Funding and Financial Support
Clinical fellowships can be funded from a variety of sources.
For our FPRMS clinical fellowship, fellows are "self-funded". Individual trainees are eligible for CPSA registration that permits billing for the services provided by the Fellows. Funds collected are pooled by the supervising department to provide salary support for the trainees. Some Fellows have unrestricted CPSA licensure and are able to supplement fellowship salary with clinical earnings.
There is no defined salary scale for Fellows. However, the current resident salary scales, as outlined in the PARA agreement, have been suggested to supervisors as a benchmark. Fellows who are without funding have the option to sign up for benefits, such as the University Health Insurance Plan.
The Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation has graciously granted our program an educational stipend to assist with covering the costs of continuing medical education for our fellows.