Prince Albert - Family Medicine - Emergency Medicine
University of SaskatchewanPrince Albert, SaskatchewanCompetitive stream
Enhanced skills (FM/ES) match
Family medicine residents applying for a PGY-3 year (the "+1").
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 2
- Length
- 1
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Offered interviews
- 26–50%
Competitive stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
2 dates, 6–7 Nov 2026
Prince Albert, 4 teaching sites
What stands out about this program
Training site with higher trauma levels per capita than most Canadian cities.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Residents help manage critically ill patients from northern outpost clinics via the northern referral centre.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- This 1-year family medicine–emergency medicine program leads to the Certificate of Added Competency in Emergency Medicine (CCFP-EM).
- Training is based mainly at Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert, with adjunct tertiary rotations in Saskatoon.
- Residents complete a required QI project and have access to formal point-of-care ultrasound 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
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Focus areas
- Northern
- POCUS curriculum
- Procedural emphasis
- Research
- Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project · protected time
- Training language
- English
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- Emergency Medicine (20 weeks · Victoria Hospital (VH))
- Anesthesia (4 weeks · Victoria Hospital (VH))
- Community ICU (2 weeks · Victoria Hospital (VH))
- ICU (4 weeks · Royal University Hospital (RUH)/ St. Paul’s Hospital (SPH))
- CCU (4 weeks · Royal University Hospital (RUH))
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine (4 weeks · Jim Pattison Children's Hospital (JPCH))
- Trauma (2 weeks · Royal University Hospital (RUH))
- Plastic Surgery (2 weeks · St. Paul’s Hospital (SPH))
- Orthopedic Surgery (2 weeks · Royal University Hospital (RUH))
- Selective (4 weeks)
- Elective (4 weeks)
- Longitudinal Emergency Medicine administration (Victoria Hospital (VH))
Where you train
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan: 4 teaching sites.
- Victoria Hospital
- Royal University Hospital (Saskatoon)
- Jim Pattison Children's Hospital (Saskatoon)
- St. Paul's Hospital (Saskatoon)
Distributed across a region
Record systems at the listed sites: Sunrise Clinical Manager at 4 of 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
- Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
Victoria Hospital
- Clinical record
- Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
Hospital size and activity: Saskatchewan doesn't publish this as open data.
About Prince Albert
People
37,756residents, 2021 Census
Housing
5.6%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−17.2 °CJanuary mean17.9 °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
- Other file component(s)
- Return of service
- Not stated on CaRMS page
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (FM/ES 2027 match)
- 6 and 7 Nov 2026
- Format
- Virtual
- Traditional (one on one/two on one)
- Panel
- MMI or rotating station
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-3 | $80,700 / year |
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 1 in 4 in-house, averaged over a rotation
- Post-call rule (provincial)
- Back on regularly scheduled hours the next work day
- Max continuous duty (provincial)
- 24 hours, plus up to 2 hours for handover
Benefits
- Annual vacation
- 4 weeks
- CMPA dues paid
- 100%
- Dental plan
- 100%
- Educational leave
- Minimum 7 days with pay, 12 Maximum
- Employee Assistance Program
- Two programs available through SMA and University of Saskatchewan
- Extended health insurance
- Blue Cross family coverage, if registered with a Provincial Health Plan
- Life insurance
- Paid premium, >$100,000 coverage
- Long-term disability insurance
- Paid premium cost for Disability Insurance
- Maternity leave/ Paternity
- In conformity with Sask. Labour Standards Act – 17 weeks max maternity leave and up to 35 weeks parental leave.5 paid days paternity (can split the 35 weeks parental leave with mother as desired.)
- Meal allowance
- n/a
- On-Call Stipends
- Home Light: per duty period: $72 weekday; $83 weekendIn House: per duty period: $166 weekday; $191 weekendICU/CCU: per duty period: $166 weekday; $191 weekend
- Provincial dues (% of salary)
- 1 %
- Provincial health insurance
- Yes, if registered with Sask. Health
- Sick leave
- 1.25 days per month to maximum 75 days
- Statutory and floating holidays
- 1.5 times pay or 1/2 pay & day off for stats, plus 6 extra paid days off at Christmas
- Supplemental Maternity Leave Benefits
- 15 weeks topped to 90% pay when eligible for Employment Insurance
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Desiree Rouleau
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
- Program office
Enhanced Skills 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.
Family Medicine - Emergency Medicine elsewhere
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