Overview
Focused training in perioperative and medical cardiac critical care after core paediatric intensive-care or cardiology training.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical fellowship
- Learning format
- On-site clinical training
- Duration
- 1 year
- Start
- Institution policyUniversity of Toronto PGME academic year runs 1 July - 30 June (letters of appointment issued per academic year; off-cycle starts possible)
- Accreditation
- The page explicitly states that ACGME does not currently accredit this advanced training pathway.
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Core training leading to board eligibility in PCCM or paediatric cardiology in Canada, the US or an equivalent jurisdiction; comparable experience from other fields may be considered individually.
- Clinical language
- Mastery of written and oral English required.
- International applicants
- Equivalent international qualifications may be considered; confirm individual clinical registration and sponsorship separately.
- Licence requirement
- Institution policyclinical fellows must hold a CPSO certificate of registration authorising postgraduate education (educational licence); research fellows do not need CPSO registration
- Visa support
- Institution policyinternational clinical fellows need an IRCC work permit; the PGME Office issues an LMIA-exempt offer of employment number and supports the work permit application
How to apply
- Deadline
- 30 September 2026 (published application closing date; passed). Match and appointment dates are separate.
- Application method
- Follow the PCICS application and matching link from the official Cardiac Critical Care section.
- Documents
- PCCM advanced-fellowship application requirements: letter of intent, CV, medical degree, specialty and PCCM certification or equivalent, English test where applicable, and three signed reference letters. Foreign credentials require translations where applicable.
- Contact
- ccm.fellowship@sickkids.ca
Not published or not yet verified
Ask the programme coordinator about:
- Positions
- Department
- Qualification requirement
- Citizenship requirement
- Practice location requirement
- Membership requirement
- Eligibility restrictions
- Language
- Teaching language
- Visa route
- Visa sponsorship
- Tuition / fees
- Application fee
- Stipend / salary
- Scholarship
- Funding
Intakes
- sickkids-cardiac-critical-2026-cycle: recorded closed on 2026-10-16. Application deadline: 2026-09-30
Sources and verification
Evidence by field
- Specialty: confirmed; checked 2026-10-16. Source 1 Scope: Named programme section; no intake inferred from existence.
- Subspecialty: confirmed; checked 2026-10-16. Source 1 Scope: Named programme section; no intake inferred from existence.
- Training type: confirmed; checked 2026-10-16. Source 1 Scope: Named programme section; no intake inferred from existence.
- Duration: confirmed; checked 2026-10-16. Source 1 Scope: Named programme section; no intake inferred from existence.
- State or region: confirmed; checked 2026-10-16. Source 1 Scope: Named programme section; no intake inferred from existence.
- Learning format: confirmed; checked 2026-10-16. Source 1 Scope: Named programme section; no intake inferred from existence.
- Contact: confirmed; checked 2026-10-16. Source 1 Scope: Named programme section; no intake inferred from existence.
- Documents: confirmed; checked 2026-10-16. Source 1 Scope: Named programme section; no intake inferred from existence.
- Eligibility: confirmed; checked 2026-10-16. Source 1 Scope: Named programme section; no intake inferred from existence.
- Clinical language: confirmed; checked 2026-10-16. Source 1 Scope: Named programme section; no intake inferred from existence.
- International applicants: confirmed; checked 2026-10-16. Source 1 Scope: Named programme section; no intake inferred from existence.
- Deadline: confirmed; checked 2026-10-16. Source 1 Scope: Named programme section; no intake inferred from existence.
- Application method: confirmed; checked 2026-10-16. Source 1 Scope: Named programme section; no intake inferred from existence.
- Accreditation: confirmed; checked 2026-10-16. Source 1 Scope: Named programme section; no intake inferred from existence.
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