Eastern-Clarenville - Family Medicine

Memorial University of NewfoundlandEastern-Clarenville, Newfoundland and LabradorCMG stream

Approx. quota: 1 position
Length: 2 years
Applications per year: 201–400
Offered interviews: 76–100%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

Return of service: Not required · this stream

Info session

all 2

Tue 3 Nov 2026,7:00–8:00 pm NDTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)

Interviews

2 dates, 20–21 Jan 2027virtual

Eastern-Clarenville, 1 teaching site · required rural rotation

After residency in Newfoundland and Labrador: capitation model open to new graduates

Program website CaRMS program page

What stands out about this program

Second year spent longitudinally at a rural clinic in Clarenville, with ER, inpatient, palliative and addictions work.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Residents are often the only resident on service.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

This two-year Memorial University family medicine stream trains residents mostly in St. John's during first year.
In second year, residents complete rural family medicine longitudinally at the Crewe Clinic in Clarenville, a town of about 6500 roughly two hours from St. John's.
All residents complete a mandatory quality improvement scholarly project.

The summary is written by CdnMD from the program’s CaRMS description.

Based on what the program says about itself.

You’re open to training at sites across a region, not at one hospital.
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In second year, residents complete rural family medicine longitudinally in Clarenville, NL at the Crewe Clinic.

Not a ranking.

What training looks like

Setting: Mixed settings
Academic / tertiary hospital
Rural / remote
Rural exposure: Required rural rotation
Focus areas: Rural / remote
Longitudinal / integrated
Research: Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project
Enhanced skills: Emergency Medicine
Care of the Elderly
Other
Getting around: Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
Travel is reimbursed

By year

PGY-1: integrated family medicine and care of elderlyspread over six months
Obstetrics & gynecologyrural sites across NL and/or in New Brunswick
surgeryrural sites across NL and/or in New Brunswick
PGY-2: rural family medicineClarenville, NL at the Crewe Clinic

✓ = the CaRMS page states it; – = not stated. From the program description and its rotation list.

Where you train

Eastern-Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador: 1 teaching site; required rural rotation.

Crewe Clinic (Clarenville · rural or distributed site)

Distributed across a region

Record systems at the listed sites: no published record for 1 of 1.

Hospital facts

Hospital size and activity: Newfoundland and Labrador doesn't publish this as open data.

About Clarenville

People
6,704residents, 2021 Census
Municipality of Clarenville
Housing
not published for this area
Winter and summer
−5.5 °CJanuary mean16.9 °CJuly mean
1991–2020 normals, Lethbridge, 20.8 km away
Job outlook
Very goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027

More about Clarenville (its page: housing, getting around, weather, things to do, and every program that names it)

Sites as the program’s CaRMS page lists them. City figures are public statistics for the place named by the location; they describe the place, not the program.

How they choose

Application file components: CV
Electives
Examinations
Extra-curricular
Leadership skills
MSPRs
Personal letters
Reference documents
Research/Publications
Transcripts
Other file component(s)
Return of service: Not required · this stream

Application file components as the program describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match): 20 and 21 Jan 2027
Format: Virtual
Traditional (one on one/two on one)

Info sessions

Tue 3 Nov 2026
7:00–8:00 pm NDT
Info session · VirtualCANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Tue 3 Nov 2026
8:00–9:00 pm NDT
Info session · VirtualCANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)

From the program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), read 20 Oct 2026; a row tagged CANPREPP is on CANPREPP’s events calendar (read 24 Oct 2026), alone or as well. Dates and times are as the program wrote them; “your time” is worked out in your browser when your time zone differs. Programs add and change sessions.

Pay and call

Provincial scale, last updated 23 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab). Contract expired, may change. One provincial scale for Newfoundland and Labrador, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 2 levels this program covers.

