Family Medicine-Enhanced Skills: Family Practice Anesthesia
Virtual Information Sessions: the Family Medicine Enhanced Skills Family Practice Anesthesia 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:
- Friday, August 8, 2025 from 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET - Click here to register (external link)
Upon registering, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link.
Program information
TMU’s one-year Family Medicine-Enhanced Skills: Family Practice Anesthesia (FPA) residency enables family physicians to deliver competent, compassionate anesthesia care as part of their practice. The FPA program gives trainees the knowledge, skills and sound judgment necessary to provide anesthesia care to low-risk patients undergoing simple procedures, particularly in rural and remote 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. Shazia Ambreen
Board Eligibility:
Certificate of Added Competence in Family Practice Anesthesia
Accreditation:
CFPC (October 2024)
Application Deadline:
9 September 2025 at 12:00 (noon) ET
- Training in both urban and rural environments
- Wide variety of training blocks including pediatrics, endoscopy, labour and delivery, intensive care unit/post-acute care unit and acute pain service
- Focus on providing an educational experience with culturally humble and sensitive competencies
- Unique Leadership, Education, Advocacy, Research, and Non-Clinical (LEARN) Time program enables residents to tailor their learning experiences and launch their careers
Sample Rotation Schedule
Transition to Family Practice Anesthesia
- Block 1: Urban Anesthesia
- Block 2: Urban Anesthesia
Core Family Practice Anesthesia
- Block 3: Urban Anesthesia
- Block 4: Labour & Delivery
- Block 5: Labour & Delivery
- Block 6: Regional Anesthesia
- Block 7: Elective (includes PARO week off)
- Block 8: Pediatrics
- Block 9: Urban Anesthesia
Advanced Family Practice Anesthesia
- Block 10: ICU and ENT(Trach Rotation)
- Block 11: Urban Anesthesia
Transition to Practice
- Block 12: Rural
- Block 13: Urban Anesthesia/Out of Hospital Procedures
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: Family Practice Anesthesia program.
Residents who complete the FM-ES: Family Practice Anesthesia program will be eligible to receive a Certificate of Added Competence in Family Practice Anesthesia.
The TMU School of Medicine currently has clinical partnerships with multiple major training sites:
- William Osler Health System (external link)
- Trillium Health Partners (external link)
- Headwaters Health Care Centre (external link)
- Halton Healthcare (external link)
- Peel Region (external link)
- ErinoakKids (external link)
- Michael Garron Hospital (external link)
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: Family Practice Anesthesia 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 your current family medicine program director or site director, a physician/preceptor and a non-physician clinical referee are mandatory.