Interior - Psychiatry
University of British ColumbiaInterior, British Columbia
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 21
- Length
- 5
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Offered interviews
- 51–75%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
Competitive RoS stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Info session
details info sessions of this programMon 2 Nov 2026,4:30–6:00 pm PDTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Interviews
3 dates, 19–27 Jan 2027
Interior, 5 teaching sites · optional rural rotation
What stands out about this program
Tertiary rotations available at Kamloops' Hillside Centre (neuropsychiatry) and South Hills Centre (psychosocial rehabilitation).
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- This is a 5-year UBC psychiatry residency track based in BC's Southern Interior, centred at Kelowna General Hospital.
- Rotations also take place at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops and Penticton Regional Hospital.
- Residents join Thursday academic days mostly by videoconference and travel to Vancouver once a month for in-person seminars.
- Residents are required to take part in scholarly activity from the start of training.
Based on what the program says about itself.
- You’re open to training at sites across a region, not at one hospital.
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What training looks like
- Setting
- Regional community
- Rural exposure
- Optional rural rotation
- Research
- Required · research or quality-improvement project · protected time
By year
- PGY-1
- Psychiatry2 additional blocks
- Internal Medicineone block
- Selectivestwo blocks
- Family Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Neurology
- Emergency Medicine
- Addictions
- Emergency Psychiatry
- Elective
- PGY-2
- Adult Inpatient6 months
- Adult Outpatient6 months
- PGY-3
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatry6 months
- Geriatric Psychiatry6 months
- PGY-4
- Consultation-Liaison3 months
- Chronic Care6 months, minimum 2 days per week
- Addiction Psychiatry6 weeks, sometimes longitudinally
- Emergency Psychiatry6 weeks
- elective
- PGY-5
- Selectives6 months, no less than 3 months per rotation
- Electives6 months, no less than 2 months per rotation
Other rotations
- Transition to Discipline (Transition to Discipline · First month of PGY1)
- PGY-1
- Psychiatry2 additional blocks
- Internal Medicineone block
- Selectivestwo blocks
- Family Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Neurology
- Emergency Medicine
- Addictions
- Emergency Psychiatry
- Elective
- PGY-2
- Adult Inpatient6 months
- Adult Outpatient6 months
- PGY-3
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatry6 months
- Geriatric Psychiatry6 months
- PGY-4
- Consultation-Liaison3 months
- Chronic Care6 months, minimum 2 days per week
- Addiction Psychiatry6 weeks, sometimes longitudinally
- Emergency Psychiatry6 weeks
- PGY-5
- Selectives6 months, no less than 3 months per rotation
- Electives6 months, no less than 2 months per rotation
Other rotations
- Transition to Discipline (Transition to Discipline · First month of PGY1)
- General Medical and required Psychiatry Rotations (Foundations)
Where you train
Interior, British Columbia: 5 teaching sites; optional rural rotation.
- Kelowna General Hospital (Kelowna)
- Royal Inland Hospital (Kamloops)
- Penticton Regional Hospital (Penticton)
- Hillside Centre (Kamloops)
- South Hills Centre (Kamloops)
Distributed across a region
Record systems at the listed sites: MEDITECH at 3 of 5; no published record for 2.
Hospital facts
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)
Kelowna General Hospital
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 15,707
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 4,090
Royal Inland Hospital
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 10,812
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 2,914
Penticton Regional Hospital
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 3,482
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 837
How they choose
- Application file components, CMG stream
- CV
- Electives
- Examinations
- Extra-curricular
- Leadership skills
- MSPRs
- Personal letters
- Reference documents
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
- Application file components, Competitive RoS stream
- CV
- Electives
- Examinations
- Extra-curricular
- Leadership skills
- MSPRs
- Personal letters
- Reference documents
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
- Other file component(s)
- Return of service, CMG stream
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
- Return of service, Competitive RoS stream
- Required
- IMG requirements, Competitive RoS stream
- Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 19, 26 and 27 Jan 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- Traditional (one on one/two on one)
- Panel
- MMI or rotating station
Info sessions
Mon 2 Nov 2026
4:30–6:00 pm PDT
Info session · VirtualCANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Pay and call
| Level | Annual 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 |
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
Benefits
- 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.
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.
Year by year
2027 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 2 | 5 years | 3 dates, 19–27 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
| Competitive RoS stream | 1 | 5 years | 3 dates, 19–27 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 2 | 5 years | 3 dates, 20–28 Jan 2026 |
| Competitive RoS stream | 1 | 5 years | 3 dates, 20–28 Jan 2026 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The UBC Psychiatry Interior Track offers a comprehensive 5-year residency program located in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, with primary training sites in Kelowna and Kamloops.
- The program provides diverse psychiatric training experiences across various clinical settings, emphasizing a distributed model of medical education that serves the unique healthcare needs of British Columbian communities.
- Research
- Residents are required to engage in scholarly activities, with options for protected research time, annual Research Day, and potential research selectives in the final year.
- Training setting
- Training occurs across multiple sites in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, including Kelowna General Hospital and Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, offering a blend of urban and community-based psychiatric training environments.
- Teaching approach
- Utilizes Competency By Design framework with progressive learning stages: Transition to Discipline, Foundations, Core, and Transition to Practice, emphasizing comprehensive skill development across multiple psychiatric domains.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- Medical Student Performance Record
- Personal Letter
- Reference Letters
- Interview Performance
- Academic Track Record
- Interpersonal Skills
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Kenneth Heng
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
- Program office
Manager, PGME Programs, Program Coordinator
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.
Videos and podcasts
From the program
Public podcast episodes and videos where the program presents itself. The short descriptions are ours; each link goes to the original.
Psychiatry elsewhere
Nearest to Interior
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