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Indigenous - Internal Medicine

University of British ColumbiaIndigenous, British ColumbiaCMG stream

At a glance

Approx. quota
2 positions
Length
4 years
Applications per year
0–50
Offered interviews
0–25%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

Interviews

Not stated on CaRMS page

Indigenous, 8 teaching sites · optional rural rotation

Program website(opens in a new tab)Department Instagram(opens in a new tab)CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab)

What stands out about this program

  • Interview panel includes an Elder, Indigenous and non-Indigenous faculty, and an Indigenous resident.

    From “Interviews” on the CaRMS page

  • Support and funding for the UBC Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Public Health.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • Residents join UBC Family Practice Indigenous stream academic days on Indigenous health.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • This is a 4-year UBC Internal Medicine stream that prioritizes Indigenous applicants and adds Indigenous health opportunities to the standard curriculum.
  • Training is based at four Lower Mainland hospitals, with 12–24 weeks at distributed sites in the province.
  • A one-month community rotation in PGY-2 is mandatory.

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

    We have a distributed provincial program, and during training, residents will spend 12 - 24 weeks in a distributed training site within the province.

Not a ranking.

What training looks like

Setting
  • Academic / tertiary hospital
  • Regional community
  • Urban community
Rural exposure
Optional rural rotation
Focus areas
  • Indigenous health
  • POCUS curriculum
Research
Required · research or quality-improvement project · protected time

By year

PGY-1
  • Clinical Teaching UnitVancouver General Hospital, St. Paul's Hospital & Royal Columbian Hospital20 weeks
  • Subspecialty ElectiveLower Mainland20 weeks
  • Boot CampVancouver General Hospital, St. Paul's Hospital, Royal Columbian Hospital & Surrey Memorial Hospital4 Weeks
  • ICUVancouver General Hospital, St. Paul's Hospital, Royal Columbian Hospital & Surrey Memorial Hospital4 weeks
  • CCUVancouver General Hospital, St. Paul's Hospital, Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria4 weeks
PGY-2
  • Subspecialty ElectivesLower Mainland24 weeks
  • Clinical Teaching UnitVancouver General or St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, Royal Columbian in New Westminster, Prince George, Victoria, or Kelowna16 weeks
  • CCUVancouver General, St. Paul's Hospital, or Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria8 weeks
  • Communityurban and rural areas throughout the province4 weeks
PGY-3
  • Subspecialty Electivesmultiple sites around the province24 weeks
  • Clinical Teaching UnitVancouver General, St. Paul's Hospital, Royal Columbian, Prince George, Kelowna, or Victoria12 weeks
  • ICUVancouver General, St. Paul's Hospital, Royal Columbian in New Westminster, and Surrey Memorial Hospital8 weeks
  • Ambulatory MedicineVancouver General Hospital, St. Paul's Hospital, University Hospital of Northern British Columbia, Lionsgate Hospital, Royal Columbian Hospital, and Kelowna General Hospital8 weeks

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

Where you train

Indigenous, British Columbia: 8 teaching sites; optional rural rotation.

  • Vancouver General Hospital (Vancouver)
  • St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver)
  • Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster)
  • Surrey Memorial Hospital (Surrey)
  • Royal Jubilee Hospital (Victoria · rural or distributed site)
  • University Hospital of Northern British Columbia (Prince George · rural or distributed site)
  • Lionsgate Hospital
  • Kelowna General Hospital (Kelowna · rural or distributed site)

Distributed across a region

Record systems at the listed sites: MEDITECH at 2 of 8, Oracle Health (Cerner) at 4; no published record for 2.

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.

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.

Vancouver General Hospital

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

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

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
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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

Royal Jubilee Hospital

Clinical record
IHealth (Cerner electronic health record), fully electronic record since 2021 As of 31 Oct 2026

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 British Columbia

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

Lionsgate Hospital

Clinical record
CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Apr 2018 As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to Lions Gate Hospital (North Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
10,660
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
2,762

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

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.

Application file components as the program describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match)
Not stated on CaRMS page
Format
  • Panel

Info sessions

None listed on the program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) (read 20 Oct 2026) or on CANPREPP’s events calendar (read 24 Oct 2026). Programs add sessions through the fall.

16 Internal Medicine info sessions at other programsAll info 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 4 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

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 stream24 yearsPanelNothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviews
CMG stream25 years2 dates, 9 Jan – 4 Feb 2026
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
  • UBC's Internal Medicine Indigenous Stream is an inaugural program committed to addressing Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action, enhancing accessibility for Indigenous learners, and providing culturally safe medical training.
  • The program prioritizes Indigenous applicants while welcoming all candidates, with a focus on comprehensive Internal Medicine care and cultural sensitivity.
Research
Residents are required to complete scholarly projects, receive research education, and present at the annual Resident Research Day. Funding is available for conference presentations.
Training setting
Distributed provincial program with primary training sites in Lower Mainland hospitals and expanded sites in Prince George, Victoria, and Kelowna, offering urban and rural clinical experiences.
Teaching approach
Experiential learning through graduated patient care responsibilities, with a strong emphasis on cultural safety, Indigenous health perspectives, and competency-based medical education.
Enhanced skills
Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at
  • File review
  • Interview performance
  • Reference letters
  • Personal letters
  • Indigenous pathway letter

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 directors

  • Dr. Tristen Gilchrist

  • Trudy NasmithAssistant Program Director, Indigenous Health

CaRMS lists no email for the directors.

Program office

Senior Program Assistant

Email on the CaRMS page(opens in a new tab)

“For questions not covered on CaRMS site, email:” · 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.

Program websiteWebsiteDepartment InstagramDepartment InstagramThis program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Discussed on Reddit

Public Reddit posts and comments where someone describes this program. Each one links to Reddit.

These are public Reddit posts, reviewed by hand and linked here, not endorsed. They may be out of date. Confirm with the program.

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Internal Medicine elsewhere

Nearest to Indigenous

  • Vancouver - Internal MedicineUniversity of British Columbia

    Vancouver · 0 km

    CMG, IMG, Competitive RoS

  • Fraser - Internal MedicineUniversity of British Columbia

    Fraser · 59 km

    CMG, Competitive RoS

  • Vancouver Island - Internal MedicineUniversity of British Columbia

    Vancouver Island · 173 km

    CMG, Competitive RoS

In these collections:

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 8 Sep 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 35243 · 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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