Kingston - Internal Medicine
Queen’s UniversityKingston, Ontario
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 216
- Length
- 3
- Applications per year
- 401–600
- Offered interviews
- 26–50%0–25%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
IMG stream · open to international medical graduates
Town hall
all 2 info sessions of this programTue 10 Nov 2026,6:00–7:30 pm ESTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Interviews
4 dates, 21–26 Jan 2027
Kingston, 6 teaching sites
What stands out about this program
All three electives are scheduled before Block 4 of PGY-3, so they come before CaRMS.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Residents who do not match to a subspecialty can complete a PGY-4 year in the program.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Internal medicine runs its own stepdown ICU for critically ill patients.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- Queen's core Internal Medicine is a 3-year program of 13 four-week rotations per year.
- Training takes place at Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Hotel Dieu Hospital and Providence Care Hospital, with a required community internal medicine rotation at sites such as Belleville or Oshawa.
- All residents complete a scholarly project, with up to three blocks of protected research time.
- Senior residents do a night float rotation for acute medicine call.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Urban community
- Regional community
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Focus areas
- POCUS curriculum
- Research
- Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project · protected time
- Getting around
- Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
- Travel is reimbursed
By year
- PGY-1
- Clinical Teaching Units/General Medicine5 blocks
- Cardiology
- ICU/Airway
- Palliative Care Medicine
- Elective
- Research/Selective
- Subspecialty rotations
- PGY-2
- Clinical Teaching Units/General Medicine4 blocks
- ICU2 blocks
- Elective
- Research/Selective
- Subspecialty rotations
- PGY-3
- Clinical Teaching Unit/General Medicine3-4 blocks
- Cardiac Care Unit/Cardiac Sciences Unit1 block
- Night float
- Community Internal Medicine
- Elective
- Research/Selective
- Subspecialty rotations
Where you train
Kingston, Ontario: 6 teaching sites.
- Kingston Health Sciences Centre
- Hotel Dieu Hospital
- Providence Care Hospital
- Lakeridge Health Oshawa (Oshawa)
- Belleville (Belleville)
- Humber River Regional Hospital
Record systems at the listed sites: Epic at 1 of 6, Lumeo at 4, MEDITECH at 1.
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.
- Clinical record
- Lumeo regional health information system, fully electronic record since Dec 2024
Lakeridge Health Oshawa
- Clinical record
- Epic, fully electronic record since Dec 2021
Humber River Regional Hospital
- Clinical record
- MEDITECH Expanse, system named (how far it goes is not stated)
Hospital size and activity: Ontario doesn't publish this as open data.
About Kingston
People
132,485residents, 2021 Census
Housing
2.4%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−7.0 °CJanuary mean20.8 °CJuly mean
Job outlook
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, CMG stream
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
- Return of service, IMG stream
- Required
- IMG requirements, IMG stream
- Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 21, 22, 25 and 26 Jan 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- Traditional (one on one/two on one)
Info sessions
Tue 10 Nov 2026
6:00–7:30 pm EST
Town hall · VirtualCANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Mon 23 Nov 2026
6:00–7:00 pm EST
Town hall · VirtualCANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $73,367 / year |
| PGY-2 | $79,670 / year |
| PGY-3 | $85,564 / year |
Call
- Call (as the program states it)
- In-house call · night float
- 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)
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 | 21 | 3 years | 4 dates, 21–26 Jan 2027 |
|
| IMG stream | 6 | 3 years | 4 dates, 21–26 Jan 2027 |
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2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 20 | 5 years | 4 dates, 22–27 Jan 2026 |
| IMG stream | 7 | 5 years | 4 dates, 22–27 Jan 2026 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- Queen's University offers a highly respected, competency-based internal medicine training program that provides personalized feedback and graduated responsibility.
- The program focuses on creating a supportive, hands-on learning experience that prepares residents to excel in subspecialty training and meet the diverse healthcare needs of patients and society.
- Research
- Dedicated to providing residents significant research opportunities with mentorship, protected research time, funding for conference travel, and annual research events.
- Training setting
- Located in Kingston, Ontario, with training across three affiliated hospitals: Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Hotel Dieu Hospital, and Providence Care Hospital. Provides diverse clinical experiences in tertiary care, ambulatory clinics, and community settings.
- Teaching approach
- Follows the Royal College Competence by Design framework with a personalized approach, focusing on individualized learning plans, graduated responsibility, and comprehensive skill development across multiple CanMEDS competencies.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- CV
- Electives
- Extra-curricular activities
- Leadership skills
- Medical School Performance Record
- Personal letter
- Reference documents
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Stephen Gauthier
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
- Program office
Program Manager
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.
Discussed on Reddit
Public Reddit posts and comments where someone describes this program. Each one links to Reddit.
- Canadian IM Residency Programs: 24-hr Call vs Night Float Model (opens Reddit in a new tab)
Call model in Queen's internal medicine: 24-hour call plus senior night floatTopics: call
Internal Medicine elsewhere
Nearest to Kingston
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