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Enhanced skills you apply for at NOSM, not through CaRMS · 3 offerings · Ontario

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

What applies to every offering

Applications, 2027–28
Applications closed September 7, 2026. Interviews start October 9, 2026; offer letter dates are still to be announced.
Who can apply
Second-year (PGY-2) residents in a Canadian family medicine program who start their third year (PGY-3) within 12 months of finishing PGY-2, or physicians who have practised in Canada for at least 12 consecutive months and meet Ontario Ministry of Health funding eligibility.
International medical graduates
Not stated on the school’s page.
Funding
Practising physicians must meet the funding eligibility requirements of the Ontario Ministry of Health.
How to apply
Apply online: personal letter, CV, preferred start date, the program director's reference questionnaire and letter of good standing, and 2 letters from clinical supervisors. Applications do not go through CaRMS.
Start dates
Not stated on the school’s page.
Practising physicians
Practising physicians (at least 12 consecutive months in practice) must apply separately through the Ontario Ministry of Health Re-Entry Program.

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

Offerings 3

Enhanced skills offerings you apply for at NOSM University
PGY3 FM Self-Directed Enhanced SkillsSelf-directed enhanced skills · Rural skills and self-designedLength3 to 12 months, designed by the learnerPositions2 twelve-month third-year (PGY-3) positions in the self-directed streamApplicationsClosed 7 Sep 2026
Hospital Medicine (self-directed pathway, Sault Area Hospital)Self-directed enhanced skills · Hospital medicineLength6 monthsPositionsNot statedApplicationsClosed 7 Sep 2026
Chronic Pain Management (self-directed pathway, Thunder Bay)Self-directed enhanced skills · Chronic disease, pain and cancer careLength3 to 6 monthsPositions1 positionApplicationsClosed 7 Sep 2026

Through CaRMS at NOSM

NOSM also runs 9 programs in CaRMS’s FM/ES match, in 5 areas: Addiction Medicine, Care of the Elderly, Emergency Medicine, Family Practice Anesthesia, Palliative Care. You apply to those through CaRMS, on CaRMS’s dates. See NOSM’s CaRMS FM/ES programs

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