2025-2026 PGY4 Personalized Learning EXperience (PLEX)

PGY4 PLEX Guiding Principles: available online: https://psychiatry.utoronto.ca/policies-and-guidelines

To facilitate a cohesive learning and clinical experience, PLEX blocks should include the following:
1. A single “core” PLEX rotation at which residents spend no fewer than 3 days per week.

2. Psychotherapy training – up to 4-6 hours per week can be integrated into the core PLEX rotation. A PLEX form does not need to be completed for the psychotherapy; however, the supervisor for the core PLEX rotation must be informed of dates and times for psychotherapy to plan other clinical activities/supervision around psychotherapy training.Please note: Residents can request a half-day for psychotherapy (e.g. for a specific psychotherapy elective that requires a half-day for patient care and supervision) as a part of principle 3 below. Residents could also have a half-day to complete all psychotherapy requirements (patient care + supervision). However, in most cases, residents are unable to book psychotherapy supervision and patient care within the same half-day – as such, these experiences should be integrated into the regular work week.

3. Residents may also add a half-day of another rotation per PLEX block to their “core” PLEX rotation as needed to support their learning or any other residency program requirements.

PLEX Booklet is available online: https://psychiatry.utoronto.ca/plex-personalized-learning-experience

For Research rotations, you must upload a "PLEX Research Scholarship Guidelines" document, available via: https://psychiatry.utoronto.ca/plex-personalized-learning-experience

Deadlines:
June 1 for July - December PLEX blocks
December 1 January – June 30 PLEX blocks