Red Deer - Family Medicine
University of AlbertaRed Deer, Alberta
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 91
- Length
- 2
- Applications per year
- 401–600201–400
- Offered interviews
- 76–100%0–25%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
IMG stream · open to international medical graduates
Info session
details info sessions of this programMon 23 Nov 2026,6:00–7:00 pm MDTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Interviews
2 dates, 17–18 Jan 2027
3 dates, 22–24 Jan 2027
Red Deer, 2 teaching sites · 40 rural weeks
What stands out about this program
Extended 16-week rural family medicine block in first year, plus 8- and 16-week rural blocks in second year.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Optional six-month integrated Indigenous health pilot at Maskwacis for up to two residents.
From “Training sites” on the CaRMS page
- This two-year rural family medicine stream of the University of Alberta is based in the regional city of Red Deer.
- Residents spend 16 weeks in first year and 24 weeks in second year at rural sites, chosen across northern and central Alberta.
- All residents complete Practice Quality Improvement projects, and a driver's licence and vehicle are mandatory.
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
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation (40 weeks)
- Focus areas
- Rural / remote
- Small program
- POCUS curriculum
- Research
- Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project · protected time
- Getting around
- A car is required
- Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
- Travel is reimbursed
By year
- PGY-1
- Addictions2 wks
- Anesthesia2 wks
- Dermatology2 wks
- Elective4 wks
- Emergency Medicine4 wks
- General Surgery4 wks
- Geriatrics2 wks
- Obs & Gyn8 wks
- Orthopedics4 wks
- Pediatrics4 wks
- Rural Family Medicine16 wks
- PGY-2
- Electives10 wks
- Emergency Medicine4 wks
- Internal Medicine4 wks
- ICU/CCU4 wks
- Palliative Care2 wks
- Psychiatry4 wks
- Rural Family Medicine8 wks
- Rural Family Medicine16 wks
- PGY-1
- Addictions2 wks
- Anesthesia2 wks
- Dermatology2 wks
- Elective4 wks
- Emergency Medicine4 wks
- General Surgery4 wks
- Geriatrics2 wks
- Obs & Gyn8 wks
- Orthopedics4 wks
- Pediatrics4 wks
- Rural Family Medicine16 wks
- PGY-2
- Electives10 wks
- Emergency Medicine4 wks
- Internal Medicine4 wks
- ICU/CCU4 wks
- Palliative Care2 wks
- Psychiatry4 wks
- Rural Family Medicine8 wks
- Rural Family Medicine16 wks
Other rotations
- Family medicine (16 weeks · Maskwacis)
- Psych (4 weeks · Maskwacis)
- Peds (2 weeks · Maskwacis)
- Addictions (2 weeks · Maskwacis)
Where you train
Red Deer, Alberta: 2 teaching sites; 40 rural weeks. A car is required.
- Red Deer Regional Hospital
- Maskwacis (Maskwacis · rural or distributed site)
Distributed across a region
Record systems at the listed sites: Epic at 1 of 2; no published record for 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.
Red Deer Regional Hospital
- Clinical record
- Epic (Connect Care), fully electronic record since Nov 2024
Hospital size and activity: Alberta doesn't publish this as open data.
About Red Deer
People
100,844residents, 2021 Census
Housing
$1,170one-bedroom rent a month, new tenants
Winter and summer
−11.6 °CJanuary mean16.2 °CJuly mean
Job outlook
Very 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 required · all residents
- Return of service, IMG stream
- Not required · all residents
- IMG requirements, IMG stream
- Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match), CMG stream
- 17 and 18 Jan 2027
- Interview dates (2027 match), IMG stream
- 22, 23 and 24 Jan 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- Traditional (one on one/two on one)
Info sessions
Mon 23 Nov 2026
6:00–7:00 pm MDT
Info session · Virtual · For IMG applicantsCANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $67,440 / year |
| PGY-2 | $74,153 / year |
Call
- Call (as the program states it)
- Home 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.
After residency
Family doctors in Alberta can bill fee-for-service or join a model that pays for visits, hours worked and enrolled patients: the Primary Care Physician Compensation Model (PCPCM). A new-to-practice physician with fewer than 500 patients can join within 6 months of graduation. To join: 400 hours of direct and indirect care over 40 or more weeks a year. 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 | 9 | 2 years | 2 dates, 17–18 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
| IMG stream | 1 | 2 years | 3 dates, 22–24 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 9 | 2 years | 4 dates, 16 Dec 2025 – 19 Jan 2026 |
| IMG stream | 1 | 2 years | 5 dates, 16 Dec 2025 – 25 Jan 2026 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The University of Alberta's Rural Family Medicine program in Red Deer is a decentralized, preceptor-based training stream focused on preparing future rural physicians.
- The small program allows individualized training with full academic resources, emphasizing comprehensive care and continuity of patient experience in rural settings.
- Research
- Residents complete four small Evidence-Based Medicine research projects in first year and a Practice Quality Improvement project in second year, with potential conference presentation support.
- Training setting
- Training occurs in Red Deer (population 100,000) and various rural sites across northern and central Alberta, with a 390-bed regional hospital and multiple community healthcare settings.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-based medical education with progressive independence, emphasizing hands-on learning, individual teaching, and comprehensive rural medical practice preparation.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- Academic performance
- Clinical performance
- Family Medicine experience
- References
- Rural interest/experience
- FMProC assessment
- Interview performance
Contacts and links
- Program directors
Dr. Michelle Morros
Dr. Alanna BowieStream Co-Director
Dr. Cayla GilbertStream Co-Director
CaRMS lists no email for the directors.
- Program office
Stream Administrator
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Family Medicine elsewhere
Nearest to Red Deer
- Rural
- City
- City
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