Swift Current - Regional - Family Medicine
University of SaskatchewanSwift Current, Saskatchewan
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 21
- Length
- 2
- Applications per year
- 601+
- Offered interviews
- 26–50%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
Competitive stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Tue 17 Nov 2026,7:00–8:00 pm CSTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Interviews
4 dates, 20–23 Jan 2027
Swift Current, CMG stream: 11 teaching sites · Competitive stream: 1 teaching site · 8 rural weeks
What stands out about this program
Longitudinal experiences in palliative care, long-term care, urology and emergency medicine across both years.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
One-on-one teaching with faculty, including regional specialists.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- This is a two-year family medicine residency based in Swift Current, the major population centre of Southwest Saskatchewan.
- Residents complete an 8-week rural experience at a site of their choice and a 2-week obstetrics block in Prince Albert.
- Longitudinal experiences in palliative care, long-term care, urology and emergency medicine run throughout both years.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Regional community
- Rural / remote
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation (8 weeks)
- Focus areas
- Rural / remote
- POCUS curriculum
- Getting around
- A car is required
- Travel is reimbursed
By year
- PGY-1
- Family Medicine17 weeks
- Obstetrics / Women's Health6 weeks
- Emergency Medicine4 weeks
- Surgery4 weeks
- Internal Medicine4 weeks
- Pediatrics4 weeks
- Electives4 weeks
- Psychiatry4 weeks
- Anesthesia3 weeks
- Orientation2 weeks
- Consolidation Week1 week
- PGY-2
- Family Medicine23 weeks
- Electives10 weeks
- Rural Family Medicine8 weeks
- Obstetrics4 weeks
- Internal Medicine4 weeks
- Consolidation Week1 week
- Exam Week1 week
Where you train
Swift Current, Saskatchewan: CMG stream: 11 teaching sites · Competitive stream: 1 teaching site; 8 rural weeks. A car is required.
- Cypress Regional Hospital
- Prince Albert (Prince Albert)
- Ile a la Crosse (Ile a la Crosse · rural or distributed site)
- La Ronge (La Ronge · rural or distributed site)
- Meadow Lake (Meadow Lake · rural or distributed site)
- Melfort (Melfort · rural or distributed site)
- Moosomin (Moosomin · rural or distributed site)
- Nipawin (Nipawin · rural or distributed site)
- Rosthern (Rosthern · rural or distributed site)
- Weyburn (Weyburn · rural or distributed site)
- Yorkton (Yorkton · rural or distributed site)
- Cypress Regional Hospital
Record systems at the listed sites: Sunrise Clinical Manager at 2 of 11; no published record for 9.
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)
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
Very goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027
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
Tue 17 Nov 2026
7:00–8:00 pm CST
Town hall · VirtualCANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $68,329 / year |
| PGY-2 | $74,518 / 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
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
Open after round 1 in 1 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 0 of 9 years.
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| Year | Open after round 1 | Open after round 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | not available | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 positions open after round 1 in 2020, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 2 | 2 years | 4 dates, 20–23 Jan 2027 |
|
| Competitive stream | 1 | 2 years | 4 dates, 20–23 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 1 | 2 years | 4 dates, 21–24 Jan 2026 |
| Competitive stream | 1 | 2 years | 4 dates, 21–24 Jan 2026 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The Swift Current Family Medicine residency program is a well-established rural program in Southwest Saskatchewan that has graduated over 56 residents since 2010.
- Located in a community of 17,000 with a catchment area of 44,000, the program provides comprehensive training in generalist rural medicine with state-of-the-art simulation and committed faculty.
- Research
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Training setting
- Regional hospital in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, serving a catchment area of 44,000 people with full-service medical facilities including acute care, emergency, obstetrics, and specialist clinics.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-based medical education focused on producing confident, comprehensive family physicians capable of broad-scope practice 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
- CV/Resume
- Interview Performance
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Sheila Smith
Faculty profile of Dr. Sheila Smith(opens in a new tab)
Emergency Medicine
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
- Program office
Program Administrator
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 elsewhere
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- City
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