Winnipeg - Family Medicine - Addiction Medicine
University of ManitobaWinnipeg, ManitobaCompetitive stream
Enhanced skills (FM/ES) match
Family medicine residents applying for a PGY-3 year (the "+1").
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 3
- Length
- 1
- Applications per year
- 0–50
- Offered interviews
- 76–100%
Competitive stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
Not stated on CaRMS page
Winnipeg, 5 teaching sites · 4 rural weeks
What stands out about this program
Required out-of-province rotation with funding available to support travel.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Residents present at national virtual CSAM journal club and complex case rounds at least once yearly.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
- This 1-year Addiction Medicine enhanced skills program runs as a 13-block schedule of rotations including withdrawal management, an addiction consult service at HSC/SBH, and pain management.
- Training includes a Northern/Remote block, an out-of-province rotation with travel funding, and longitudinal addiction clinic exposure.
- Each resident is expected to complete a scholarly project, which may be a literature review, quality improvement project, or research.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Rural / remote
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation (4 weeks)
- Focus areas
- Longitudinal / integrated
- Research
- Required · research or quality-improvement project
- Getting around
- A car is recommended
- Travel is reimbursed
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- Academic block “bootcamp” – first 2 weeks (0.5 blocks)
- Hospital based Withdrawal management (1 block · AU)
- Community based withdrawal management (1 block · MWMS)
- Addiction Consult Service (2 blocks · HSC/SBH)
- Bed-based treatment program - 2 weeks men’s, 2 weeks women’s (1 block)
- RAAM (0.5 block)
- Primary Care + Addiction + HIV (0.5 block · Nine Circles)
- Northern/Remote (1 block)
- Co-occurring disorders (CODI) (1 block)
- Pain management - 2 weeks acute pain service, 2 weeks chronic pain clinic (1 block)
- Longitudinal (may vary dependent on interest and experience) - OAT clinic, CARMA clinic, RAAM, contingency management (longitudinal)
- Out-of-Province Selective (1 block)
- Electives (1.5 blocks)
- Vacation (1 block (4 weeks))
Where you train
Winnipeg, Manitoba: 5 teaching sites; 4 rural weeks. A car is recommended.
- Health Sciences Centre
- SBH
- AU
- MWMS
- Nine Circles
Record systems at the listed sites: Altera at 1 of 5; no published record for 4.
Moving to a new system: Health Sciences Centre (scheduled 31 Mar 2027 across the province).
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.
Health Sciences Centre
- Clinical record
- Altera Digital Health (EPR), moving to a new system in every hospital by 31 Mar 2027; this hospital’s own date is not published by the province yet
Manitoba's electronic patient record is going into every hospital by the end of March 2027, a hospital at a time (6 of 57 complete as of June 2026). Order entry is not included at this stage.
Hospital size and activity: Manitoba doesn't publish this as open data.
About Winnipeg
People
749,607residents, 2021 Census
Housing
2.8%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−16.3 °CJanuary mean19.5 °CJuly mean
Job outlook
not published for this specialty
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
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (FM/ES 2027 match)
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Format
- Panel
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-3 | $83,372 / year |
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 7 calls per 4-week block, in-house and home call combined
- Post-call rule (provincial)
- No duty hours before 06:00 the next calendar day, after in-hospital call
- Max continuous duty (provincial)
- 26 consecutive hours (24, plus 2 for handover)
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Erin Knight
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
- Program office
Administrative Assistant
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Family Medicine - Addiction Medicine elsewhere
Nearest to Winnipeg
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