Clinician Investigator Program

Get ready for a research career

Are you a surgical resident interested in pursuing a graduate degree during your training? If so, you may want to consider applying to the Dalhousie’s Clinician Investigator Program (CIP).

This Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada-accredited training program will add the specialized knowledge and skill you need to pursue a career as a clinician-scientist or a clinical investigator. Upon completion, you’ll also receive:

• Royal College certification
• an “Attestation of Completion,” signed by the CIP Director and the Associate Dean of Medicine

Is this program for me?

To be considered for acceptance, you must:

• be an MD enrolled in a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons specialty or subspecialty in the Dalhousie Postgraduate Medical Education Program
• be willing to enroll in a Dalhousie-approved MSc or PhD program, if you do not already hold a graduate degree

Timeline

• If you are interested in applying to CIP, you should get in touch with the Surgery Research Office Administrator Elaine Marsh (elaine.marsh@dal.ca) early in your residency to identify a supervisor and establish a plausible research project.
• Funding award applications are due to the Surgery Research Office in the fall.

The Department of Surgery prioritizes resident research with both salary and tuition fee awards.

Find out more

• Dalhousie’s Clinician Investigator Program.

Current CIP participants

Past CIP participants