Montreal Heart Institute Education

MHI Institute plays a leading role in training heart specialists. The Institute's numerous departments and services play a leading role in teaching modern cardiology to medical residents, international fellows, graduate students, nurses and health professionals from other Quebec hospitals, and the general public.

• All cardiology and surgical program residents must complete a training internship of at least one year at the Institute.
• 50% of the Université de Montréal's residency cardiology program is completed at the Institute.
• The MHI is the only centre where cardiac anaesthesiology is formally taught.
• Optional internships are also in demand due to the volume and variety of the cases seen at the Institute.
• The Institute also dispenses formal training to various types of health professionals, such as pharmacists, nurses, physiotherapists, respiratory therapists, perfusionists, clinical nutritionists and administrators.
• The Institute's ultimate goal is to offer optimal teaching conditions.

In  2002-2003, the Institute welcomed:

• 104 residents, monitors and physicians from the Montreal, Sherbrooke and McGill universities, including:
  • 16 cardiology research fellows;
  • 4 surgical fellows;
  • 2 anaesthesiology specialists;
  • 2 physicians in student shadow programs.
• 40 day interns in cardiology, most from the Université de Montréal, but also from the Laval and Sherbrooke universities and 3 European universities.
• Nursing internships with varying levels of specialization:
  • 83 CEGEP-level nursing interns;
  • 9 undergraduate-level nursing interns;
  • 3 graduate-level nursing interns.
• 2 medical secretary interns.

Other activities featured in the Institute's teaching program:

• Now in its 12th year, the MHI's Live Interventional Cardiology course draws over 600 participants from health professionals in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia.
• Research Day, which marks the efforts of Masters or PhD researchers.
• In the Heart of the Action Day, gathering Quebec pharmacists, general practitioners, nurses and dieticians.
• The Half-Day workshop for Montreal nursing students in their 3rd year of CEGEP and Université de Montréal students.

Because the Institute also values patient education, a number of medical conferences such as "Seasons of the Heart" are offered to the public. The lectures are aimed at preventing heart disease or maintaining heart health through sound lifestyle choices.