Residents in this year may train in the general hospitals, psychiatric institutions, child or geriatric centres, or other specialized sites, depending on the blend of the rotation. In addition, during that rotation, three blocks of half-day per week electives, each lasting 12 weeks, are required. Residents have a large selection of electives from which to choose and enrich their interests. Throughout the entire residency, residents develop proficiency in several modalities of psychotherapy, from among psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural, interpersonal, group, family, and integrative therapies. For senior residents, there are defined career rotations in thirteen established priority programs of the department.
Ample opportunities exist for doing research.
Senior residents can choose to spend the final 12 to 18 months of their residency doing clinical or basic science research, and to be concurrently registered in the School of Graduate Studies in pursuit of an M.Sc. or Ph.D. degree. In addition, the department has a very large fellowship program of over 30 trainees, many of whom are also pursuing postgraduate degrees.