Edmonton - Family Medicine - Addiction Medicine
University of AlbertaEdmonton, AlbertaCompetitive stream
Enhanced skills (FM/ES) match
Family medicine residents applying for a PGY-3 year (the "+1").
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 1
- Length
- 1
- Applications per year
- 0–50
- Offered interviews
- 76–100%
Competitive stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
Not stated on CaRMS page
Edmonton, 14 teaching sites · required rural rotation
Also at Alberta, applied for at the school: Addiction Medicine (Category 2), on Alberta’s page of programs applied for at the school · 4 blocks (16 weeks), consecutive, full-time · practising physicians · closed 30 Mar 2026
What stands out about this program
Required rural and remote addiction care rotation in Whitehorse, Yukon.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Longitudinal Indigenous health training plus a dedicated rotation at Maskwacis.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Year starts with an intensive Addiction Medicine Bootcamp alongside Royal College fellows.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- This 1-year PGY-3 program trains family physicians to identify, assess and treat substance use disorders.
- Core rotations include inpatient consultation at Edmonton's largest trauma hospital, inner-city primary care at Radius Community Health & Healing, and a rural and remote experience in Whitehorse, Yukon.
- The program includes at least 8 weeks of electives and longitudinal Indigenous health training.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Mixed settings
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Urban community
- Rural / remote
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation
- Focus areas
- Underserved urban
- Indigenous health
- Longitudinal / integrated
- Northern
- Research
- Offered · research or quality-improvement project · protected time
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- Inpatient addiction medicine consultation with the Acute Care Addiction Recovery Program (ACARP) (Edmonton’s largest trauma hospital)
- Multidisciplinary primary care for inner city populations (Radius Community Health & Healing)
- Opioid agonist management (Opioid Dependency & Enhanced Addiction Clinic (ODEAC), Metro City Clinic and the Virtual Opioid Dependency Program)
- Acute withdrawal management (Addiction Recovery Centre detox)
- Bed-based/residential treatment care (Henwood Treatment Centre)
- Rural & remote addiction care experience (Whitehorse, Yukon)
- Integrated longitudinal perinatal addiction care
- Integrated longitudinal Indigenous Health & dedicated rotation (Maskawacis Health Centre)
- Acute Pain Service with anesthesia consultative support (level 1 trauma hospital)
- Chronic Pain Clinic
- Adolescent addiction care in group home environment
- Hepatitis C & HIV concurrent care clinics
- Elective time (Minimum of 8 weeks)
Where you train
Edmonton, Alberta: 14 teaching sites; required rural rotation.
- Radius Community Health & Healing (formerly Boyle McCauley Health Centre)
- Acute Care Addiction Recovery Program (formerly known as the Addiction Recovery and Community Health “ARCH” program)
- Addiction Recovery Centre
- Henwood Treatment Centre
- Opioid Dependency and Enhanced Addictions Clinic
- Metro City Medical Clinic
- Lifemark Centre
- Kaye Edmonton Hepatitis C Clinic
- Northern Alberta Program for HIV care
- VODP/VRAAM
- Maskwacis Treatment Centre (Maskwacis · rural or distributed site)
- Acute Pain Service at the University of Alberta Hospital
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- Addiction care sites & clinics in Whitehorse, Yukon (Whitehorse · rural or distributed site)
Record systems at the listed sites: no published record for 14 of 14.
Hospital facts
Hospital size and activity: Alberta doesn't publish this as open data.
About Edmonton
People
1,010,899residents, 2021 Census
Housing
3.8%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−10.3 °CJanuary mean18.1 °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
- Return of service
- Not required · all residents
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (FM/ES 2027 match)
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Format
- Virtual
- Panel
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-3 | $80,058 / year |
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 1 in 4 in-house
- Post-call rule (provincial)
- No new responsibilities after the 24th hour of duty, apart from handover
- Max continuous duty (provincial)
- 24 consecutive hours, plus 2 hours for handover
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*
- 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.
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Tannis Spencer
- Program office
Program Administrator
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Family Medicine - Addiction Medicine elsewhere
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