Enhanced skills outside the CaRMS match
Family medicine training that schools fill themselves, not through CaRMS’s FM/ES match: Category 2 programs (school-set objectives, no CFPC Certificate of Added Competence), clinician scholar programs, Quebec’s programmes de compétences avancées, and seats for practising family physicians. 82 offerings at 17 of 18 departments, from each school’s own pages, checked 10 Oct 2026. Confirm on the school’s page before you apply.
Not part of the CaRMS match
- You apply to the school, on its own dates. Most 2027–28 deadlines were in September 2026; Quebec’s run later, to December and February.
- Offers can come before CaRMS’s rank-list deadline. At Western (opens in a new tab), accepting a Category 2 offer before the rank-list deadline means withdrawing from the CaRMS match.
- Funding differs by school and by applicant: provincially funded PGY-3 seats, re-entry funding for practising physicians, return of service, or self-funding. Each row gives what the school or province says.
| Program | Length | Positions | Who can apply | Funding and obligations | Applications, 2027–28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Care of the Elderly - six-month option for physicians returning from practiceMemorial University of Newfoundland · NLCategory 1, not in CaRMS | 6 months (returning-from-practice option); 12 months via CaRMS | Two 6-month positions per year | Physicians returning from practice (CCFP certified or eligible to sit the CCFP examination) | NL Dept of Health and Community Services: one-time $50,000 incentive for practising family physicians returning to MUN's COE ES, with a two-year return-in-service; application via the Office of Health Professional Recruitment and Retention | No dates published |