Fellowship details
Effectively collaborate with pediatric surgeons, nurses, other trainees, respiratory technicians and aides in the successful perioperative care of pediatric patients during your fellowship.
Extensive pediatric surgical procedures
Provide pediatric anesthesia and sedation services for off-site procedures such as MRI, CT scan and radiation therapy across 10 locations within the Health Sciences Centre.
Administer pain control after surgery, if needed, with intravenous medications or other analgesic techniques (e.g., regional anesthesia) and gain experience in specialized surgical procedures through other pediatric institutions.
World-class training
Train with clinicians known for their knowledge and experience in regional anesthesia techniques.
Faculty members hold pediatric anesthesia fellowships from centres such as San Francisco, Toronto, Michigan, Australia and Montreal.
Perioperative pain management
Evaluate complex medical problems in infants and children needing surgery and play a critical role in care before, during and after surgery by fostering a non-threatening environment for children in the operating room.
Rotations
Over the course of 12 consecutive months, which includes four weeks of holiday time, your course of study will comprise 48 weeks of clinical and academic time organized into four-week periods compatible with the residency program scheduling structure.
The following pediatric anesthesia topics will be covered during teaching rounds or scheduled discussion periods:
- Biliary atresia
- Blood component therapy
- Bronchoscopy
- Burns
- Coagulation disorders and Sickle Cell anemia
- Difficult airway
- Epidural analgesia – pediatric issues
- Epidural and caudal analgesia
- Genetic metabolic diseases (lactic acidosis)
- Infant pharmacology (e.g., opiates, NMB, local anesthetics)
- Mediastinal mass
- Microlaryngoscopy / LASER airway procedures
- Neonatal emergencies: congenital diaphragmatic hernia
- Neonatal emergencies: general concepts, gastroschisis, omphalocele, PDA
- Neonatal emergencies: meningomyelocele, hydrocephalus
- Neonatal emergencies: tracheoesophageal fistula
- Neuromuscular disorders (Duchenne’s, myasthenia gravis)
- Off-site procedures
- Pediatric equipment, circuits and ventilators
- Pediatric neuroanesthesia
- Renal transplantation
- Sleep apnea
- Spinal anesthesia
- The severely handicapped child
Fundamental pediatric anesthesia concepts will be discussed as part of clinical experience. Cardiac and major craniofacial topics are covered elsewhere.
You’ll also participate in research opportunities in acute and chronic pain management as well as regional anesthesia.
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110
Faculty members in the department
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400
Undergraduate medical students
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30+
Anesthesia fellows
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$300,000
Annual departmental research grants
Admission and application requirements
Application deadline: July 30
To apply for the fellowship program, you must:
- Have successfully completed an anesthesia residency program.
- Have passed, or meet the requirements to be eligible to sit for, the exams of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada.
- Obtain a license to practice independent anesthesia in Manitoba. For information regarding licensing, please visit The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba website.
For international medical graduates who have completed specialist training outside Canada:
- Applicants from non-accredited medical schools outside Canada or the United States must provide evidence of their recognition as specialists in their current jurisdiction. If the letter is not in English, a notarized English translation must be emailed to the department.
Interviews and selection:
- Interviews will be offered to select applicants based on the evaluation of application materials. The University of Manitoba Fellowship Selection Committee will admit one or more candidates to the fellowship program following the interview.
Notification:
We appreciate your interest in our fellowship program. Please note that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
How to apply
Your application to the fellowship program must include:
- Letter of intent
- Current curriculum vitae
- Certificate of completion for specialty training
- Names and contact information of three references
- Anesthesia fellowship application questionnaire
- Proof of English language proficiency (IMGs only):
- IELTS (academic module) with an overall band score of 7 and a minimum score of 7 in each component, or
- Occupational English Test-Medicine (OET-Medicine) with a minimum grade of B in each of the four subsets in the same sitting, or
- Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program-General (CELPIP-General) Test with a minimum score of 9 in each of the four skills in the same sitting.
Please send your completed application and any inquiries to the department. Reference letters should be submitted directly by the referees.
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Cindy Marykuca
Fellowship program administrator
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
2nd Floor Harry Medovy House
671 William Street
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0Z2 Canada