Calgary - Medical Microbiology
University of CalgaryCalgary, AlbertaCMG stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 1
- Length
- 5
- Applications per year
- 0–50
- Offered interviews
- 76–100%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
Interviews
1 date, 28 Jan 2027
Calgary, 9 teaching sites
What stands out about this program
Residents participate in remote oversight and on-call coverage of five regional community hospital laboratories.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Training within a single integrated provincial laboratory organization with one provincial information system.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Summer didactic program on microbiology laboratory management plus longitudinal laboratory management curriculum.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- This 5-year Medical Microbiology residency is Calgary-based, with a mandatory 4-week rotation at the Public Health Laboratory in Edmonton.
- Residents train mainly at the Calgary hub laboratory and participate in remote oversight of 5 community-based laboratories across Alberta.
- Twelve blocks of electives are available from the Core of Discipline stage.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Public health agency
- Urban community
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Research
- Offered · research or quality-improvement project
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- Transition to Discipline (Transition to Discipline · 2 blocks)
- Infectious Diseases (Foundations of Discipline · 3 blocks)
- Family Medicine (Foundations of Discipline)
- Emergency Medicine (pediatric and adult) (Foundations of Discipline)
- Pediatrics (Foundations of Discipline)
- Internal Medicine (Foundations of Discipline)
- General Surgery (Foundations of Discipline)
- Public health laboratory (Edmonton) (Core of Discipline · 4-week · Edmonton)
- Infectious Diseases specialized outpatient clinics (Core of Discipline)
- elective rotations (Core of Discipline · Twelve blocks)
- Transition to Practice (Transition to Practice · 9 blocks)
Where you train
Calgary, Alberta: 9 teaching sites.
- Hub laboratory (Calgary)
- Public health laboratory (Calgary)
- Public health laboratory (Edmonton) (Edmonton)
- Community-based laboratory sites (Grande Prairie, Fort McMurray, Red Deer, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat) (rural or distributed site)
- Foothills Medical Centre
- Peter Lougheed Centre
- Rockyview General Hospital
- South Health Campus
- Alberta Children's Hospital
Record systems at the listed sites: Epic at 5 of 9; no published record for 4.
Hospital facts
What official sources say for hospitals named above, each with its source and the date we read it. 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
- Epic (Connect Care), fully electronic record since Nov 2024
Hospital size and activity: Alberta doesn't publish this as open data.
About Calgary
People
1,306,784residents, 2021 Census
Housing
4.9%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−7.6 °CJanuary mean16.9 °CJuly mean
Job outlook
Goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027
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.
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 28 Jan 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- MMI or rotating station
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.
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $67,440 / year |
| PGY-2 | $74,153 / year |
| PGY-3 | $80,058 / year |
| PGY-4 | $86,281 / year |
| PGY-5 | $92,698 / year |
Call
- Call (as the program states it)
- In-house and home call · frequency “up to 7 days in each four-week block”
- Call (provincial max)
- 1 in 4 in-house
- Post-call rule (provincial)
- No new responsibilities after the 24th hour of duty, apart from handover
- Max continuous duty (provincial)
- 24 consecutive hours, plus 2 hours for handover
Benefits
- Annual vacation
- 4 weeks/yr
- Call Stipends
- weekday in-house – $118.02weekend in-house / holiday – $178.72weekday home call – $59.01weekend home call / holiday – $89.35
- CMPA dues paid
- $1,500
- Dental plan
- 75% premium paid
- Educational leave
- 14 days paid leave
- Extended health insurance
- 75% premium paid$1000 per year Flexible Spending Account*
- Life insurance
- 100% towards $150,000 coverage
- Life Support Course Costs (Program Approved
- 100% paid
- Long-term disability insurance
- 100% paid for 75% gross income
- Maternity Leave
- 18 weeks total (17 weeks paid to match 90% of salary when combined with EI)
- Parental Leave
- 2 weeks leave with full pay and benefits;52 weeks (inclusive of Maternity/Paternity/Adoption Leaves) – unpaid leave
- Practice Stipend
- $1,500
- Provincial dues (% of salary)
- .95%
- Sick leave
- Up to 3 months or to end contract paid leave, whichever occurs first
- Statutory holidays
- Paid days. Additional days off are given if resident works the day before and part of a named holiday.
Past matches
Open after round 1 in 4 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 3 of 9 years.
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| Year | Open after round 1 | Open after round 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | not available | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 position open after round 1 in 2019, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 1 position open after round 2 in 2019, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 position open after round 1 in 2022, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 1 position open after round 2 in 2022, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 position open after round 1 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 1 position open after round 2 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 position open after round 1 in 2026, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
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 | 1 | 5 years | 1 date, 28 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 1 | 5 years | 1 date, 29 Jan 2026 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The University of Calgary Medical Microbiology Residency Program offers comprehensive training to develop high-caliber medical microbiologists for clinical, academic, and leadership roles.
- The program provides a broad, flexible training experience across various laboratory settings, emphasizing individual learning needs and preparing residents for diverse career paths in medical microbiology.
- Research
- Residents can engage in translational research in areas like antimicrobial resistance, laboratory surveillance, molecular diagnostics, and global health.
- Training setting
- Training occurs primarily in Calgary-based laboratories, with additional rotations in Edmonton and five regional community laboratories across Alberta. The program combines urban academic medical center training with exposure to diverse clinical settings.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) with progressive independence, focusing on entrusting residents with increasing responsibilities as they demonstrate key competencies across different training stages.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
- CV/Resume
- Personal letter
- Reference letters
- Elective experiences
- Interview performance
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Luiz Lisboa
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
- Program office
Program Administrator
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Medical Microbiology elsewhere
Nearest to Calgary
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