Alma - Family Medicine
Université de SherbrookeAlma, QuebecRegular stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 6
- Length
- 2
- Applications per year
- 201–400
- Offered interviews
- 76–100%
Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
5 dates, 19–26 Jan 2027
Alma, 2 teaching sites
What stands out about this program
Horizontal curriculum with specialty exposures integrated longitudinally into family medicine time at Alma hospital.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Observation day in correctional medicine at the Roberval prison.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
- This two-year Université de Sherbrooke family medicine program is based at the GMF-U Alma, next to the Hôpital d'Alma in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region.
- Residents spend 17 periods at the GMF-U, and all required rotations take place within 50 km of Alma.
- The curriculum is horizontal, folding part of the specialty rotations into the family medicine 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
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Focus areas
- Longitudinal / integrated
- Research
- Required · research or quality-improvement project
- Training language
- French
- Enhanced skills
- Care of the Elderly
- Palliative Care
- Clinician Scholar / Research
- Emergency Medicine
- Sport and Exercise Medicine
- Maternity and Newborn Care
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- MÉDECINE INTERNE (1 période · Jonquière ou Roberval)
- PÉRINATALITÉ ** (1 période · Roberval)
- URGENCE (3 périodes · Alma, Chicoutimi ou Jonquière)
- OPTIONS (3 périodes · Selon le stage choisi)
- UMF INTÉGRÉ* (17 périodes · Alma)
- UNITÉ EXTÉRIEURE (2 périodes · Voir Unité extérieure)
- 3E SÉLECTIF (1 période · En GMF-U ou à la même unité extérieure de 2 périodes)
Where you train
Alma, Quebec: 2 teaching sites.
- GMF-U Alma
- Santé Québec Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean-Universitaire, hôpital d’Alma
Distributed across a region
Record systems at the listed sites: no published record for 2 of 2.
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.
Santé Québec Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean-Universitaire, hôpital d’Alma
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 14,425 · 2026–2027: 15,209
- Licensed beds
- physical health 118 · psychiatry 16 · geriatrics 9
About Alma
People
30,331residents, 2021 Census
Housing
1.5%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−15.7 °CJanuary mean18.5 °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.
- IMG requirements
- Recent clinical experience (within 4 years)
- Observerships don’t count as clinical experience
- “l'entrevue de ces candidats.es comportera une deuxième séance comportant trois cas cliniques de type ECOS.”
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 19, 20, 21, 22 and 26 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.
59 Family Medicine info sessions at other programsAll info sessions
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $58,728 / year |
| PGY-2 | $64,809 / 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
After residency
Family doctors in Quebec are paid fee-for-service today. A new model, which pays for enrolled patients, visits and hours worked, is agreed but not in force yet. Every family doctor in the public plan needs a compliance notice (avis de conformité) for a territory in the medical-staffing plan (PTEM, formerly PREM), or a waiver that stands in for it. Compare provinces
Past matches
Open after round 1 in 4 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 5 of 9 years.
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| Year | Open after round 1 | Open after round 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | not available | 1 position open after round 2 in 2018, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 positions open after round 1 in 2021, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 3 positions open after round 2 in 2021, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
| 2022 | 5 positions open after round 1 in 2022, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 4 positions open after round 2 in 2022, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
| 2023 | 3 positions open after round 1 in 2023, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 3 positions open after round 2 in 2023, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
| 2024 | 3 positions open after round 1 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 3 positions open after round 2 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 6 | 2 years | 5 dates, 19–26 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 6 | 2 years | 2 dates as the CaRMS page writes them |
The 2026 page of the Regular stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The Université de Sherbrooke Family Medicine Residency Program aims to train family physicians who provide continuous, comprehensive, and global care adapted to patient and community needs.
- The program focuses on preparing residents to practice in various clinical settings and master the 7 CanMEDS-FM roles.
- Research
- Includes a quality improvement project or research project directed by a primary health research team, along with journal clubs and scholarly activities.
- Training setting
- Primarily located in Alma, with training at the GMF-U Alma and Alma Hospital, with rotations in various regional healthcare centers in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean area.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-based medical education with progressive independence, focusing on comprehensive patient care, community engagement, and developing skills across multiple clinical domains.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- CProMF exam
- Interview performance
- Clinical skills assessment
- Academic performance
- Curriculum vitae
- Motivation letter
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr(e) Joanie Rinfret
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
- Program office
Secrétaire de direction, Adjointe pédagogique
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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- Rural
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