Sherbrooke - Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology
Université de SherbrookeSherbrooke, QuebecRegular stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 3
- Length
- 5
- Applications per year
- 0–50
- Offered interviews
- 51–75%
Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
3 dates, 1–3 Feb 2027
Sherbrooke, 11 teaching sites
What stands out about this program
Residents follow their own cases from gross examination through microscopy, taking charge of whole cases longitudinally.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- This is a 5-year diagnostic and molecular pathology residency at Université de Sherbrooke, with most rotations held within the Sherbrooke program.
- At least 9 periods take place in affiliated programs, including bone and soft tissue, forensic, pediatric, neuro- and nephropathology and autopsy, and hematopathology is done at an affiliated centre.
- Teaching is organised by subspecialty and includes longitudinal teaching in gross examination and microscopy.
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
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Training language
- French
By year
- PGY-1
- Introduction à la pathologie
- Pathologie générale junior (1)
- Gastroentérologie
- Dermatologie
- Obstétrique-gynécologie
- Chirurgie générale
- Radio-oncologie
- PGY-2
- Pathologie digestive (1)
- Autopsie (2)
- Cytopathologie (1)
- Pathologie pulmonaire et thoracique (1)
- Pathologie ORL-endocrinienne (1)
- Pathologie mammaire (1)
- Pathologie digestive (2)
- PGY-3
- Hématopathologie (1)
- Neuropathologie
- Cytopathologie (2)
- Option (1)
- Pathologie pédiatrique
- Pathologie mammaire (2)
- Pathologie urologique (2)
- PGY-4
- Pathologie hépatique et pancréatique (et digestive)
- Pathologie digestive (et hépatique et pancréatique)
- Cytopathologie (3)
- Pathologie pulmonaire et thoracique (2)
- Pathologie ORL-endocrinienne (2)
- Hématopathologie (2)
- Pathologie générale sénior (1)
- PGY-5
- Option (3)
- Option (4)
- Cytopathologie (4)
- Pathologie digestive (3)
- Dermatopathologie (3)
- Pathologie urologique (3)
- Option (5)
Other rotations
- Pathologie urologique (1) (Santé Québec Estrie-CHUS)
- Néphropathologie (HMR/CUSM)
- Pathologie générale sénior (2) (Santé Québec Estrie-CHUS)
- Gynécopathologie (1) (Santé Québec Estrie-CHUS)
- Gynécopathologie (2) (Santé Québec Estrie-CHUS)
- Gynécopathologie (3) (Santé Québec Estrie-CHUS)
- Gynécopathologie (4) (Santé Québec Estrie-CHUS)
- ORL (Santé Québec Estrie-CHUS)
- Dermatopathologie (1) (Santé Québec Estrie-CHUS)
- Dermatopathologie (2) (Santé Québec Estrie-CHUS)
- Pathologie mammaire (3) (Santé Québec Estrie-CHUS)
- Autopsie (1) (IUCPQ/CHUM)
- Recherche (1) (Santé Québec Estrie-CHUS)
- Recherche (2) (Santé Québec Estrie-CHUS)
- Option (6)
- Pathologie générale junior (2) (Santé Québec Estrie-CHUS)
- Biologie moléculaire (Santé Québec Estrie-CHUS)
- Pathologie os et tissus mous (CHUQ-HD/CUSM)
- Option (7)
- Pathologie judiciaire (LSJML Montréal)
- Option (2)
- Option (8)
Where you train
Sherbrooke, Quebec: 11 teaching sites.
- CHUS Hôpital Fleurimont
- CHUS - Hôtel-Dieu
- Hôpital Charles-Le Moyne (HCLM, Longueuil) (Longueuil)
- CHUM (Montréal)
- CHU Sainte-Justine (Montréal)
- CUSM (Montréal)
- Hôpital Général Juif (Montréal)
- Laboratoire des sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale (Montréal)
- Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosement (Montréal)
- CHUQ - Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (Québec)
- CHUQ - Hôpital Enfant-Jésus de Québec (Québec)
Distributed across a region
Record systems at the listed sites: ARIANE at 2 of 11, Cristal-Net at 2, DCi-ChartMaxx at 1, Purkinje-HM at 1, TELUS at 2; no published record for 3.
