Details of Fellowship Program

Give a general description of your Fellowship training program

Fellow works in various capacities with msk consultants. There is some primary care msk exposure. Number of patients varies substantially depending on the clinician the patient is working with.

What educational resources do fellows have access to (e.g. videos, medline internet searching, cochrane database online, etc)?

One of the strengths of our Program is the wide variety of clinical training resources.  We use physicians from the disciplines of sports medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery, pediatric sports medicine,

What audiovisual services do you have available for the fellow?

The Fellow has access to state-of-the-art computer generated audiovisual facilities.  We have access to numerous computers, a data light projector/slide projectors, as well as an audiovisual support program.

Describe the academic activities of the fellow.

Fellow receives structured reading program in each of 3 sections of Fellowship: Physical Med, Sport  Med, and Insurance Med. Weekly round sin numerous disciplines as well as abundant between med education, seminars throughout province.

What are the on-call duties of the fellow?

Fellow is involved with at lest one sport team as primary care practitioner. Team is Fellow's choice. No other call.

Describe the research responsibilities of the fellow?

Fellow is obligated to complete a research paper of publication quality during fellowship.

Program teaches students in both a didactic fashion in the 1st year in terms of msk exam, and taking elective students for periods from 4-8 wks.

Program has annual didactic sessions reviewing common msk problems with fam med residents. Approx 1/2 of Fam. Med. residents rotate through our program for 1 month of clinical experience

Specialty residents from physical med and rehab, rheumatol, and chiropractic residents spend up to one month with us in clinical practice

Please list all associated teaching staff

At this time, this is an exhaustive list, and I think it will suffice to give you the names of the program directors. Both Dr. Sommer and Dr. Craton have their CASM Diplomas, and are very actively involved in the teaching program

Please list all persons who help supervise the research program (if applicable).

Beyond the scope of our response at this time.

Describe the physical environment (e.g. examination rooms, one-way mirrors, etc) in which the fellow's work?

As you can see, we have a very diverse Fellowship Program, which is student centered.  There are numerous clinics involved in the educational Program.  The fellow has an office at Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation for secretarial support

What administrative services do you have available for the fellow?

The Fellow has numerous administrative resources available to them. They have infrastructure support from the Worker's Compensation Board of Manitoba, from Manitoba Public Ins, and from Univ. of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine Post-grad dept

What is the role of your fellowship program/clinic within the University?

Our training sites educate residents from Family Medicine, as well as other msk specialties in the management of msk problems in both sporting and industrial arenas

What arrangements do you have with other Departments within the University?

Program has official certification from the post-grad med education Dept of University of Winnipeg. We also work as adjunct professors with the Univ of Manitoba and the Phys Act and Sports Sci. section. We have informal relationships with all msk faculty

How are the fellows evaluated?

Co-directors are responsible. 2x annually sit down process. OSC exam at end of Fellowship and fellow instructed as to areas, which require mandatory improvement. Feedback from all academic supervisors

How do you determine if a fellow has successfully completed the program (i.e. is it just the time spent or is there some formal evaluation)?

Fellow must demonstrate exemplary msk knowledge and sills, pass the OSCE exam, and receive suitable recommendations from each of their clinical supervisors.

What happens when there is a problem with the person taking the fellowship program?

Regular feedback from clinical supervisors and regular meetings with Fellow to ensure that problems are minimal

How are educational objectives updated, and how frequently?

Process is achieved via feedback from Fellow and discussion amongst co-directors of fellowship.

Describe how fellows evaluate your program.

Fellow has been giving us constant feedback during her experience

Describe how your faculty is evaluated

At the halfway point, there is a formal meeting between the Fellow and the co-directors. The fellow can voice any concerns regarding the program. There is a formal written evaluation at the end.

What are the strengths of your program?

Our program is unique in North Am. Blend of msk skills the Fellow can achieve are unique and very strong. Multi-disciplinary exposure is unique. Benefits to have skill and knowledge in areas of independent medical exam and report writing