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Brandon - Family Medicine - Emergency Medicine

University of ManitobaBrandon, ManitobaCompetitive stream

Enhanced skills (FM/ES) match

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

At a glance

Approx. quota
3 positions
Length
1 year
Applications per year
51–200
Offered interviews
0–25%

Competitive stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates

Interviews

2 dates, 14–15 Oct 2026virtual

Brandon, 7 teaching sites · 4 rural weeks

A car is recommended

CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab)

What stands out about this program

  • Brandon residents rotate through Clinical Coaching Teams of three CCFP(EM) preceptors for consistent feedback.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • High-volume primary stroke management with virtual Telestroke neurology at a regional stroke centre.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • Residents use handheld Butterfly IQ ultrasound devices to build POCUS resuscitation skills over the year.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • This 1-year CCFP-EM program prepares family medicine graduates for the CCFP-EM Certification in Emergency Medicine.
  • Residents are based at Brandon Regional Health Centre, including 20 weeks of community/regional emergency medicine, with rotations at Winnipeg tertiary centres.

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

    The Brandon program offers the best of both worlds by training in Emergency Medicine at the regional Brandon Regional Health Centre and Winnipeg’s two tertiary care centers (Health Sciences Centre and St. Boniface Hospital)

Not a ranking.

What training looks like

Setting
  • Regional community
  • Academic / tertiary hospital
  • Rural / remote
Rural exposure
Required rural rotation (4 weeks)
Focus areas
  • POCUS curriculum
  • Procedural emphasis
Research
Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project
Getting around
  • A car is recommended
  • Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
  • Travel is reimbursed

By year

Year 3
  • Emergency Medicine (Community/Regional)Brandon Regional Health Centre20 weeks
  • Anaesthesia (Adult)Brandon Regional Health Centre4 weeks
  • TraumaGold Surgery - HSC Winnipeg4 weeks
  • Emergency Medicine (Tertiary)Health Sciences Centre or St. Boniface Hospital4 weeks
  • Emergency Medicine (Rural)Thompson, Portage la Prairie, or Selkirk4 weeks
  • Pediatric Emergency MedicineChildren's Hospital4 weeks
  • Medical/Surgical ICUBrandon Regional Health Centre4 weeks
  • Medical or Surgical ICUHSC or St. Boniface General Hospital4 weeks
  • Cardiology/CCUSt Boniface General Hospital.4 weeks

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

Where you train

Brandon, Manitoba: 7 teaching sites; 4 rural weeks. A car is recommended.

  • Brandon Regional Health Centre
  • Health Sciences Centre (Winnipeg)
  • St. Boniface Hospital (Winnipeg)
  • Children's Hospital (Winnipeg)
  • Selkirk Regional Health Centre (Selkirk · rural or distributed site)
  • Portage District General Hospital (Portage la Prairie · rural or distributed site)
  • Thompson General Hospital (Thompson · rural or distributed site)

Distributed across a region

Record systems at the listed sites: Altera at 5 of 7; no published record for 2.

Moving to a new system: Health Sciences Centre; St. Boniface Hospital; Children's Hospital; Portage District General Hospital; Thompson General Hospital (scheduled 31 Mar 2027 across the province).

Hospital facts

5 sites · clinical record systems where an official source states them

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
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 As of 31 Oct 2026. At Health Sciences Centre, St. Boniface Hospital, Children's Hospital, Portage District General Hospital, Thompson General Hospital.

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. As of 31 Oct 2026

Verify with the official source: each source button opens the publisher’s own page.

Hospital size and activity: Manitoba doesn't publish this as open data.

About Brandon

  • People

    51,313residents, 2021 Census

    Municipality of Brandon

  • Housing

    not published for this area

  • Winter and summer

    −16.7 °CJanuary mean18.4 °CJuly mean

    1991–2020 normals, Brandon, 7.4 km away

  • Job outlook

    not published for this specialty

More about Brandon (its page: housing, getting around, weather, things to do, and every program that names it)

Sites as the program’s CaRMS page lists them. City figures are public statistics for the place named by the location; they describe the place, not the program.

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

Application file components as the program describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (FM/ES 2027 match)
14 and 15 Oct 2026
Format
Virtual
  • Panel

Interview dates and format are as the program wrote them.

Pay and call

Provincial scale, last updated 22 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab). One provincial scale for Manitoba, 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, Manitoba
LevelAnnual salary
PGY-3
$83,372 / year

How provincial pay and rent compare

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)

The union agreement’s limits and rules for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. PARIM agreement, 1 Jul 2024 to 30 Jun 2027. Read as of 1 Oct 2026.

Contacts and links

Program director
Program office

Administrative Coordinator, CCFP-EM Program Administrator, Enhanced Skills Program Administrator

Write to the officeemergmed.ccfp@umanitoba.ca

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.

University of Manitoba Department of Emergency Medicine(opens in a new tab)Shared Health Emergency Medicine Resources(opens in a new tab)This program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Family Medicine - Emergency Medicine elsewhere

Nearest to Brandon

Source

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

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 34594 · 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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