Halifax - Medical Microbiology
Dalhousie UniversityHalifax, Nova ScotiaCMG streamNew for 2027
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 1
- Length
- 5
- Applications per year
- 0–50
- Offered interviews
- 51–75%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
Interviews
2 dates, 19–26 Jan 2027
Halifax, 4 teaching sites
What stands out about this program
Training lab is the Atlantic reference lab and Nova Scotia provincial lab, with an on-site CL-3 lab.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Senior residents complete junior attending blocks in both ID and medical microbiology.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
- This is a five-year Medical Microbiology residency based at the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, a tertiary and quaternary care centre.
- Training combines microbiology laboratory blocks, adult and pediatric ID, AMS/IPAC, research blocks and community experience in New Brunswick.
- The program typically has one to three residents in training at a time.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Regional community
- Public health agency
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Research
- Offered · research project · protected time
By year
- PGY-1
- introduction to Medical Microbiology (MM) and Infectious Diseases (ID)2 blocks
- various clinical service blocks9
- selective blocks2
- PGY-2
- microbiology laboratory training5 blocks
- adult ID3 blocks
- pediatric ID1 block
- antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) or infection prevention and control (IPAC)1 block
- selective blocks2
- research block1
- PGY-3
- microbiology laboratory training6 blocks
- adult ID2 blocks
- pediatric ID1 block
- AMS or IPAC1 block
- ambulatory care1 block
- community ID1 block
- selective1 block
- PGY-4
- microbiology laboratory training4 blocks
- adult ID including 2 blocks ID junior attending4 blocks
- AMS or IPAC1 block
- community MM1 block
- research block1
- selective blocks2
- PGY-5
- microbiology laboratory training including 2 block MM junior attending7 blocks
- adult ID1 block
- public health1 block
- AMS/IPAC1 block
- community ID1
- selective1
- research block1
Where you train
Halifax, Nova Scotia: 4 teaching sites.
- Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre (QEII HSC)
- Halifax Infirmary (HI)
- Victoria General (VG) Hospital
- IWK
Record systems at the listed sites: Oracle Health (Cerner) at 4 of 4.
Hospital facts
Public figures for hospitals named above, each with its source and reference period. They describe the hospital, not the program. We match names to the sources by name, so check each source before you rely on it.
- Clinical record
- One Person One Record, fully electronic record since May 2026
Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre (QEII HSC)
QEII - Halifax Infirmary Site (Halifax)
- Hospital type
- Tertiary
QEII - Victoria General (VG) Site (Halifax)
- Hospital type
- Tertiary
Halifax Infirmary (HI)
- Hospital type
- Tertiary
Victoria General (VG) Hospital
- Hospital type
- Tertiary
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IWK
- Clinical record
- Oracle Health (One Person One Record), fully electronic record since Dec 2025
- Hospital type
- Tertiary
Nova Scotia's One Person One Record is live at IWK Health and at Nova Scotia Health's Central Zone. The other zones follow, provincewide by the end of 2026 (the province's date).
About Halifax
People
439,819residents, 2021 Census
Housing
2.6%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−4.1 °CJanuary mean18.5 °CJuly mean
Job outlook
Very goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027
How they choose
- Application file components
- CV
- Electives
- Examinations
- Extra-curricular
- Leadership skills
- MSPRs
- Personal letters
- Reference documents
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
- Return of service
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 19 and 26 Jan 2027
- Format
- Traditional (one on one/two on one)
Info sessions
None listed on the program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) (read 20 Oct 2026) or on CANPREPP’s events calendar (read 24 Oct 2026). Programs add sessions through the fall.
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $78,578 / year |
| PGY-2 | $83,904 / year |
| PGY-3 | $89,462 / year |
| PGY-4 | $95,485 / year |
| PGY-5 | $101,926 / year |
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 1 night in 4 in-house
- Post-call rule (provincial)
- No work required once handover is completed
- Max continuous duty (provincial)
- Handover begins by the 24th consecutive hour on duty
Benefits
- Annual vacation
- 4 weeks
- Call stipend
- Yes
- CMPA dues paid
- Yes
- Dental coverage
- Yes
- Educational leave
- Yes
- Extended health insurance
- Yes
- Life insurance
- $100,000 of insurance
- Long-term disabilityinsurance
- 66.7% of salary
- Maternity leave top up after one year’s service
- eligible for up to a maximum of 17 weeks top-up allowance for maternity/pregnancy leave
- Provincial dues (% of salary)
- 1.30%
- Provincial health insurance
- Yes
- Sick leave
- Yes
- Statutory and floating holidays
- paid
Past matches
No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.
What this means
- A position can go unfilled because of where the site is, because it is open to IMGs only or to another restricted stream, or because the quota changed late.
- It says nothing about the quality of the training or how heavy the workload is.
- A site’s numbers are shown when it had positions open after round 1 in at least 2 of 8 years or at least 3 in one year.
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Ian Davis
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Medical Microbiology elsewhere
Nearest to Halifax
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