Edmonton - Psychiatry
University of AlbertaEdmonton, Alberta
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 101
- Length
- 5
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Offered interviews
- 26–50%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
IMG stream · open to international medical graduates
Interviews
5 dates, 25 Jan – 3 Feb 2027
Edmonton, 17 teaching sites · 4 rural weeks
What stands out about this program
Option to complete an MSc in Psychiatry during residency, with half-day seminars credited as coursework.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Advanced training in interventional psychiatry including ECT, rTMS and ketamine therapy.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Area of Focused Competence in Addictions can be completed in the fifth year of residency.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- The University of Alberta Psychiatry Residency Program is a five-year program based in Edmonton.
- Training takes place at multiple sites including the University of Alberta Hospital, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Misericordia and Grey Nuns community hospitals, and community and rural clinics.
- Residents complete a scholarly project with a mentor and can take research electives or an MSc in Psychiatry during residency.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Urban community
- Rural / remote
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation (4 weeks)
- Research
- Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project · protected time
- Training language
- English
By year
- PGY-1
- General Internal Medicine2 Blocks
- Emergency Medicine1 Block
- Family Medicine1 Block
- Inpatient Neurology1 Block
- Outpatient Neurology & Brain Injury1 Block
- Selective and Elective rotations1 Block
- Geriatric Medicine1 Block
- Addiction Medicine1 Block
- PGY-2
- Inpatient Psychiatry Rotation6 Blocks
- Outpatient Psychiatry Rotation6 Blocks
Other rotations
- Community and Rural Psychiatry (Transition to Discipline (TD) · 1 Block)
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Transition to Discipline (TD) · 2 weeks)
- Forensic Psychiatry (Transition to Discipline (TD) · 2 weeks)
- Emergency Psychiatry (Transition to Discipline (TD) · 1 Block)
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Core of Discipline (CD) · 6 blocks)
- Geriatric Psychiatry (Core of Discipline (CD) · 6 blocks)
- Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (Core of Discipline (CD) · 4 Blocks)
- Rehabilitation Psychiatry (Core of Discipline (CD) · 5 Blocks)
- Addiction Psychiatry (Core of Discipline (CD) · 1 blocks)
- Shared-Care Psychiatry (Core of Discipline (CD) · 1 blocks)
- Electives in PGY-4 (Core of Discipline (CD) · 4 Blocks)
- Junior Attending Role (ED Psychiatry or Inpatient Psychiatry) (Transition to Practice (TTP) · 1 Block)
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- Community and Rural Psychiatry (Transition to Discipline (TD) · 1 Block)
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Transition to Discipline (TD) · 2 weeks)
- Forensic Psychiatry (Transition to Discipline (TD) · 2 weeks)
- Emergency Psychiatry (Transition to Discipline (TD) · 1 Block)
- General Internal Medicine (Foundations of Discipline (FD) · 2 Blocks)
- Emergency Medicine (Foundations of Discipline (FD) · 1 Block)
- Family Medicine (Foundations of Discipline (FD) · 1 Block)
- Inpatient Neurology (Foundations of Discipline (FD) · 1 Block)
- Outpatient Neurology & Brain Injury (Foundations of Discipline (FD) · 1 Block)
- Vacation (Foundations of Discipline (FD) · 1 Block)
- Selective and Elective rotations (Foundations of Discipline (FD) · 1 Block)
- Geriatric Medicine (Foundations of Discipline (FD) · 1 Block)
- Addiction Medicine (Foundations of Discipline (FD) · 1 Block)
- Inpatient Psychiatry Rotation (Foundations of Discipline (FD) · 6 Blocks)
- Outpatient Psychiatry Rotation (Foundations of Discipline (FD) · 6 Blocks)
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Core of Discipline (CD) · 6 blocks)
- Geriatric Psychiatry (Core of Discipline (CD) · 6 blocks)
- Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (Core of Discipline (CD) · 4 Blocks)
- Rehabilitation Psychiatry (Core of Discipline (CD) · 5 Blocks)
- Addiction Psychiatry (Core of Discipline (CD) · 1 blocks)
- Shared-Care Psychiatry (Core of Discipline (CD) · 1 blocks)
- Electives in PGY-4 (Core of Discipline (CD) · 4 Blocks)
- Junior Attending Role (ED Psychiatry or Inpatient Psychiatry) (Transition to Practice (TTP) · 1 Block)
Where you train
Edmonton, Alberta: 17 teaching sites; 4 rural weeks.
