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Interior - Emergency Medicine

University of British ColumbiaInterior, British Columbia

Stream

At a glance

Approx. quota
2 positions−1 from 3 in the 2026 match
1 position
Length
5 years
Applications per year
51–200
Offered interviews
26–50%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

Competitive RoS stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates

Return of service: Required

IMG requirement: Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program details under How they choose

Interviews

2 dates, 3–4 Feb 2027virtual

1 date, 4 Feb 2027virtual

Interior, 12 teaching sites11 teaching sites

Program website(opens in a new tab)CANPREPP profile(opens in a new tab)CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab)

What stands out about this program

  • Emergency Medicine is one of only three local postgraduate programs, so there are few competing learners.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • Block-length research design course (NERD) in Vancouver for residents from all five UBC sites.

    From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

  • Much off-service rotation time is spent one-on-one with staff consultants.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • This is the five-year UBC Royal College Emergency Medicine residency at the Interior (Kelowna) site, based at Kelowna General Hospital, a 440-bed tertiary care centre.
  • The site accepts 3-4 residents per year.
  • Community emergency medicine rotations can be done in Vernon, Penticton and Kamloops, and housing is provided for core rotations at other UBC sites.
  • Residents must complete a scholarly project, and interviews for all UBC sites are held jointly by online video.

The summary is written by CdnMD from the program’s CaRMS description.

What training looks like

Setting
  • Academic / tertiary hospital
Rural exposure
Not stated on CaRMS page
Focus areas
  • Small program
  • Early independence
  • POCUS curriculum
Research
Required · research or quality-improvement project
Getting around
  • Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for

By year

PGY-1
  • introductory ultrasound courseVancouver program site
  • dedicated ultrasound blockeach program site
PGY-2
  • NERD (Novel Education in Research Design)Vancouverblock-length

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • Community Emergency Medicine rotations (Vernon Jubilee Hospital, Penticton Regional Hospital, and Royal Inland Hospital (Kamloops))
PGY-1
  • dedicated ultrasound block

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • NERD (Novel Education in Research Design) (block-length · Vancouver)

✓ = the CaRMS page states it; – = not stated. From the program description and its rotation list.

Where you train

Interior, British Columbia: 12 teaching sites11 teaching sites.

  • Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) (Kelowna)
  • Vernon Jubilee Hospital (Vernon · rural or distributed site)
  • Penticton Regional Hospital (Penticton · rural or distributed site)
  • Royal Inland Hospital (Kamloops · rural or distributed site)
  • Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) (Vancouver)
  • Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH)
  • BC's Children's Hospital (BCCH) (Vancouver)
  • Paul's Hospital (SPH) (Vancouver)
  • Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH) (Surrey)
  • Victoria General Hospital (VicGH) (Victoria)
  • Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH) (Victoria)
  • University Hospital of Northern BC (UHNBC) (Prince George)
  • Kelowna General Hospital (Kelowna)
  • Vernon Jubilee Hospital (Vernon · rural or distributed site)
  • Penticton Regional Hospital (Penticton · rural or distributed site)
  • Royal Inland Hospital (Kamloops · rural or distributed site)
  • Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) (Vancouver)
  • Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH)
  • BC's Children's Hospital (BCCH) (Vancouver)
  • Paul's Hospital (SPH) (Vancouver)
  • Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH) (Surrey)
  • Victoria General Hospital (VicGH) (Victoria)
  • Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH) (Victoria)

Distributed across a region

Record systems at the listed sites, all streams: MEDITECH at 6 of 13, Oracle Health (Cerner) at 5; no published record for 2.

Hospital facts

12 sites · public figures and clinical record systems where they are published

Public figures for hospitals named above, each with its source and reference period. 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
MEDITECH Expanse, system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026. At Kelowna General Hospital (KGH), Vernon Jubilee Hospital, Penticton Regional Hospital, Royal Inland Hospital.
Clinical record
IHealth (Cerner electronic health record), fully electronic record since 2021 As of 31 Oct 2026. At Victoria General Hospital (VicGH), Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH).

How to read the figures

  • Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26. All procedure groups, for the fiscal year (1 April to 31 March). Scheduled surgery only: emergency surgery is not in the file.
  • Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1. One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Kelowna General Hospital (KGH)

Matched to Kelowna General Hospital (Kelowna) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
15,707
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
4,090

Vernon Jubilee Hospital

Matched to Vernon Jubilee Hospital (Vernon) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
4,704
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
1,249

Penticton Regional Hospital

Matched to Penticton Regional Hospital (Penticton) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
3,482
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
837
Show facts for 9 more sites

Royal Inland Hospital

Matched to Royal Inland Hospital (Kamloops) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
10,812
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
2,914

Vancouver General Hospital (VGH)

Clinical record
CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Nov 2022 As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to Vancouver General Hospital in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
13,790
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
3,855

Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH)

Clinical record
MEDITECH: Fraser Health electronic health record (Advance), fully electronic record since Sep 2024 As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
4,798
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
1,447

BC's Children's Hospital (BCCH)

Clinical record
CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Feb 2022 As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to BC Children's Hospital (Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
7,396
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
1,910

Paul's Hospital (SPH)

Clinical record
CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Nov 2019 As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
8,691
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
2,240

Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH)

Matched to Surrey Memorial Hospital (Surrey) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
11,911
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
2,849

Victoria General Hospital (VicGH)

Matched to Victoria General Hospital (Victoria) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
8,131
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
2,108

Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH)

Matched to Royal Jubilee Hospital (Victoria) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
14,532
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
3,973

University Hospital of Northern BC (UHNBC)

Matched to University Hospital of Northern British Columbia (Prince George) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
4,520
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
1,127

Fraser Health's new electronic health record is live at 4 sites (Royal Columbian Hospital, Eagle Ridge Hospital, Fraser Canyon Hospital, Mission Memorial Hospital). Its other sites are still on its current clinical information system. As of 31 Oct 2026

Verify with the official source: each source button opens the publisher’s own page.

