Resident Education
Dr. Oitment is deeply committed to advancing medical education, with a strong focus on orthopaedic spine care. He leads the orthopaedic-spine teaching program for the Department of Family Medicine at Scarborough General Hospital, delivering hands-on, clinically relevant instruction to medical trainees.
He also provides extensive teaching for orthopaedic surgery residents, including structured Royal College exam preparation and a longitudinal curriculum that spans the full breadth of spine pathology—degenerative disease, deformity, trauma principles, infection, tumor, congenital conditions, and complex decision-making. This teaching emphasizes practical frameworks, surgical indications, complication avoidance, and evidence-based management that translates directly to patient care.
In addition, Dr. Oitment is faculty with the Canadian Orthopaedic Review in Reconstructive (CORR) Surgery, contributing to high-yield resident education and examination readiness.
Student Opportunities
Dr. Oitment is the Program Director for the University of Toronto Fellowship in Complex
Adult and Pediatric Spine Surgery. He accepts both local and international trainees and
provides advanced mentorship in complex spinal pathology, operative strategy, and
academic development.
He is also the Scarborough site lead for the development of the University of Toronto
Area of Focused Competence (AFC) accreditation pathway, supporting the continued
growth of structured, high-standard fellowship training in complex spine surgery.
