Surrey - Family Medicine - Obstetrical Surgical Skills

University of British ColumbiaSurrey, British ColumbiaCompetitive stream

Enhanced skills (FM/ES) match

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

Approx. quota: 2 positions
Length: 6 months
Applications per year: 0–50
Offered interviews: 76–100%

Competitive stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates

Interviews

1 date, 17 Oct 2026virtual

Surrey, 1 teaching site · 2 rural weeks

CaRMS program page

Also at UBC, applied for at the school: Obstetrics (low-risk), on UBC’s page of programs applied for at the school · 12 weeks · residents and practising physicians · closed 8 Sep 2026

Not through CaRMS: you apply to UBC, on its own dates. Confirm on the school’s page before you apply.

What stands out about this program

Program individually tailored to each resident's intended practice setting and community needs.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

This 6-month enhanced skills program trains family physicians in operative delivery, including cesarean section, for practice in rural Canadian centres.
Training is based at Surrey Memorial Hospital and includes one 2-week block in a rural setting.
Each resident's program is adapted to their personal goals and community needs through discussion with the program director.

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

What training looks like

Setting: Urban community
Rural / remote
Rural exposure: Required rural rotation (2 weeks)

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single year.

rural setting (2 weeks)

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

Where you train

Surrey, British Columbia: 1 teaching site; 2 rural weeks.

Surrey Memorial Hospital

Record systems at the listed sites: no published record for 1 of 1.

Hospital facts

1 site · public figures where the province publishes them

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.

Surrey Memorial Hospital

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

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 11,911 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: 2,849 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Sources and licences

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

About Surrey

People
568,322residents, 2021 Census
Municipality of Surrey
Housing
3.7%rental vacancy rate
October 2025 survey, Vancouver, British Columbia (census metropolitan area)
Winter and summer
3.6 °CJanuary mean18.8 °CJuly mean
1991–2020 normals, Pitt Meadows, 14.5 km away
Job outlook
not published for this specialty

More about Surrey (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): 17 Oct 2026
Format: Virtual
Panel
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
Level	Annual 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 directors: Dr. Maged BakhetObstetrical Surgical Skills Program Director
maged.bakhet@ubc.ca
Dr. Robert SaonaEnhanced Skills Program Director
Dr. Anmol LambaEnhanced Skills Assistant Program Director
Program office: Obstetrical Surgical Skills Program Administrator, Enhanced Skills Program Manager
Email on the CaRMS page(opens in a new tab)
“We are currently working remotely, so email contact is best.” · the program’s note on CaRMS

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 Family Practice Enhanced Skills This program on CaRMS

Family Medicine - Obstetrical Surgical Skills elsewhere

Nearest to Surrey

Winnipeg - Family Medicine - Obstetrical Surgical SkillsUniversity of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB · 1,865 km
2 positions · Competitive

Source

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

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 34588 · 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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