Sources and licences

  • Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

Sites as the program’s CaRMS page lists them.

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 stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Return of service
Required
IMG requirements
  • Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program

Application file components as each stream’s CaRMS page describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match)
3 and 4 Feb 2027
Interview dates (2027 match)
4 Feb 2027
Format
Virtual
  • Panel

Info sessions

The 1 session listed for 2027 has passed.

14 Emergency Medicine info sessions at other programsAll info sessions

From the program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), read 20 Oct 2026; a row tagged CANPREPP is on CANPREPP’s events calendar (read 24 Oct 2026), alone or as well. Dates and times are as the program wrote them. Programs add and change sessions.

Pay and call

Provincial scale, last updated 2 Sep 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab). Salaries from April 2027. One provincial scale for British Columbia, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 5 levels this program covers.

Annual salary by PGY level, British Columbia
LevelAnnual salary
PGY-1
$71,390 / year
PGY-2
$79,571 / year
PGY-3
$86,655 / year
PGY-4
$93,230 / year
PGY-5
$100,215 / year

How provincial pay and rent compare

Call

Call (provincial max)
1 in 4 in-house
Post-call rule (provincial)
Relieved within 2 hours of the call ending, or by 10:00 if earlier, when a resident on a 24-hour or longer shift could not get 6 uninterrupted hours of rest

The union agreement’s limits and rules for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. RDBC agreement, 1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2029. Read as of 1 Oct 2026.

Benefits

13 lines as listed by CaRMS in 2022–2024: Annual vacation, CMPA dues paid, Dental plan, and more
Annual vacation
4 weeks
CMPA dues paid
Yes. Mandatory
Dental plan
100% Premiums Paid
Educational leave
Yes
Extended health insurance
100% Premiums Paid
Life insurance
100% Premium Paid
Long-term disability insurance
Yes 100% Premiums Paid
Maternity leave
17 weeks, plus up to 78 weeks Parental Leave
Meal allowance
No
Provincial dues (% of salary)
1.5%
Provincial health insurance
100% Premiums Paid
Sick leave
Yes
Statutory holidays
2 x pay plus extra day with pay

Past matches

No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.

Positions at this site, all streams.

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.

Source: CaRMS’s lists of positions open after round 1 and after round 2, as read in October 2026 (latest: 2026 round 1 (CaRMS PDF, opens in a new tab), 2026 round 2 (CaRMS PDF, opens in a new tab)).

Year by year

2027 match

The 2027 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviewsWhat changed
CMG stream25 years2 dates, 3–4 Feb 2027Virtual
  • Positions 3 → 2 from the 2026 match
Competitive RoS stream15 years1 date, 4 Feb 2027VirtualNothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviews
CMG stream35 years3 dates, 21–31 Jan 2026
Competitive RoS stream15 years1 date, 22 Jan 2026
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
  • The UBC Emergency Medicine Interior Site offers a dynamic, collegial training program in Kelowna, British Columbia.
  • Residents benefit from a small program size, early clinical responsibility, and exceptional work-life balance in a beautiful location with unique clinical experiences.
Research
Residents are supported in completing a scholarly project relevant to Emergency Medicine, with opportunities to join ongoing faculty research or pursue independent projects.
Training setting
Kelowna General Hospital is a 440-bed tertiary care center with a high-volume Emergency Department serving the Okanagan Valley. Training occurs across multiple sites in British Columbia.
Teaching approach
Competency-Based Medical Education with progressive independence, emphasizing hands-on learning, simulation, and individualized teaching across multiple clinical sites.
Enhanced skills
Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at
  • CV
  • Electives
  • Medical Student Performance Record
  • Personal Letter
  • Reference Letters
  • Interview Performance

Positions, length and interviews as each match’s CaRMS pages stated them; what changed from our comparison of the two matches and our readings of the 2027 pages.

Contacts and links

Program director

  • Dr. Tina Yokota

CaRMS lists no email for the director.

Program office

Program Manager

Write to the officeem.residencymanager@ubc.ca

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.

Program websiteWebsiteCANPREPPCANPREPPEM Interior(opens in a new tab)This program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Emergency Medicine elsewhere

Nearest to Interior

  • Fraser - Emergency MedicineUniversity of British Columbia

    Fraser · 221 km

    CMG, Competitive RoS

  • Vancouver - Emergency MedicineUniversity of British Columbia

    Vancouver · 253 km

    6 positions · CMG

  • Vancouver Island - Emergency MedicineUniversity of British Columbia

    Vancouver Island · 382 km

    CMG, Competitive RoS

In these collections:

Source

The CMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 28 Aug 2026 · The Competitive RoS stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 28 Aug 2026 · 2027 match · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program IDs 36321 (CMG stream), 36407 (Competitive RoS stream) · How these pages are made › · See the 2026 match under Year by year

The Applications per year and Offered interviews figures are 5-year averages the program reports to CaRMS: past cycles, not your odds.

Independent. Not affiliated with CaRMS or the program. Programs edit their descriptions during the match; confirm on carms.ca (opens in a new tab) before you apply. Data last updated on CdnMD 24 Oct 2026.

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