Swift Current - Regional - Family Medicine integrated Emergency Medicine
University of SaskatchewanSwift Current, Saskatchewan
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 1
- Length
- 3
- Applications per year
- 601+
- Offered interviews
- 26–50%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
Competitive stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
4 dates, 20–23 Jan 2027
Swift Current, CMG stream: 4 teaching sites · Competitive stream: 5 teaching sites · 8 rural weeks
What stands out about this program
Transition to Practice includes transport medicine shifts at the Regina STARS base and EMS ride-alongs.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Integrated three-year program leading to both CCFP and CCFP (EM) designations.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
- This is a 3-year integrated Family Medicine-Emergency Medicine program based in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, leading to CCFP and CCFP (EM) designations.
- Cypress Regional Hospital is the primary teaching site, with some rotations in Prince Albert, Regina, Moose Jaw and Saskatoon.
- Year 3 includes 26 weeks of longitudinal EM and a 12-week Transition to Practice rotation.
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 / remote
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation (8 weeks)
- Focus areas
- Rural / remote
- POCUS curriculum
- Longitudinal / integrated
- Research
- Offered · research project · protected time
- Getting around
- A car is required
- Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
- Travel is reimbursed
By year
- PGY-1
- Family Medicine17 weeks
- Obstetrics6 weeks
- General Surgery4 weeks
- Psychiatry4 weeks
- Pediatrics4 weeks
- Internal medicine4 weeks
- Emergency Medicine4 weeks
- Pediatric EM4 weeks
- Anesthesia3 weeks
- PGY-2
- Family Medicine20 weeks
- Rural Family Medicine8 weeks
- Internal Medicine4 weeks
- Electives4 weeks
- Obstetrics4 weeks
- ICU4 weeks
- Trauma4 weeks
- Anesthesia2 weeks
- PGY-3
- Longitudinal EM26 weeks
- Transition to Practice12 weeks
- Electives4 weeks
- Critical Care Selective (PICU/CCU)4 weeks
- Rural FM4 weeks
- Ortho2 weeks
Where you train
Swift Current, Saskatchewan: CMG stream: 4 teaching sites · Competitive stream: 5 teaching sites; 8 rural weeks. A car is required.
- Cypress Regional Hospital
- Associate Family Physicians Clinic
- Jim Pattison’s Children’s Hospital (Saskatoon)
- RUH CCU (Saskatoon)
Distributed across a region
- Cypress Regional Hospital
- Associate Family Physicians Clinic
- Jim Pattison’s Children’s Hospital (Saskatoon)
- RUH CCU (Saskatoon)
- Regina STARS base (Regina)
Distributed across a region
Record systems at the listed sites, all streams: Sunrise Clinical Manager at 2 of 5; no published record for 3.
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.
Cypress Regional Hospital
- Clinical record
- Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
Jim Pattison’s Children’s 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 Swift Current
People
16,750residents, 2021 Census
Housing
5.5%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−10.8 °CJanuary mean18.3 °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, CMG stream
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
- Return of service, Competitive stream
- Required · IMGs only
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 20, 21, 22 and 23 Jan 2027
- Format
- Virtual
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.
5 Family Medicine integrated Emergency Medicine info sessions at other programsAll info sessions
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $68,329 / year |
| PGY-2 | $74,518 / year |
| PGY-3 | $80,700 / year |
Call
- Call (as the program states it)
- In-house and home call · frequency “1 night out of 4”
- 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
After residency
Family doctors in Saskatchewan can bill fee-for-service or join a model that pays for visits and enrolled patients: the Transitional Payment Model (TPM). Panel sizes set by activity level are used for physicians in their first two years of practice. To join: a minimum of 250 matched patients. Compare provinces
Past matches
No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.
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 | 3 years | 4 dates, 20–23 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
| Competitive stream | 1 | 3 years | 4 dates, 20–23 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 1 | 3 years | 4 dates, 21–24 Jan 2026 |
| Competitive stream | 1 | 3 years | 4 dates, 21–24 Jan 2026 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The Swift Current Integrated Family Medicine-Emergency Medicine (iFM-EM) program provides comprehensive training for residents to become full-scope family physicians capable of practicing in rural and regional settings.
- Over three years, residents develop competencies in family medicine, emergency medicine, and acute care, preparing them for comprehensive community practice.
- Research
- Protected research time, annual Resident Scholarship Day, and research mentorship are provided.
- Training setting
- Regional center of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, with a population of 17,000 and a catchment area of 44,000. Training occurs at Cypress Regional Hospital and Associate Family Physicians Clinic, with additional rotations in Prince Albert, Regina, Moose Jaw, and Saskatoon.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-based medical education with progressive independence, focusing on developing generalist family physicians capable of comprehensive care in rural and underserved communities.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- Casper Test
- FMProC Assessment
- Medical Student Performance Record
- Reference Letters
- Personal Letter
- Interview Performance
Contacts and links
- Program directors
Dr. Sheila Smith
Faculty profile of Dr. Sheila Smith(opens in a new tab)
Emergency Medicine
Dr. Kelsy LeavinsSwift Current iFM-EM Co-Director
Dr. Sarah HarrisonSwift Current iFM-EM Co-Director
CaRMS lists no email for the directors.
- Program office
Program Administrator
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
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