If you are a medical resident in community medicine, pediatrics, infectious disease or other specialty, you may be able to have part of the two-year FETP count towards the requirements for your fellowship training. This requires the approval of your residency training program director and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. About half of the placements are in Ottawa in the Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada. The rest are in provincial health departments and, on occasion, in local health units. The web site provides many examples of work done by field epidemiologists in each type of setting.
Trainees usually spend their two years in the same placement.
Normally 4-6 8. All candidates are evaluated in one pool, regardless of professional qualifications. Although Health Canada's funding for travel is limited, you may be offered opportunities funded by other agencies. This may also afford opportunities for international experiences.