Edmonton - Pediatrics
University of AlbertaEdmonton, AlbertaCMG stream
- 11 positions
- 4 years
- CMG
- Pediatrics
- 51–200
- 76–100%
- Accredited
- 35636
Summary
- The University of Alberta Pediatrics program is a 4-year residency based at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, with satellite sites at other Edmonton hospitals.
- Community-based rotations occur each year, with rural/regional opportunities from second year and a continuity clinic from Core of Discipline.
- Call uses a night float system, and residents must complete a research or scholarly project with requestable project time.
Training
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Urban community
- Sites
12 teaching sites
- Stollery Children's Hospital
- Royal Alexandra Hospital
- Grey Nuns Hospital
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- Misericordia Hospital
- Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital
- Nipisihkopahk Medical Clinic
- Red Deer
- Yellowknife
- Grande Prairie
- High Level
- Cold Lake
- Slave Lake
- Rural exposure
- Optional rural rotation
- Focus areas
- Indigenous health
- Research
- Required · research or quality-improvement project · protected time
- Call
- In-house call · night float
- Highlights
- Clinical opportunities at a full-time pediatric clinic in Maskwacis serving four Cree nations, started by residents.
- Training Researchers in Pediatrics (TRIP) research-intensive mentorship program for future clinician scientists.
By year
- PGY-2
- Electives4-week
- PGY-3
- Electives4-week
- PGY-4
- elective during the flexible Transition to Practice period
Other rotations
- Continuity Clinic (Core of Discipline · various community sites located in and around Edmonton)
Selection
- Application file components
- CV
- Electives
- Examinations
- Extra-curricular
- Leadership skills
- MSPRs
- Personal letters
- Reference documents
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
- Return of service
- Not required · all residents
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Applicants offered interviews
- 76–100%
Interviews
- Dates (2027 match)
- 18, 19, 20 and 21 Jan 2027
- Mode
- Virtual
- Format
- MMI or rotating station
Pay
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $67,440 / year |
| PGY-2 | $74,153 / year |
| PGY-3 | $80,058 / year |
| PGY-4 | $86,281 / 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
- Stollery Children's Hospital (Edmonton)
- Royal Alexandra Hospital (Edmonton)
- Grey Nuns Hospital (Edmonton)
- Misericordia Hospital (Edmonton)
- Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital (Edmonton)
- Nipisihkopahk Medical Clinic (Maskwacis · rural or distributed site)
- Red Deer (Red Deer · rural or distributed site)
- Yellowknife (Yellowknife · rural or distributed site)
- Grande Prairie (Grande Prairie · rural or distributed site)
- High Level (High Level · rural or distributed site)
- Cold Lake (Cold Lake · rural or distributed site)
- Slave Lake (Slave Lake · rural or distributed site)
Hospital facts
Hospital size and activity: Alberta doesn't publish this as open data.
Contacts
Grouped by the titles CaRMS lists. The program office (administrators and coordinators) usually answers questions about the program and applying; the director leads the training.
Program officeadministrators and coordinators
Program directors
Dr. Jessica Foulds
Program Director
Dr. Anna Serebrin
Assistant Program Director
Dr. Troy Turner
Assistant Program Director
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Location
Edmonton, Alberta
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About the city
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Climate
- January average
- −10.3 °C
- July average
- 18.1 °C
- Snowfall
- 123.9 cm a year
- Days below −20 °C
- 23.8 days a year
People
- Population
- 1,010,899 people
- Official languages
- English only 91.0% · French only 0.1% · English and French 6.6% · neither 2.3%
- Immigrants
- 32.5% of residents
- Indigenous identity
- 5.8% of residents
- How people commute
- car, truck or van 85.1% · public transit 8.1% · walking or cycling 4.4% · other 2.4%
- Median household income
- $90,000 before tax
Rural and remote
- Population centre
- Edmonton, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people)
- Remoteness index
- 0.114
Housing, cost and work
- Rental vacancy rate
- 3.8%
- Basic cost of living
- $58,876 a year
- Unemployment rate
- 6.9%
Job outlook
- Outlook, 2025–2027
- Good
- Canada-wide, to 2033
- Strong risk of Shortage