A series of seminars are held on Wednesday afternoons. Residents in the program are excused from clinical duties: AHD is protected teaching time mandated by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Attendance is mandatory. The academic activities include lectures, journal clubs, and innovative and interactive adult teaching techniques. Senior residents are given oral examinations in preparation for the Royal College Certification Exam.

If you are unable to attend AHD, you must notify the program office.

Acceptable reasons to miss AHD: night shift, approved leave (vacation, study, personal, or conference with proof of registration), exam, illness (notify the program office immediately), maternity/paternity leave, patient acuity (notify us immediately and copy the staff surgeon or CTU Director).

Unacceptable reasons to miss AHD: OR, routine work or clinical duties, personal activities (including dentist, doctor, etc), research schedules interfere with teaching (interviews, meetings, etc). The call schedule at each site has the person identified to take call during AHD (attending, fellow or off-service resident), as residents are protected from clinical work during AHD.

Please sign in to the General Surgery MyCourses space for assigned readings for each session and to access lecture slides from previous talks.

 

THE BLOCKS Year 1 & 2

1. Breast - 6 weeks

2. UGI/Bariatrics/Thoracics - 8 weeks

3. Surgical Oncology (melanoma, sarcoma, HIPEC, small bowel) and Endocrine - 8 weeks

4. HPB, transplant, vascular - 8 weeks

5. Abdominal wall, benign small bowel/appendix and spleen - 6 weeks

6. Trauma and Critical Care - 8 weeks

7. Colorectal - 8 weeks

 

AHD - Summer/Fall 2025 Calendar

Date: Time Topic Attending
02-Jul 1:00-3:00 Open Forum Dr. Pelletier
       
09-Jul 1:00-3:00 Rectal Cancer Dr. Larry Lee
       
16-Jul 1:00-2:00 Nipple Discharge, Mastalgia, Gynecomastia, Paget Disease Dr. Tanya Odisho
  2:00-3:00 DCIS and Microinvasive Disease Dr. Ikhtiyar Al Tubi
       
23-Jul 1:00-3:00 Lap Suturing Competition (SIMULATION) + SEAD  
       
30-Jul 1:00-3:00 Invasive Breast Cancer Dr. Karyne Martel
       
06-Aug 1:00-2:00 Breast Cancer Screening and Genetics Dr. Stephanie Wong
  2:00-3:00 Systemic Treatment Dr. Jean-Francois Boileau
       
13-Aug 1:00-3:00 Introduction to surgical instruments (RVH-OR) - Simulation Session - For R1s only
  1:00-2:00 Breast Anatomy - Reconstruction Dr. Alex Viezel - Mathieu
  2:00-3:00 Axillary Management Dr. Ipshita Prakash
       
20-Aug 1:00-2:00 Benign Breast Disease Dr. Livia Florianova
  2:00-3:00 Radiation Oncology Dr. Terek Hijal
       
27-Aug 1:00-2:00 Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Dr. Karyne Martel
  2:00-3:00 Breast Block Post-Test Dr. Karyne Martel
       
03-Sep 1:00-3:00 UGI/bariatrics/thoracic block starts  
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