Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings

10 - Health and related fields

61. - Medical residency/fellowship programs

This series comprises residency and fellowship programs that prepare physicians (MD), osteopathic physicians (DO), and podiatrists (DPM) for certification as practitioners of recognized medical specialties. These programs are approved and accredited by designated professional associations and require from one to seven years to complete, depending on the program. Residency or fellowship programs that also result in the completion of an academic degree (e.g., MS, MSc, PhD), should be reported under one of the clinical sciences codes located in Series 26. Biological and biomedical sciences or in subseries 51.14 Medical clinical sciences/graduate medical studies, rather than in a residency code located in Series 61.

61.23 - Preventive medicine residency/fellowship programs

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 61.2301 to 61.2399.

61.2301 - Public health and general preventive medicine residency programs

This instructional program class comprises any residency training program that prepares physicians to promote health, prevent disease, and manage the health of communities and defined populations; combines population-based public health skills with knowledge of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention-oriented clinical practice in a wide variety of settings. One of three general certificates in the area of preventive medicine. Note: this medical specialty merges the previous subspecialties of preventive medicine and public health medicine.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • preventive medicine - residency
    • public health and general preventive medicine - residency
    • public health and preventive medicine - residency
    • public health medicine - residency

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  • Exclusion(s)

    • epidemiology(26.1309)
    • public health (MPH, DPH)(51.2201)
    • public health nurse(51.3811)
    • undersea and hyperbaric medicine - fellowship(61.0216)
61.2302 - Aerospace medicine residency programs

This instructional program class comprises any residency training program that prepares physicians in the health care of operating crews, support personnel, and passengers of air and space vehicles. These programs include instruction in special conditions of physical and psychological stress, emergency medical procedures, adaptive systems and artificial environments. One of three general certificates in the area of preventive medicine.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • aerospace medicine - residency

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  • Exclusion(s)

    • aerospace physiology(26.0912)
61.2303 - Occupational medicine residency programs

This instructional program class comprises any residency training program that prepares physicians in the maintenance of the health of workers, the ability to perform work, the arrangements of work, and the physical and chemical environments of the workplace. These programs include instruction in data collection and management and the administration and regulation of occupational medical services. One of three general certificates in the area of preventive medicine.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • occupational medicine - residency

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61.2399 - Preventive medicine residency/fellowship programs, other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Preventive medicine residency/fellowship programs.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • other preventive medicine fellowship programs
    • other preventive medicine residency programs

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