are the minimum eligibility requirements for a fellow?
Applicants to clinical fellowship training programs in the Department of Medicine must have completed residency training in either the base specialty, base subspecialty, or a complimentary specialty (including Family Medicine if acceptable and if so indicated in the fellowship eligibility criteria for a given fellowship) prior to commencing fellowship training in the Department of Medicine. The individual need not be certified in any specialty prior to commencing the fellowship. IMGs who are Canadian citizens/Permanent Residents applying for a clinical fellowship must have specialist certification from the appropriate authority in the country where they last practiced medicine, or the university from which they graduated. Applicants for clinical fellowships must also be eligible for licensure, a work permit as required, and meet the Department’s language proficiency requirements, and so on.
