• Focus on inpatient consultation and respirology ambulatory clinics.
• Inpatient respirology consulting service only (not admitting) allows our trainees to focus on respirology learning.
• Begin bi-weekly longitudinal clinic in September – assigned with one faculty member for continuity of learning and mentorship.
• One month dedicated to learning technical aspects of performing and interpreting pulmonary function tests and clinical polysomnography.
• One-month rotations in allergy and thoracic surgery.
• One month of elective time that can be used as research or clinical elective.
• One month rotation in community-based respiratory medicine in Regina. Accommodations are provided: if you choose to bring your family an apartment may be available upon application.

• Up to four-month elective, which allows the residents to tailor their training to meet the needs of their envisioned career.
• Two to three months of inpatient consult service and two months of scheduled outpatient respirology clinics with a wide variety of specialty clinics to choose from (CF, TB, Sleep, PHTN, Tx, ILD, CTD-ILD, Severe Airway, Interventional, Pleural, and Neuromuscular).
• Continuation of longitudinal clinic with increasing responsibility and independence.
• Two-month mandatory rotation in Critical Care Medicine and additional month upon request to gain further experience in critically ill patients who have both pulmonary and non-pulmonary disease and provide a solid clinical correlation for pulmonary and general physiology.
• Tuberculosis outreach clinics provide opportunities to visit remote northern Saskatchewan communities.
• The terminal rotation is designed to simulate the work flow of an attending physician balancing and managing responsibility on the ward and needs of an outpatient practice. Volume is shielded and advanced by the supervising physician as required.

• Quarterly meeting with the program director to discuss progress in training and career development.
• Meeting with the research facilitator during the first three months of the training to explore the trainee’s academic interests and connect with appropriate faculty support.
• Clinical administrative mentorship with the longitudinal staff to prepare the trainee for the business aspects of practice.

• Two-day bronchoscopy and chest procedure boot camp hosted by the University of Calgary at the beginning of July, PYG-4 year.
• Annual one-day fellow’s retreat in late fall or early winter covering a mixture of CanMEDS topics.
• Biannual internal practice written and OSCE exam to prepare for the RC exam.
• day national OSCE practice exam the day before the Canadian Respiratory Conference (CRC), PGY-5 year. The location will change based on CRC and it is typically in April.

• Royal University Hospital (RUH)
• St. Paul’s Hospital
• Outpatient: Roughly half of the clinical members hold clinic at RUH and the other half is located adjacent to St. Paul’s Hospital (210 Ave P S, Saskatoon). For out-of-town elective residents who wish to have a clinic-focused elective, a mode of transportation will be helpful to attend clinics.

For Internal Medicine residents who wish to experience our program, we offer inpatient consultation or outpatient-focused rotation.

For out-of-town Respirology residents, we offer inpatient consultation, outpatient subspecialty clinics, and procedural-focused rotations. 

Please contact Angela Loehndorf.