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PARO’s Guide to Being a Leader in Your Program’s CaRMS Process

Sitting on the other side of the CaRMS desk this year? We’ve collected great tips to ensure success whether you’re a selection committee member, file reviewer, or interviewer, including Zoom-related pointers like how to be an active listener when you’re not in the same room. Click here to download our Best Practice Guide. Read more

Invitation from the Black Physicians’ Association of Ontario

PARO is pleased to share this invitation from the Black Resident Physicians' of Ontario (BRPO) with our members. PARO is committed to helping create a medical culture that is diverse, inclusive and equitable and feel it is important for medical learners to be a part of important conversations and actions that will help to influence medical culture moving forward to achieve... Read more

Work Alert #9

Sent by Dr. Ryan Giroux, PARO President, on June 25, 2020 As we near the end of this academic year and many of us prepare for the start of a new one, I wanted to take this opportunity to provide you with another Work Alert. By way of introduction, my name is Dr. Ryan Giroux and I have the honour... Read more

Work Alert #8

May 29, 2020 – Message from Dr. Anthea Lafreniere, PARO President  When I received the call late yesterday afternoon telling me that the government had decided not to include residents and other essential frontline health workers in their pandemic pay plan, I was at the hospital serving patients. Like many of you, I had been at the hospital in the... Read more

Update – Support from Healthcare Employer Stakeholders Regarding Pandemic Pay

On May 25th, a letter was sent to Premier Doug Ford from a broad group of healthcare employer stakeholders regarding support for residents and other healthcare workers who are currently excluded from the list of workers eligible for pandemic pay. This includes the CEO of the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA/CAHO) and others, including the Association of Family Health Teams of... Read more

Work Alert #7

May 22, 2020 - Message from Dr. Anthea Lafreniere, PARO President  Thank you to each and every one of you who is managing through the pandemic. We know from the survey that we launched just how much this has impacted your lives. We had the largest response in 24 hours to any survey that we have run in our 50... Read more

Work Alert #6

April 29, 2020 - Message from Dr. Anthea Lafreniere, PARO President  We were very pleased on Saturday to hear the Premier announce the Government’s plan to provide pandemic pay for Ontario’s frontline workers fighting COVID-19. I was, however, greatly disheartened when we saw the list of health care workers and realized that residents were not included. By Monday, we learned... Read more

Work Alert #5

April 24, 2020 – Message from Dr. Anthea Lafreniere, PARO President PPE I’m pleased to tell you that, in response to PARO’s concerns about protections for residents who refuse unsafe work, our employer has now provided us with Ontario Health’s recommendations for COVID-19 work refusals. One of the principles set out by Ontario Health is that, ‘no employee shall suffer... Read more

A Day In The Life During COVID-19

Dr. Chris Charles, PARO Treasurer and a PGY 4 in Anaesthesia, was recently interviewed by Best Health as part of their Day In The Quarantine Life Series. Dr. Charles shared his typical day working on the frontline in Toronto during COVID. To read the article, click here.  Read more

Work Alert #4

April 9, 2020 – Message from Dr. Anthea Lafreniere, PARO President I have a few important updates related to your training and work in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic. We continue to add information to our COVID-19 web page as it becomes available, including changes in policies or recommendations, so please check the site often. To ensure that all of our members... Read more