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Winnipeg - Family Medicine - Obstetrical Surgical Skills

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
2 positions
Length
1 year
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, teaching sites not stated on CaRMS page · optional rural rotation

A car is recommended

CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab)

What stands out about this program

  • Starts in period 2 (end of July) and runs to the end of period 1 the following year.

    From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

  • Ongoing family medicine continuity clinic, equivalent to two full clinic days during obstetrical blocks.

    From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

  • This 1-year enhanced skills program trains family physicians to perform caesarean sections in communities with a demonstrated need.
  • Training includes eight blocks of obstetrics with caesarean section training and three blocks of women's health horizontal experiences.
  • Residents keep a family medicine continuity clinic during obstetrical blocks, and the program tries to schedule a rural block with an OSS-trained physician.

The summary is written by CdnMD from the program’s CaRMS description.

What training looks like

Rural exposure
Optional rural rotation
Focus areas
  • family_practice_continuity
Getting around
  • A car is recommended

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single year.

  • Obstetrics (Eight blocks)
  • Women’s Health horizontal experiences (Three blocks)
  • neonatology (2 weeks)
  • breast feeding clinics (2 weeks)
  • rural setting with an OSS-trained physician (one block)
  • Family Medicine Continuity clinic (the equivalent of two full clinic days during obstetrical blocks)

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

Where you train

Winnipeg, Manitoba: teaching sites not stated on the CaRMS page; optional rural rotation. A car is recommended.

About Winnipeg

  • People

    749,607residents, 2021 Census

    Municipality of Winnipeg

  • Housing

    2.8%rental vacancy rate

    October 2025 survey, Winnipeg, Manitoba (census metropolitan area)

  • Winter and summer

    −16.3 °CJanuary mean19.5 °CJuly mean

    1991–2020 normals, Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 7.2 km away

  • Job outlook

    not published for this specialty

More about Winnipeg (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)
Not stated on CaRMS page
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 (as the program states it)
In-house 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

  • Dr. Jacqueline Gougeon

CaRMS lists no email for the director.

Program office

Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.

University of Manitoba Enhanced Skills Obstetrical Surgical Skills(opens in a new tab)This program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Family Medicine - Obstetrical Surgical Skills elsewhere

Nearest to Winnipeg

Source

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

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 34675 · 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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