Thunder Bay - Family Medicine - Palliative Care
NOSM UniversityThunder Bay, OntarioCompetitive stream
Enhanced skills (FM/ES) match
Family medicine residents applying for a PGY-3 year (the "+1").
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 1
- Length
- 1
- Applications per year
- 0–50
- Offered interviews
- 0–25%
Competitive stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
Not stated on CaRMS page
Thunder Bay, 8 teaching sites · required rural rotation
What stands out about this program
Training in delivering palliative care remotely via Ontario TeleHealth Network and phone consultation for rural Northern Ontario patients.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Rotations at both Northern Ontario tertiary sites plus a tertiary palliative care unit at University of Ottawa.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Funded attendance at Pallium LEAP and the Canadian Society of Palliative Medicine annual conference.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- NOSM University offers a 12-month enhanced skills residency in palliative care for physicians who have completed family medicine training.
- Residents are based at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre or Health Sciences North in Sudbury, starting and ending the year with the same palliative care team.
- Mandatory away rotations include a rural community, the alternate tertiary site, and a tertiary palliative care unit at the University of Ottawa, with housing provided.
- Residents complete a scholarly project presented at a year-end Grand Rounds.
Based on what the program says about itself.
- You’re open to training at sites across a region, not at one hospital.
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What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Rural / remote
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation
- Focus areas
- Rural / remote
- Northern
- family_practice_continuity
- Research
- Required · research or quality-improvement project · protected time
- Getting around
- Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- Junior Palliative Medicine Consultation (8 · Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (Thunder Bay, O N ) or Health Sciences North (Sudbury, O N ))
- Hospice/Palliative Care Unit (4 · Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (Thunder Bay, O N ) or Health Sciences North (Sudbury, O N ))
- Rural Community Palliative Care (8 · Mindemoya, Marathon, Huntsville, North Bay, Sault Ste. Marie)
- Tertiary Palliative Care Unit (4 · University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON)
- Palliative Medicine Consultation (4 · Health Sciences North (Sudbury, O N ) or Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (Thunder Bay, O N ))
- Medical Oncology (2 · Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (Thunder Bay, ON) or Health Sciences North (Sudbury, ON))
- Radiation Oncology (2 · Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (Thunder Bay, ON) or Health Sciences North (Sudbury, ON))
- Electives (12 · Resident choice)
- Senior Palliative Medicine Consultation (8 · Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (Thunder Bay, ON) or Health Sciences North (Sudbury, ON))
Where you train
Thunder Bay, Ontario: 8 teaching sites; required rural rotation.
- Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
- Health Sciences North (Sudbury)
- University of Ottawa (Ottawa)
- Mindemoya (Mindemoya · rural or distributed site)
- Marathon (Marathon · rural or distributed site)
- Huntsville (Huntsville · rural or distributed site)
- North Bay (North Bay · rural or distributed site)
- Sault Ste. Marie (Sault Ste. Marie · rural or distributed site)
Distributed across a region
Record systems at the listed sites: MEDITECH at 4 of 8, Oracle Health (Cerner) at 1; no published record for 3.
Moving to a new system: Health Sciences North.
Hospital facts
What official sources say for hospitals named above, each with its source and the date we read it. They describe the hospital, not the program. We match names to the sources by name, so check each source before you rely on it.
- Clinical record
- MEDITECH Expanse (ONE HIS), fully electronic record since Oct 2019
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
- Clinical record
- MEDITECH Expanse, system named (how far it goes is not stated)
Health Sciences North
- Clinical record
- MEDITECH Expanse (ONE HIS), moving to a new system
Huntsville
- Clinical record
- Cerner, system named (how far it goes is not stated)
ONE HITS runs MEDITECH Expanse for northeastern Ontario hospitals in two waves: the three founding hospitals went live in October 2019; the 20 hospitals of Wave 2 (including Health Sciences North) are moving over, with no date on the page.
Hospital size and activity: Ontario doesn't publish this as open data.
About Thunder Bay
People
108,843residents, 2021 Census
Housing
3.9%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−13.4 °CJanuary mean18.0 °CJuly mean
Job outlook
not published for this specialty
How they choose
- Application file components
- CV
- Electives
- Examinations
- Extra-curricular
- Leadership skills
- MSPRs
- Personal letters
- Reference documents
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
- Return of service
- Required · IMGs only
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (FM/ES 2027 match)
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Format
- Virtual
- Panel
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-3 | $85,564 / year |
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 7 nights in 28 in-house
- Post-call rule (provincial)
- No new patient responsibilities after 24 hours in-hospital, except what clinical handover needs
- Max continuous duty (provincial)
- 24 hours in-hospital, then relieved after handover (up to 2 hours)
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Megan Sellick
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
- Program office
Program Coordinator
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Family Medicine - Palliative Care elsewhere
Nearest to Thunder Bay
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