Inpatient Palliative Care
  • 2 weeks: Acute Care - Acute Care of the Elderly Unit/ Geriatrics Ward
  • 2 weeks: Acute Care - General Hospitalist
  • 2 weeks: Movement Disorders Clinic
  • 2 weeks: Rural Community
  • 4 weeks: Seniors Mental Health

Longitudinal Rotations

  • Home Visits 
  • Long-Term Care
  • Memory Clinic
  • Seniors Primary Care Clinic
  • Palliative Clinic
  • Palliative Home Care
  • Retirement Home
  • Urology and Pessary Clinics
  • Common Injections
  • Osteoporosis Clinic
  • Complex Medicine Clinic
  • Appropriate Prescribing
  • Community Organizations (e.g.,naturally occurring retirement communities)
  • Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy

Foundational Curriculum

Our comprehensive, competency-based Foundational Curriculum covers diverse areas including equity, diversity and inclusion in medical care, research strategies, communication skills and patient safety. Our unique LEARN Time program also offers individualized time, space and resources for residents to focus on areas of specialized interest.

Candidates must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada and meet both the basic criteria (external link)  and the Ontario-specific criteria (external link)  in order to apply to the FM-ES: Care of the Elderly program.

Residents who complete TMU’s FM-ES: Care of the Elderly program will be eligible to receive a Certificate of Added Competence in Care of the Elderly.

The TMU School of Medicine currently has clinical partnerships with multiple major training sites: 

Residency training will leverage a distributed model which may include training at any of these sites for learning in environments, which include community and clinical settings, urban and rural environments, and inpatient and outpatient settings. While the majority of resident training will be focused in Peel and surrounding communities, additional learning experiences may take place at other training sites within Canada through Inter-University Affiliation Agreements. These agreements are subject to change and result in training at sites other than those that are listed above.


Travel to various locations will be required. Access to a personal vehicle will be beneficial; however, anyone with access to a reliable means of transportation is also encouraged to consider this program.

How to Apply

Applications to the FM-ES: Care of the Elderly program at TMU are only accepted through CaRMS. Visit our program description page (external link)  for detailed application requirements and to apply. All applicants will be notified through CaRMS Online and TMU will send email invitations directly to applicants selected for an interview.

Note that three reference letters are required with your application. Letters from one physician/preceptor, one non-physician clinical referee and your family medicine program or site director are mandatory.

Learn more and apply  (external link)