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Enhanced skills you apply for at Calgary, not through CaRMS · 4 offerings · Alberta

Calgary’s enhanced skills page (opens the school’s site in a new tab)

What applies to every offering

Applications, 2027–28
Applications are open August 10 to October 11, 2026. Interviews run October 12 to November 8, offers go out November 9, and applicants must accept by December 1, 2026.
Who can apply
Graduating second-year (PGY-2) family medicine residents, and re-entry applicants (family physicians who have been in practice for more than six months), for third-year (PGY-3) positions
International medical graduates
Not stated on the school’s page.
Funding
Not stated on the school’s page.
How to apply
Send the Enhanced Skills application form, a letter of interest, CV, in-training evaluation reports and progress reports, and references (one from the program director and two others) to the program coordinator. Referees send their letters directly and confidentially. Applications do not go through CaRMS.
Start dates
Not stated on the school’s page.
Practising physicians
Re-entry applicants (family physicians in practice for more than six months) apply through the same Calgary Enhanced Skills process
Accreditation
Category 2: an Enhanced Skills program that does not lead to a Certificate of Added Competence (CAC) from the College of Family Physicians of Canada

These apply to every offering below unless its row says otherwise.

Offerings 4

Enhanced skills offerings you apply for at University of Calgary
Chronic PainCategory 2 · Chronic disease, pain and cancer careLength13 blocks (one year)Positions1 positionApplicationsClosed 11 Oct 2026
Health Equity: Local and Global CareCategory 2 · Global, Indigenous and underserved populationsLength6 blocksPositions1 positionApplicationsClosed 11 Oct 2026
Maternal and Newborn CareCategory 2 · Obstetrics, maternity and newborn careLength6 blocks (3 of them in rural locations)Positions3 positionsApplicationsClosed 11 Oct 2026
Sexual and Reproductive HealthCategory 2 · Women’s, sexual and reproductive healthLength13 blocks (one year)Positions1 positionApplicationsClosed 11 Oct 2026

Through CaRMS at Calgary

Calgary also runs 7 programs in CaRMS’s FM/ES match, in 6 areas: Addiction Medicine, Care of the Elderly, Emergency Medicine, Family Practice Anesthesia, Palliative Care, Sport and Exercise Medicine. You apply to those through CaRMS, on CaRMS’s dates. See Calgary’s CaRMS FM/ES programs

From Calgary’s own pages, checked 10 Oct 2026. Schools change dates, positions and funding through the year; confirm on Calgary’s page before you apply.