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Postgraduate Education
Director: Dr. Mark Bosma
The Postgraduate Education occur in November 2018, when the Almost all rotation objectives have
section had a successful 2017- Royal College will be surveying all been updated to ensure they are
2018 academic year, with several programs at Dalhousie University as easily understood and implemented
major initiatives occurring. In part of the regular accreditation cycle. by faculty and residents, along with
November 2015, Dalhousie In preparation for this, the RPC has their corresponding mid and end-of-
Postgraduate Medical Education been reviewing the Royal College’s rotation evaluations. The program has
(PGME) conducted an internal updated accreditation standards, to also updated and/or adopted policies,
review of the residency program. ensure our program is fully prepared. including the Resident Safety Policy
The process ensures that our Many faculty and all residents will and Resident Supervision Policy, to
program is constantly striving to be expected to participate in the ensure that accreditation standards
meet and maintain Royal College accreditation visit, and orientation to are met.
accreditation standards. Through the the process will be organized for fall
hard work of the Residency Program 2018. Program updates
Committee (RPC), all weaknesses In response to resident feedback,
identified at the review have now Accreditation changes have been made to several
been corrected, with confirmation In anticipation of the accreditation core rotations to improve the training
provided by PGME in early 2018. visit, all program documentation has experience. Residents training in
The next major accreditation step will been reviewed in the 2017/2018 year. Recovery & Integration psychiatry,
Class of 2018 (clockwise from top left): Drs. Mandy Emms, Ian MacKay, Kathleen Singh, Celia
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Robichaud, Jennifer Ojiegbe, and Sarah Fancy. Missing from photo: Dr. Leslie Kirkpatrick.
