Sherbrooke - Family Medicine - Palliative Care

Université de SherbrookeSherbrooke, QuebecRegular stream

Enhanced skills (FM/ES) match

Family medicine residents applying for a PGY-3 year (the "+1").

Approx. quota: 2 positions
Length: 1 year
Applications per year: 0–50
Offered interviews: 76–100%

Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates

Interviews

1 date, 21 Oct 2026virtual

Sherbrooke, 3 teaching sites

CaRMS program page

What stands out about this program

Two four-week periods at a residential palliative care hospice (Maison Aube-Lumière).
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

Training takes place mainly at the CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS Fleurimont and Hôtel-Dieu sites, with periods at the Maison Aube-Lumière hospice and a regional hospital.
It is open to residents who have completed family medicine and to physicians already in practice.

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

What training looks like

Setting: Academic / tertiary hospital
Regional community
Urban community
Rural exposure: Not stated on CaRMS page
Research: Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project
Training language: French

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single year.

unité de soins palliatifs (USP) (3 périodes)
Maison de soins palliatifs Aube-Lumière (2 périodes · Maison de soins palliatifs Aube-Lumière)
consultation en soins palliatifs (3 périodes)
radio-oncologie (2 semaines)
oncologie palliative (2 semaines)
soins palliatifs dans un hôpital régionnal (1 période · hôpital régionnal)
soins à domicile (1 période)
CHSLD (1 période)
période optionnelle au choix du résident, dans un domaine connexe aux soins palliatifs (1 période)

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

Where you train

Sherbrooke, Quebec: 3 teaching sites.

Santé Québec Estrie - CHUS- site Fleurimont
Santé Québec Estrie - CHUS - site Hôtel-Dieu
Maison Aube-Lumière

Record systems at the listed sites: no published record for 3 of 3.

Hospital facts

2 sites · public figures where the province publishes them

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.

How to read the figures

Emergency visits. Cumulative from 1 April to the end of period 5 of 13 (about 20 weeks) of each fiscal year. Not a yearly total: compare only the same period.
Licensed beds. Capacity on the facility’s permit (au permis), by bed type, as of the 1 Oct 2026 extraction. Not staffed or open beds, and not added up across bed types.

Santé Québec Estrie - CHUS- site Fleurimont

Matched to CHUS - Hôpital Fleurimont (Sherbrooke) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 18,141 · 2026–2027: 19,532
Licensed beds: physical health 365 · psychiatry 6 · neonatology 20

Santé Québec Estrie - CHUS - site Hôtel-Dieu

Matched to CHUS - Hôtel-Dieu de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 18,578 · 2026–2027: 18,319
Licensed beds: physical health 216 · psychiatry 105

Sources and licences

Contient de l'information fournie par le ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec et visée par CC BY 4.0. Données modifiées. (Contains information provided by the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec under CC BY 4.0. Data modified.)

About Sherbrooke

People
172,950residents, 2021 Census
Municipality of Sherbrooke
Housing
2.7%rental vacancy rate
October 2025 survey, Sherbrooke, Quebec (census metropolitan area)
Winter and summer
−9.5 °CJanuary mean19.7 °CJuly mean
1991–2020 normals, Lennoxville, 9.1 km away
Job outlook
not published for this specialty

More about Sherbrooke (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: Extra-curricular
Leadership skills
CV
Reference documents
MSPRs
Examinations
Personal letters
Research/Publications
Transcripts
Electives
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): 21 Oct 2026
Format: Virtual
Panel

Interview dates and format are as the program wrote them.

Pay and call

Provincial scale, last updated 23 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab). One provincial scale for Quebec, 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, Quebec
Level	Annual salary
PGY-3	$70,890 / year

How provincial pay and rent compare

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

The union agreement’s limits and rules for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. FMRQ agreement, 1 Apr 2021 to 31 Mar 2028. Read as of 1 Oct 2026.

Benefits

28 lines as listed by CaRMS in 2022–2024: Adoption leave, Annual vacation, Assistant Resident Coordinator, and more

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

Contacts and links

Program director: Dr(e) Émilie BeaulacDirectrice du Programme de compétences avancées en soins palliatifs
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
Program office: Secrétaire de direction
Write to the officemedfam-pca@usherbrooke.ca

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

Programme de compétences avancées en soins palliatifs This program on CaRMS

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Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · FM/ES 2027 match · last approved 21 Aug 2026.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 34576 · 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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