The Division of Orthopaedics at the University Health Network plays a significant role in medical student training. This training is administered through the Wightman-Berris Academy, one of the University of Toronto's three Faculty of Medicine academies. The Wightman-Berris Academy serves the medical students in each of the four years of undergraduate training, as well as students from the disciplines of occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and speech language pathology. To assist health professions trainees and enhance their learning experience in the hospital setting, the academy provides student space at each of three designated hospital sites: Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, and Mount Sinai Hospital.

Year II

• Foundations of Medical Practice Tutorials
• Surgical Seminar
• Art and Science of Clinical Medicine II
  • Shoulder and Knee – Download shoulder lecture | Download knee lecture
  • Back – Download back lecture

Year III

• Surgical Skills Sessions
  • Gowning and Gloving
  • Suturing
  • Casting
• Senior Medical Student Seminars
  • Back Pain/Cervical Pain

Year IV

• Clerkship Seminars
  • Open Fractures
  • Forefoot Pain

Medical students from outside institutions should contact Cynthia Merey 416-603-5800 x5267 for more information on elective opportunities in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Toronto Western Hospital.

Toronto Western Hospital’s Orthopaedic Division and the University of Toronto established the first formal training program in orthopaedic surgery and it has become renowned for the pioneering advances made in the specialty. Orthopaedic surgeons from around the world visit Toronto to learn and to teach this specialty.