Annual salary by PGY level, Newfoundland and Labrador
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$69,175 / year
PGY-2	$74,779 / year

How provincial pay and rent compare

Call

Call (provincial max): 1 day in 4 in-house, on average
Post-call rule (provincial): May be relieved at 10:00 on the next regular work day, after handover, when call involved continuous or intensive care
Max continuous duty (provincial): No new responsibilities after the 24th hour of duty, apart from handover

The union agreement’s limits and rules for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. PARNL agreement, 10 Aug 2022 to 30 Jun 2024. The term has ended; its terms continue until a new agreement is signed. Read as of 1 Oct 2026.

Benefits

12 lines as listed by CaRMS in 2022–2024: Additional optional benefits, Annual vacation, CMPA dues, and more

Additional optional benefits: 100% employee paid
Annual vacation: 4 weeks/year
CMPA dues: 100% reimbursement
Conference leave: 7 days/pd
Extended health insurance: Mandatory medical, basic life and AD&Dhttp://www.exec.gov.nl.ca/exec/hrs/working_with_us/employee_benefits.html
Maternity/Paternity leave: Up to One year
Meal allowance: $105 per month
Parking fees: $5/year
Provincial health insurance: Contact Medical Care Plan1-866-449-4459
Resident Student: Full-time status
Sick leave: 1 day per month
Statutory holidays: 1-1/2 x pay or paid day off

After residency

Family doctors in Newfoundland and Labrador can bill fee-for-service or join a model that pays for enrolled patients and visits: the Blended Capitation Model (BCM). New graduates can join; they are eligible for both the start-up grant and the transition grant unless they join an established group, which has no start-up grant. To join: a group of at least three family physicians. Compare provinces

Official pages read 31 Oct 2026.

Year by year

2027 match

The 2027 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews	What changed
CMG stream	1	2 years	2 dates, 20–21 Jan 2027Virtual	Nothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews
CMG stream	1	2 years	2 dates, 21–22 Jan 2026

The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description

Memorial University's Family Medicine Residency Program offers comprehensive two-year training across urban, rural, and remote settings in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The program uses the unique medical and geographic characteristics of the region to prepare competent family physicians who can practice in diverse environments.

Research: Mandatory Quality Improvement scholarly project, with optional additional scholarly project opportunities in research, systematic review, policy, or knowledge translation.
Training setting: Training across multiple sites in Newfoundland and Labrador, including urban centers like St. John's, rural locations like Clarenville, and remote sites like Goose Bay, offering diverse clinical environments.
Teaching approach: Competency-based medical education using the Triple C curriculum, focusing on comprehensive care, continuity of care, and preparing residents to practice in any Canadian community.
Enhanced skills: Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at: CV review
Elective experiences
FMProC Situational Judgement Test
Reference letters
Personal letter
Interview performance

Positions, length and interviews as each match’s CaRMS pages stated them; what changed from our comparison of the two matches and our readings of the 2027 pages.

Contacts and links

Program director: Dr. Kerry-Lynn Williams
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
Program office: Academic Program Assistant
Write to the officefamilymed@mun.ca

Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.

Program websiteWebsite Postgraduate Medical Education Office Distributed Medical Education This program on CaRMS

Family Medicine elsewhere

Nearest to Eastern-Clarenville

Eastern-Conception Bay North - Family MedicineMemorial University of Newfoundland
Eastern-Conception Bay North · 71 km
1 position · CMG
Eastern Stream - Family MedicineMemorial University of Newfoundland
Eastern Stream · 100 km
14 positions · CMG, IMG
Central Stream - Family MedicineMemorial University of Newfoundland
Central Stream · 130 km
5 positions · CMG, IMG
Rural

In these collections:

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 9 Sep 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 35884 · How these pages are made › · See the 2026 match under Year by year

The Applications per year and Offered interviews figures are 5-year averages the program reports to CaRMS: past cycles, not your odds.

Independent. Not affiliated with CaRMS or the program. Programs edit their descriptions during the match; confirm on carms.ca (opens in a new tab) before you apply. Data last updated on CdnMD 24 Oct 2026.

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