Hospital facts
Public figures for hospitals named above, each with its source and reference period. 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
- DCI ARIANE (dossier clinique informatisé), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
CHUS Hôpital Fleurimont
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 18,141 · 2026–2027: 19,532
- Licensed beds
- physical health 365 · psychiatry 6 · neonatology 20
CHUS - Hôtel-Dieu
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 18,578 · 2026–2027: 18,319
- Licensed beds
- physical health 216 · psychiatry 105
Hôpital Charles-Le Moyne (HCLM, Longueuil)
- Clinical record
- Purkinje-HM (DCI), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 30,073 · 2026–2027: 30,629
- Licensed beds
- physical health 571
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CHUM
- Clinical record
- OACIS (dossier clinique informatisé), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 30,754 · 2026–2027: 32,697
- Licensed beds
- physical health 732 · psychiatry 38 · neonatology 10
CHU Sainte-Justine
- Clinical record
- DCi-ChartMaxx (dossier clinique informatisé), fully electronic record since May 2014
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 27,172 · 2026–2027: 27,007
- Licensed beds
- physical health 333 · psychiatry 19 · neonatology 66
CUSM
- Clinical record
- TELUS (Oacis), since 2006, system named (how far it goes is not stated)
Hôpital de Lachine (Montréal)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 8,296 · 2026–2027: 8,612
- Licensed beds
- physical health 56
Hôpital Général de Montréal (Montréal)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 14,039 · 2026–2027: 14,682
- Licensed beds
- physical health 236 · psychiatry 46
Hôpital Neurologique de Montréal (Montréal)
- Licensed beds
- physical health 90
Hôpital Royal Victoria (Montréal)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 19,799 · 2026–2027: 20,604
L'Hôpital de Montréal pour Enfants (Montréal)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 25,738 · 2026–2027: 26,552
Hôpital Général Juif
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 37,934 · 2026–2027: 39,472
- Licensed beds
- physical health 516 · psychiatry 52 · geriatrics 28 · neonatology 34
Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosement
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 26,902 · 2026–2027: 29,102
- Licensed beds
- physical health 507 · geriatrics 28 · neonatology 26
CHUQ - Hôtel-Dieu de Québec
- Clinical record
- Cristal-Net (DCI), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 9,117 · 2026–2027: 9,533
- Licensed beds
- physical health 262 · hôtellerie 63
CHUQ - Hôpital Enfant-Jésus de Québec
- Clinical record
- Cristal-Net (dossier clinique informatisé), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 25,968 · 2026–2027: 26,733
- Licensed beds
- physical health 335
About Sherbrooke
People
172,950residents, 2021 Census
Housing
2.7%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−9.5 °CJanuary mean19.7 °CJuly mean
Job outlook
Goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027
How they choose
- Application file components
- Extra-curricular
- Leadership skills
- CV
- Reference documents
- MSPRs
- Examinations
- Personal letters
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
- Electives
- Return of service
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 1, 2 and 3 Feb 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- Panel
Info sessions
The 1 session listed for 2027 has passed.
3 Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology info sessions at other programsAll info sessions
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $58,728 / year |
| PGY-2 | $64,809 / year |
| PGY-3 | $70,890 / year |
| PGY-4 | $76,969 / year |
| PGY-5 | $83,050 / year |
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 6 calls in an establishment per 28 days
- Post-call rule (provincial)
- 8 hours of mandatory rest after a work period
- Max continuous duty (provincial)
- 16 hours in an establishment in any 24-hour period
Benefits
- Adoption leave
- 29 to 38 weeks55 to 75 % of salary
- Annual vacation
- 20 days/year
- Assistant Resident Coordinator
- $425/month
- Call Premium
- $607/28 days
- Conference leave
- 7 days pd/year
- Dental Plan
- Yes, available for a fee
- Exam leave
- Day (s) of the exam
- Extended Health Insurance
- Yes
- Leave for death in family
- From 1 to 5 days depending on the family member
- Leave of absence without pay (exceptional measure)
- 12 months maximum
- Life insurance
- Yes
- Long-Term disability insurance
- Yes
- Maternity leaveProvincial Program (RQAP*) and FMRQ **
- 21 weeks95 % of salary
- Meals
- Reduced feeFree during on-call duty
- Pager
- Provided by the establishment
- Parental leave (time sharing between parents)
- 19 to 29 weeks55 to 75 % of salary
- Parking
- ½ of doctors’ feeFree during on-call duty
- Paternity leaveProvincial Program (RQAP) and FMRQ
- 1 week, 100% of salary3 to 5 weeks, 100% of salary(two options)
- Professional Liability Insurance****(CPMA not applicable)
- Yes (free)
- Quebec Health Insurance Program / RAMQ***
- Yes
- Resident Coordinator
- $583/month
- Resuscitation courses and examination leave
- Day of the course and of the exam, course paid
- Sick leave
- 9.6 days pd / yearAnd reimbursement of days not taken
- Statutory and floating holidays
- 13/year
- Study leave
- 10 days pd/year
- Superior Financial Programs
- Yes
- Teaching Premium
- $240/28 days
- Wedding leave
- 7 days paid + 7 days without pay
Past matches
Open after round 1 in 4 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 4 of 9 years.
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| Year | Open after round 1 | Open after round 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | not available | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 positions open after round 1 in 2019, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 2 positions open after round 2 in 2019, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
| 2020 | 1 position open after round 1 in 2020, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 1 position open after round 2 in 2020, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 position open after round 1 in 2022, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 positions open after round 1 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 1 position open after round 2 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 position open after round 2 in 2026, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 3 | 5 years | 3 dates, 1–3 Feb 2027 |
|
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 2 | 5 years | 2 dates as the CaRMS page writes them |
The 2026 page of the Regular stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
The Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology program at Université de Sherbrooke distinguishes itself through high-quality daily individualized microscopy teaching, a longitudinal approach to macro and microscopy, and diverse, active academic activities that constantly reactivate knowledge.
- Research
- Includes dedicated research blocks and encourages research involvement throughout the program
- Training setting
- The program is based in Sherbrooke and includes training across multiple hospitals in Quebec, with a focus on subspecialty-based teaching in diagnostic and molecular pathology.
- Teaching approach
- Competence by Design (CBD) curriculum with four key stages: progression towards discipline, foundations acquisition, discipline mastery, and transition to practice, emphasizing progressive independence and comprehensive patient-centered care.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- Academic performance
- Reference letters
- Motivation letter
- Interview performance
- Clinical evaluations
- Research interest
- Extra-curricular achievements
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr(e) Nadia Ekindi-Ndongo
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
- Program office
Secrétaire de direction
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology elsewhere
Nearest to Sherbrooke
- Bilingual
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