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Fraser - Family Medicine - Palliative Care

University of British ColumbiaFraser, British ColumbiaCompetitive stream

Enhanced skills (FM/ES) match

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

At a glance

Approx. quota
2 positions
Length
1 year
Applications per year
0–50
Offered interviews
51–75%

Competitive stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates

Interviews

3 dates, 15–17 Oct 2026virtual

Fraser, 10 teaching sites · optional rural rotation

A car is required

CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab)

Also at UBC, applied for at the school: Palliative Medicine (Category 2), on UBC’s page of programs applied for at the school · 12 weeks (up to 3 months) · 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

  • Option to run oncology and ambulatory palliative clinics concurrently over 8-10 weeks for continuity of care.

    From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

  • This 1-year enhanced skills program in palliative medicine is based in the Fraser Valley, starting with eight weeks at Surrey Memorial Hospital.
  • Rotations include geriatrics, oncology at BC Cancer Surrey, ambulatory, advanced and 8-week community palliative care, plus 10 weeks of electives, flex or research time.
  • A scholarly project is required, with dedicated time in the schedule.

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

What training looks like

Setting
  • Academic / tertiary hospital
  • Urban community
Rural exposure
Optional rural rotation
Research
Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project · protected time
Getting around
  • A car is required

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single year.

  • Introductory Palliative Care (8 weeks · Surrey Memorial Hospital)
  • Geriatrics (4 weeks)
  • Medical and Radiation Oncology/ GPO (6 weeks · BC Cancer Surrey)
  • Ambulatory Palliative Care (4 weeks · BC Cancer Surrey)
  • Advanced Palliative Care (8 weeks)
  • Community Palliative Care (8 weeks · Tri Cities, Delta and/ or Whiterock home health teams)
  • Electives/ Flex/ Research (10 weeks)

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

Where you train

Fraser, British Columbia: 10 teaching sites; optional rural rotation. A car is required.

  • Surrey Memorial Hospital (Palliative Care Unit 10 bed) (Surrey)
  • Burnaby Hospital (Palliative Care Unit 10 bed) (Burnaby)
  • Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster)
  • Laurel Place Hospice (20 bed)
  • Abbotsford Hospital (Palliative Care Unit 10 bed) (Abbotsford)
  • Peace Arch Hospital and Melville Hospice
  • Eagle Ridge Hospital
  • Delta Hospital and Irene Thomas Hospice (Delta)
  • Palliative Home Health teams in Tri Cities, Whiterock, Delta and Burnaby
  • BC Cancer (Surrey and Abbottsford)

Record systems at the listed sites: MEDITECH at 2 of 10; no published record for 8.

Hospital facts

5 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: Fraser Health electronic health record (Advance), fully electronic record since Sep 2024 As of 31 Oct 2026. At Royal Columbian Hospital, Eagle Ridge 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.

Surrey Memorial Hospital (Palliative Care Unit 10 bed)

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

Burnaby Hospital (Palliative Care Unit 10 bed)

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

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
8,388
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
2,058

Royal Columbian Hospital

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
Show facts for 2 more sites

Abbotsford Hospital (Palliative Care Unit 10 bed)

Matched to Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre (Abbotsford) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
6,232
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
1,667

Eagle Ridge Hospital

Matched to Eagle Ridge Hospital (Port Moody) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
6,014
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
1,496

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
  • 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)
15, 16 and 17 Oct 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 directors
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 Family Medicine Enhanced Skills Program(opens in a new tab)UBC Division of Palliative Care(opens in a new tab)This program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Family Medicine - Palliative Care elsewhere

Nearest to Fraser

Source

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

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 34616 · 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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