- The University of Alberta Hospital (UAH)
- Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH)
- The Grey Nuns Community Hospital (GNH)
- Alberta Hospital Edmonton (AHE)
- Edmonton Community Health Hub North
- Community Psychiatry Division
- Misericordia Community Hospital (MIC)
- The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Mental Health Clinic
- The Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital (GRH)
- Villa Caritas
- Child and Adolescent Services Association (CASA)
- The Stollery Children’s Hospital
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- Henwood Treatment Centre
- Camrose Mental Health Program (Camrose · rural or distributed site)
- Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre (RDRHC) (Red Deer · rural or distributed site)
- Whitehorse General Hospital (WGH) (Whitehorse · rural or distributed site)
- The Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury (CCMHBI) (Ponoka · rural or distributed site)
- University of Alberta Hospital (UAH)
- Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH)
- Grey Nuns Community Hospital (GNH)
- Alberta Hospital Edmonton (AHE)
- Edmonton Community Health Hub North
- Community Psychiatry Division
- Misericordia Community Hospital (MIC)
- Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Mental Health Clinic
- Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital (GRH)
- Villa Caritas
- Child and Adolescent Services Association (CASA)
- Stollery Children’s Hospital
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- Henwood Treatment Centre
- Camrose Mental Health Program (Camrose · rural or distributed site)
- Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre (RDRHC) (Red Deer · rural or distributed site)
- Whitehorse General Hospital (WGH) (Whitehorse · rural or distributed site)
- The Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury (CCMHBI) (Ponoka · rural or distributed site)
Record systems at the listed sites, all streams: Epic at 12 of 22; no published record for 10.
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
- Epic (Connect Care), fully electronic record since Nov 2024
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
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)
- 25, 27 and 29 Jan 2027; 1 and 3 Feb 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- Traditional (one on one/two on one)
- Panel
- MMI or rotating station
Info sessions
The 2 sessions listed for 2027 have passed.
11 Psychiatry info sessions at other programsAll info sessions
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $67,440 / year |
| PGY-2 | $74,153 / year |
| PGY-3 | $80,058 / year |
| PGY-4 | $86,281 / year |
| PGY-5 | $92,698 / 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.
Past matches
Open after round 1 in 3 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 0 of 9 years.
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| Year | Open after round 1 | Open after round 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | not available | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 positions open after round 1 in 2021, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 position open after round 1 in 2023, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 position open after round 1 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 10 | 5 years | 5 dates, 25 Jan – 3 Feb 2027 | Nothing noted |
| IMG stream | 1 | 5 years | 5 dates, 25 Jan – 3 Feb 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 10 | 5 years | 5 dates, 26 Jan – 4 Feb 2026 |
| IMG stream | 1 | 5 years | 1 date, 28 Jan 2026 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The University of Alberta Psychiatry Residency Program is a comprehensive five-year training program designed to prepare physicians for certification in clinical and academic psychiatry.
- Located in Edmonton, the program offers extensive training across psychiatric subspecialties, emphasizing competency-based medical education, diverse clinical experiences, and resident wellness.
- Research
- Extensive research opportunities including clinical trials, psychopharmacology studies, quality improvement projects, and access to the Clinical Investigator Program for residents pursuing academic careers.
- Training setting
- Urban academic medical center in Edmonton, Alberta, with training across multiple hospitals and clinical settings including university hospitals, community hospitals, specialized mental health centers, and rural clinics.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-based medical education using the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada's Competence by Design (CBD) model, emphasizing progressive independence, individualized learning, and regular feedback.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
- Personal Letter
- CV/Résumé
- Reference Letters
- Interview Performance
- OSCE Assessment
Contacts and links
- Program directors
Dr. Michael Martyna
Micheal Martyna
Lenka ZedkovaAssociate Program Director
Caitlin EarleAssociate Program Director
- Program office
Program Administrator
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
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