Royal College FRCPC Residency

As one of the program goals is for residents to be capable of and enthusiastic for scholarly pursuits in emergency medicine, scholarly activities are a mandatory component of the program. In addition to this, scholarly pursuits in education are encouraged and supported by the program.

Residents are supported in the scholarly endeavours in a number of ways. It is hoped that a resident will choose one larger project early in his/her residency that can be developed and completed over 3 to 5 years. Those residents with a greater interest are encouraged to also conduct several smaller projects throughout their five year residency. Reserach projects may be in any field related to emergency medicine including, but not limited to: medical education, pre-hospital medicine, medical administration, trauma and resuscitation, or clinical decision making.

Dr. Jon Dreyer is a faculty member who is designated as resident research coordinator, however most faculty members are involved in research either through their role on the research committee or as individual project supervisors. Our research coordinator, Kristine Van Aarsen, works in the research office and is a excellent resource for project design and clinical epidemiology. They also deliver clinical epidemiology teaching sessions throughout the year during Thursday morning chief rounds.

Resident Research Day (RRD)
Resident Research Day (RRD) is an annual event held in the spring by the emergency medicine department. Here, residents from both the royal college and CCFP-EM programs present their active reserach projects. In order to encourage quality work, residents may present project proposals, work in progress, or completed work. It is expected that each royal college resident will present at a minimum of three RRDs during their five year residency. A group of judges, including a visiting physician from an external hospital, award montary prizes to the best oral presentations.

National & International Conferences
Royal college residents are expected to present their research findings at a minimum of one national level conference during their residency. Most often, residents present at the annual Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians conference. A conference stipend of $1500 is provided by the program to help cover costs.

1985      David Austin, University of Toronto

Robert Beveridge, Dalhousie University

1987      Mary Eisenhauer, Western University

Rob Street, University of British Columbia

1988      John Gibson, Western University

1989      Lisa Shepherd, Western University

1990      Graham Bullock, Dalhousie University

Jeff Fuss,  University of Victoria

1991      William McCauley, Western University

1992      David Murphy, Western University

1993      Pauline Paine, Western University

1995      George Kovacs, Dalhousie University

1996      Scott Anderson, Western University

David Petrie, Dalhousie University

1997      Karen Woolfrey, McMaster University

1998      Keith Donovan, Western University

Michael Hatcher, MacMaster University

1999      Derrick Pringle, Western University

2000      Michael Lewell, Western University

Dawn Giffin, Western University

2001      Phil Moran, North York General

2002      Drew Thompson, Western University

Andrew Jones, Western University

2003      Ted Everson, Western University

Terry Skoretz, Western University

2004      Laura Price, Western University

Colin Bullard, International

Jehangir Meer, University of Toronto

2005      Becca Mallin, McMaster University

Abdullah Al-Ghamdi, International

2006      Wanda Millard, Western University

2007      Ian Ball, Western University

Adam Dukelow, Western University

2008      Kris Lehnhardt, Washington

Mike Peddle, Western University

2009      Rob Arntfield, Western University

Dave Ouellette, Western University

2010      Chris Martin, Barrie, ON

Jan Trojanowski, Vancouver, BC

2011      Cimi Achiam, Vancouver BC

Karalyn Church, Western University

Heather Hames, Western University

2012      Matt Davis, Western University

Allie Meiwald, Western University

2013      Sameer Mal, Western University

Joel Krause, St. Catherines, ON

Ryan Arbeau, Western University

Danny Peterson, Calgary, AB

2014      Justin Yan, Western University

Justin Ahn, Vancouver, BC

2015      Bourke Tillmann, Toronto, ON

Morgan Riggan, Western University

Kate Hayman, Toronto, ON

2016      Natalie Cram, Calgary, AB

Sean Doran, Western University

Megan Garnett, Thunder Bay, ON

Chris Lee, Vancouver, BC

2017      Dave Fu, Edmonton, Alberta

Lauren Valdis, Western University

Ben Strauss, Credit Valley, Mississauga

2018      Jacob Pace, Western University, St Thomas

Drew Schappert, Western University

Marcus Van Aarsen, Western University

Meagan Mucciaccio Windsor Regional

Alex Dong, Western University

2019      Mike Beyea, Brampton ON

Nick Federman, Chatham/Guelph ON

Chantal Forristal, Western University

Marc Lipkus, North York, Toronto ON

Davy Tawadrous, Toronto General

2020      Michael Clemente, Western University

Mason Curtis, Western University

Aaron Stone, UBC

Brad Waterman, Western University

2021      Michael Blaszak, Western University

Erik Leci, Western University

Jennifer McGuire, Western University

Brad Rostas, Western University

John Teefy, Western University

2022      Shane Freeman, Western University

Danielle Kelton, Western University

Brendan Maxwell, Western University

Dave Morden, Western University

Petrease Patton, Western University