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Nanaimo - Family Medicine - Emergency Medicine

University of British ColumbiaNanaimo, British ColumbiaCompetitive stream

Enhanced skills (FM/ES) match

Family medicine residents applying for a PGY-3 year (the "+1").

At a glance

Approx. quota
4 positions
Length
1 year
Applications per year
51–200
Offered interviews
26–50%

Competitive stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates

Interviews

2 dates, 19–20 Nov 2026virtual

Nanaimo, 10 teaching sites · 4 rural weeks

CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab)

What stands out about this program

  • Time on a procedural consult service described as the only one of its kind in Canada.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • Ultrasound boot camp aimed at CPoCUS Independent Practitioner certification, alongside an on-site ultrasound fellowship.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • Four-week orthopedic-injury-focused emergency block in Whistler.

    From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

  • This 1-year family medicine emergency medicine program is based at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, whose ED sees up to 72,000 visits annually.
  • Residents spend 18 weeks in the Nanaimo ED plus 12 weeks of emergency training at distributed sites, including 4 weeks in Tofino.
  • Residents can pursue CPoCUS Independent Practitioner ultrasound certification.

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

Based on what the program says about itself.

  • You’re open to training at sites across a region, not at one hospital.
    Show the quote

    Additional 12 weeks of emergency medicine training at distributed sites:

Not a ranking.

What training looks like

Setting
  • Regional community
  • Rural / remote
  • Academic / tertiary hospital
  • Urban community
Rural exposure
Required rural rotation (4 weeks)
Focus areas
  • POCUS curriculum
  • Procedural emphasis

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single year.

  • pediatric emergency medicine (2 weeks · NRGH)
  • rural experience (4 weeks · Tofino)
  • quaternary block (4-week · Kelowna General Hospital, Royal Columbian Hospital, Surrey Memorial Hospital, St. Paul’s Hospital, Victoria General Hospital or Royal Jubilee Hospital)
  • pediatric emergency medicine (4 weeks · Surrey Memorial Hospital)
  • orthopedic injury (4 weeks · Whistler Health Care Clinic/ED)
  • trauma (4 weeks · NRGH)
  • ICU senior resident role (6 weeks · NRGH)
  • CCU (2 weeks · Victoria)
  • combined pediatric and adult anesthesia (4 weeks · NRGH)
  • Optional toxicology/emergency block

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

Where you train

Nanaimo, British Columbia: 10 teaching sites; 4 rural weeks.

  • Nanaimo Regional Hospital
  • Royal Jubilee Hospital (Victoria)
  • Surrey Memorial Hospital (Surrey)
  • Tofino General Hospital (Tofino · rural or distributed site)
  • West Coast General Hospital (Port Alberni · rural or distributed site)
  • Whistler Health Care Centre (Whistler · rural or distributed site)
  • Kelowna General Hospital (Kelowna)
  • Royal Columbian Hospital
  • St. Paul’s Hospital
  • Victoria General Hospital (Victoria)

Distributed across a region

Record systems at the listed sites: MEDITECH at 2 of 10, Oracle Health (Cerner) at 4; no published record for 4.

Hospital facts

8 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
IHealth (Cerner electronic health record), fully electronic record since 2021 As of 31 Oct 2026. At Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria General Hospital.

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.

Nanaimo Regional Hospital

Clinical record
IHealth (Cerner electronic health record), fully electronic record since 2016 As of 31 Oct 2026

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

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
9,004
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
2,040

Royal Jubilee Hospital

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

Surrey Memorial Hospital

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
Show facts for 5 more sites

West Coast General Hospital

Matched to West Coast General Hospital (Port Alberni) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
781
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
213

Kelowna General Hospital

Clinical record
MEDITECH Expanse, system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026

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

Royal Columbian Hospital

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

St. Paul’s Hospital

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

Victoria General Hospital

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

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.

About Nanaimo

  • People

    99,863residents, 2021 Census

    Municipality of Nanaimo

  • Housing

    $1,709one-bedroom rent a month, new tenants

    CMHC, October 2025

  • Winter and summer

    4.1 °CJanuary mean18.2 °CJuly mean

    1991–2020 normals, Vancouver International (Airport), 58.4 km away (more than 50 km, so it may differ from the town)

  • Job outlook

    not published for this specialty

More about Nanaimo (its page: housing, getting around, weather, things to do, and every program that names it)

Sites as the program’s CaRMS page lists them. City figures are public statistics for the place named by the location; they describe the place, not the program.

How they choose

Application file components
  • CV
  • Electives
  • Examinations
  • Extra-curricular
  • Leadership skills
  • MSPRs
  • Personal letters
  • Reference documents
  • Research/Publications
  • Transcripts
  • Other file component(s)
Return of service
Not stated on CaRMS page

Application file components as the program describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (FM/ES 2027 match)
19 and 20 Nov 2026
Format
Virtual
  • MMI or rotating station

Interview dates and format are as the program wrote them.

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 PGY-3, the level FM/ES residents usually start at. Yours depends on your training so far.

Annual salary by PGY level, British Columbia
LevelAnnual salary
PGY-3
$86,655 / 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

Contacts and links

Program director

  • Dr. Patrick Prendergast

CaRMS lists no email for the director.

Program office

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.

UBC FP Enhanced Skills Training Programs(opens in a new tab)This program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

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Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · FM/ES 2027 match · last approved 27 Aug 2026.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 34677 · How these pages are made ›

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 8 Oct 2026.

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