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Table 1 Characteristics of Addiction Medicine Fellowship Trainees

From: “We need all hands on deck”: characterizing addiction medicine training in Canada—a mixed methods study of fellowship program directors

 

2021–2022

2022–2023

Application Cycle

 Number of Applicants

91

111

 Available Spots

28 (30.8%)

32 (28.8%)

 Number of Programs

10

11

 Mean Applications per Program

9.1 (SD 4.16)

10.1 (SD 6.39)

Total Enrolled Trainees

 

28

27

Trainee Program

 CFPC—CAC

14 (50.0%)

14 (51.9%)

 RCPSC—AFC

13 (46.4%)

12 (44.4%)

 Addiction Psychiatry

1 (3.6%)

1 (3.7%)

Trainee Background

 Family Medicine

17 (60.7%)

18 (66.7%)

 Psychiatry

6 (21.4%)

1 (3.7%)

 Internal Medicine

4 (14.3%)

3 (11.1%)

 Emergency Medicine

0

3 (11.1%)

 Obstetrics and Gynecology

0

1 (3.7%)

 Anesthesia

1 (3.6%)

0

 Pediatrics

0

1 (3.7%)

  1. AFC Area of Focused Competence, CAC Certificate of Added Competence, CFPC College of Family Physicians of Canada, RCPSC Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada