Sault Ste. Marie - Family Medicine integrated Emergency Medicine
NOSM UniversitySault Ste. Marie, OntarioCMG stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 2
- Length
- 3
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Offered interviews
- 76–100%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
Thu 7 Jan 2027,7:00 pm EST
Interviews
3 dates, 21–23 Jan 2027
Sault Ste. Marie, 5 teaching sites · 24 rural weeks
What stands out about this program
Integrated three-year FM/EM curriculum entered at PGY1, with EM delivered longitudinally from the start.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Mandatory 8-week rural FM/EM placement in each of the three years, with housing provided.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Structured emergency ultrasound training including EDE and CPOCUS Core IP and Resuscitation tracks.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- This is a three-year integrated Family Medicine/Emergency Medicine program based in Sault Ste. Marie, Northern Ontario, training toward CCFM (EM) competencies.
- Training is centred at Sault Area Hospital, whose emergency department sees 120-140 visits per day, with longitudinal EM shifts during FM blocks.
- Residents spend 8 mandatory weeks per year in rural FM/EM settings, plus away rotations in trauma (Toronto), pediatric emergency (Ottawa) and tertiary ICU.
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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What training looks like
- Setting
- Regional community
- Rural / remote
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation (24 weeks)
- Focus areas
- Rural / remote
- Northern
- POCUS curriculum
- Longitudinal / integrated
- Procedural emphasis
- Research
- Offered · research or quality-improvement project
- Getting around
- A car is recommended
- Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
- Travel is reimbursed
By year
- PGY-1
- Community Family Medicine (FM)12 weeks
- Internal medicine/Hospitalist medicine8 weeks
- Rural FM/EM8 weeks
- Emergency medicine (EM)4 weeks
- Obstetrics/gynecology4 weeks
- Surgical selective (eg. Gen surgery, Orthopedics, Plastics)4 weeks
- Pediatrics4 weeks
- Mental Health4 weeks
- Elective4 weeks
- PGY-2
- Community Family medicine (FM)16 weeks
- Emergency medicine (EM)8 weeks
- Rural FM/EM8 weeks
- Intensive Care4 weeks
- Pediatrics4 weeks
- Anesthesiology4 weeks
- Obstetrics/gynecology4 weeks
- Elective4 weeks
- PGY-3
- Emergency medicine (EM)16 weeks
- Rural FM/EM8 weeks
- Intensive care8 weeks
- Community Family medicine (FM)4 weeks
- Ortho/plastics4 weeks
- Trauma4 weeks
- Pediatric Emergency4 weeks
- Elective4 weeks
Where you train
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario: 5 teaching sites; 24 rural weeks. A car is recommended.
- Sault Area Hospital
- Group Health Centre
- Superior Family Health Team
- Great Lakes Clinic
- Algoma Resident Community Hospice (ARCH)
Distributed across a region
Record systems at the listed sites: MEDITECH at 1 of 5; no published record for 4.
Hospital facts
What official sources say for hospitals named above, each with its source and the date we read it. They describe the hospital, not the program. We match names to the sources by name, so check each source before you rely on it.
Sault Area Hospital
- Clinical record
- MEDITECH Expanse (ONE HIS), fully electronic record since Oct 2019
ONE HITS runs MEDITECH Expanse for northeastern Ontario hospitals in two waves: the three founding hospitals went live in October 2019; the 20 hospitals of Wave 2 (including Health Sciences North) are moving over, with no date on the page.
Hospital size and activity: Ontario doesn't publish this as open data.
About Sault Ste. Marie
People
72,051residents, 2021 Census
Housing
2.5%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−9.8 °CJanuary mean17.9 °CJuly mean
Job outlook
not published for this specialty
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 stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 21, 22 and 23 Jan 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- Traditional (one on one/two on one)
Info sessions
Thu 7 Jan 2027
7:00 pm EST
Social · Virtual
Mon 25 Jan 2027
7:00 pm EST
Info session · Virtual
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $73,367 / year |
| PGY-2 | $79,670 / year |
| PGY-3 | $85,564 / year |
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 7 nights in 28 in-house
- Post-call rule (provincial)
- No new patient responsibilities after 24 hours in-hospital, except what clinical handover needs
- Max continuous duty (provincial)
- 24 hours in-hospital, then relieved after handover (up to 2 hours)
After residency
Family doctors in Ontario can join a model that pays for enrolled patients, hours worked and visits: the Family Health Organization (FHO), FHO+ since 1 April 2026. A new graduate is a physician who joins a patient enrolment model within three years of completing a family medicine residency; the status runs for 12 months from joining. Entry is capped: 40 physicians a month for FHO, 60 a month for FHO+ in the first year of the 2024-2028 agreement; later years to be determined. Compare provinces
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.
Year by year
2027 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 2 | 3 years | 3 dates, 21–23 Jan 2027 |
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2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 2 | 3 years | 4 dates, 22 Jan – 8 Feb 2026 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The Sault Ste. Marie integrated Family Medicine/Emergency Medicine (iFMEM) program is a unique three-year training pathway designed to prepare family physicians for comprehensive patient care and high-acuity emergency room management.
- Residents will receive longitudinal training in both family medicine and emergency medicine, with extensive clinical exposure and opportunities for procedural skills development.
- Research
- Scholarly activity supported by a tutor, with opportunities for research and quality improvement projects
- Training setting
- Sault Ste. Marie is a smaller urban community in Northern Ontario with approximately 78,000 people, offering training at Sault Area Hospital and Group Health Centre with opportunities in rural and community settings.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) with a focus on progressive independence, community-based learning, and comprehensive patient care across various clinical settings.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- FMProC (Family Medicine Professional Choices) situational judgement test
- Personal letter
- Reference letters
- Academic performance
- Interview performance
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Jason Sutherland
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
- Program office
Program Coordinator
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing. Site staff and other contacts are listed there too.
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