In Training Evaluation Examination every year. Residents have a 1 to 2 hour practice oral examination twice a year. In the final two years of the residency, each resident has a 3 hour oral examination, designed to simulate as closely as possible, the Royal College examination. Residents in the 5th year of the residency have 2 one-hour practice oral examinations each month. Each resident will have participated in approximately 30 mock oral examinations before sitting the Royal College examinations.
Residents attend rounds on all inpatient rotations.
Attending physicians or senior fellows from the Department of Radiology review x-rays for 1 hour each month. A brief clinical presentation is given and the films are reviewed. Teaching points are also discussed. Key articles from the medical literature are reviewed. Emphasis is placed on research methodology .