Overview
Royal College AFC-accredited 12-month advanced echocardiography fellowship across Hamilton General, Juravinski and McMaster University Medical Centre leading to level III competence and eligibility for the RCPSC Diplomate certificate.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical fellowship
- Duration
- 12 months (consecutive)
- Start
- July 1 (may be flexible)
- Positions
- 2 internally funded and 2 externally funded (government/hospital-sponsored) spots
- Accreditation
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (Area of Focused Competence)
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Completion of cardiology training (or equivalent) and level II echocardiography competence
- International applicants
- International applicants accepted; must meet McMaster Postgraduate Medical Education requirements (Gulf State applicants apply via their bureau)
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- November 1 for the upcoming academic year
- Application method
- Non-Gulf State applicants via the McMaster FHS-Forms Application Portal; Gulf State applicants through their bureau
Funding
- Funding
- 2 positions funded by an echocardiography faculty fund; 2 externally sponsored
Official sources
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