Calgary - Internal Medicine
University of CalgaryCalgary, AlbertaIMG stream
From the 2026 match (R-1 2026). See the 2027 version
- 7 positions
- 5 years
- IMG
- Internal Medicine
- 51–200
- 0–25%
- Accredited
- 29539
Summary
The University of Calgary's Core Internal Medicine Residency Program offers a comprehensive 3-year training experience focused on competency-based medical education. The program emphasizes patient-centered care, innovation, and resident wellness, providing trainees with diverse clinical experiences across multiple hospital sites in Calgary.
Training
- Research
- Excellent research opportunities in the Department of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, with additional funding available for conference presentations.
- Training setting
- Training occurs across four major Calgary hospitals: Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre, Rockyview General Hospital, and South Health Campus, offering diverse urban medical experiences.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-based medical education using Competence by Design (CBD), focusing on entrustable professional activities (EPAs), frequent formative assessments, and learner engagement in their educational process.
- Setting types
- Academic medical center
- Tertiary care center
- Community hospital
- Urban medical training sites
- Focus areas
- General Internal Medicine
- Subspecialty Medicine
- Competency-Based Medical Education
- Procedural Skills
- Ultrasound Training
- Simulation-Based Learning
- Patient populations
- Adult medical patients
- Tertiary care patients
- Community hospital patients
- Diverse urban population
- Highlights
- RCPSC accredited Simulation Program
- Strong ultrasound (POCUS) training
- Well-established mentorship program
- Quarterly mentorship group meetings
- Competence by Design (CBD) curriculum
- Academic Half-Day with hybrid learning model
- Conference funding ($500/year per resident)
- Resident wellness events
- Research opportunities
- Strengths
- Comprehensive training across multiple hospital sites
- Strong faculty support
- Emphasis on resident wellness
- Innovative educational approach
- Extensive research opportunities
- Flexible rotation scheduling
- Enhanced skills
- Ultrasound certification
- Procedural skills training
- Simulation training
By year
- PGY-1
- Medical Teaching Units6 blocks
- Subspecialty Rotations4 blocks
- Coronary Care Medicine1 block
- Geriatrics1 block
- Nephrology1 block
- PGY-2
- Senior Medical Resident Rotations6 rotations
- Community GIM Rotation1 rotation
- Subspecialty Rotations
- Critical Care
- PGY-3
- Electivesmax 3 over core years
- Research Electivesmax 3 over core years
- Senior Medical Resident Rotations6 rotations
- Subspecialty Rotations
Selection
- What the program looks at
- CV review
- Personal letter
- Reference letters
- MCCQE Part I score
- NAC examination
- Interview performance
- Collaboration skills assessment
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Applicants offered interviews
- 0–25%
Interviews
- Dates (2026 match)
- 9, 12, 21 and 28 Jan 2026; Monday January 12, 2026
Pay
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $67,440 / year |
| PGY-2 | $74,153 / year |
| PGY-3 | $80,058 / year |
| PGY-4 | $86,281 / year |
| PGY-5 | $92,698 / year |
Benefits
- Annual vacation
- 4 weeks/yr
- Call Stipends
- weekday in-house – $118.02weekend in-house / holiday – $178.72weekday home call – $59.01weekend home call / holiday – $89.35
- CMPA dues paid
- $1,500
- Dental plan
- 75% premium paid
- Educational leave
- 14 days paid leave
- Extended health insurance
- 75% premium paid$1000 per year Flexible Spending Account*
- Frequency of calls
- In-house call: 7/28. 2/4 weekend call.Home call: 9/28. 2/4 weekend call**A Resident scheduled on Home call but who is required to work more than four hours in hospital during the call period, of which more than one full hour is past 12:00 a.m. and before 6:00 a.m., or more than six (6) hours in hospital during the call period, shall be remunerated at the rate for In-House call.$100 per day for each scheduled weekend day of patient rounds when not on-call
- Life insurance
- 100% towards $150,000 coverage
- Life Support Course Costs (Program Approved
- 100% paid
- Long-term disability insurance
- 100% paid for 75% gross income
- Maternity Leave
- 18 weeks total (17 weeks paid to match 90% of salary when combined with EI)
- Parental Leave
- 2 weeks leave with full pay and benefits;52 weeks (inclusive of Maternity/Paternity/Adoption Leaves) – unpaid leave
- Practice Stipend
- $1,500
- Provincial dues (% of salary)
- .95%
- Sick leave
- Up to 3 months or to end contract paid leave, whichever occurs first
- Statutory holidays
- Paid days. Additional days off are given if resident works the day before and part of a named holiday.
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 1 in 4 in-house
Teaching sites
- Foothills Medical Centre
- Peter Lougheed Centre
- Rockyview General Hospital
- South Health Campus
- Richmond Road Diagnostic and Treatment Centre
Hospital facts
Hospital size and activity: Alberta doesn't publish this as open data.
Contacts
Contacts weren't collected for the 2026 match.
The current program director and contacts are on the 2027 version of this program and on the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab).
Location
Calgary, Alberta
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About the city
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Climate
- January average
- −7.6 °C
- July average
- 16.9 °C
- Snowfall
- 138.7 cm a year
- Days below −20 °C
- 21.6 days a year
People
- Population
- 1,306,784 people
- Official languages
- English only 90.8% · French only 0.1% · English and French 6.6% · neither 2.5%
- Immigrants
- 33.3% of residents
- Indigenous identity
- 3.2% of residents
- How people commute
- car, truck or van 83.2% · public transit 8.8% · walking or cycling 5.1% · other 2.9%
- Median household income
- $98,000 before tax
Rural and remote
- Population centre
- Calgary, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people)
- Remoteness index
- 0.106
Housing, cost and work
- Rental vacancy rate
- 4.9%
- Basic cost of living
- $59,153 a year
- Unemployment rate
- 6.3%
Job outlook
- Outlook, 2025–2027
- Good
- Canada-wide, to 2033
- Strong risk of Shortage