Representing the national interests of all resident doctors, we are driving system change in medical education. ”
Dr. Dammy Bello
Resident Doctors of Canada President
Championing healthier ways to learn and work
We champion healthier ways to learn and work so we can create the medical culture we want.
Forward thinking and solutions focused
Applying a forward-thinking and solutions-focussed mindset and proven approach to problem solving we move confidently in the direction we need to go.
Equity driven and standard setting
Our approach to equity is embedded into everything we do. We focus on the specific standards that need to change in order to create the medical culture we want.
What’s new
INSPIRING THE SYSTEM WITH CHANGE
RDoC’s Fall 2026 Newsletter
See our work in CBD, the developing resident stories project, fatigue risk management, and anti-racism.
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INSPIRING THE SYSTEM WITH CHANGE
Health Determinants Project
RDoC’s Health Determinants Project provides valuable insight, from leaders across Canada on what constitutes healthy and unhealthy ways of learning and working. It sheds light on the factors that healthier ways and it provides evidence to support the principles and positions that shape RDoC’s advocacy on issues of importance to
residents. Summary Report and Info Sheet now available!
Provincial Housestaff Organizations
RDoC’s members are the Provincial Housestaff Organizations (PHOs) that represent residents regionally, primarily through contract negotiations and oversight of regional working conditions.
Collectively, through their membership with RDoC, the PHOs also represent the national interests of all residents, advocating for the best possible medical education experience.
In this way, RDoC is the PHOs and the PHOs together, are RDoC.
The Professional Association of Residents of Newfoundland & Labrador (PARNL) is the official voice for postgraduate medical learners at Memorial University.
Maritime Resident Doctors (MarDocs) represents the interests of resident doctors training at Dalhousie University.
The Professional Association of Residents of Ontario (PARO) is the official voice for Ontario’s doctors in training.
Resident Doctors of Saskatchewan (RDoS) is the official voice of resident doctors training at the University of Saskatchewan.
Resident Doctors of BC is the official voice for resident doctors training in British Columbia.