Calgary - Diagnostic and Clinical Pathology
University of CalgaryCalgary, AlbertaCMG stream
- 2 positions
- 5 years
- CMG
- Diagnostic and Clinical Pathology
- 0–50
- 76–100%
- Accredited
- 36384
Summary
- The University of Calgary Diagnostic and Clinical Pathology program is a 5-year competency-based residency covering anatomic and clinical pathology.
- Training is mainly at Foothills Medical Centre, the Diagnostic and Scientific Centre and community/subspecialty hospitals in Calgary, with community hospital rotations at Red Deer Regional Hospital.
- The Royal College exam is completed by fall of fifth year, leaving nine months of Transition to Practice.
Training
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Urban community
- Regional community
- Sites
10 teaching sites
- Foothills Medical Centre (FMC)
- Diagnostic and Scientific Centre (DSC - main high-volume laboratory for out-patient specimens)
- Alberta Children's Hospital (ACH)
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- Peter Lougheed Centre (PLC)
- Rockyview General Hospital (RGH)
- South Health Campus (SHC)
- Medical Examiner's Office
- Red Deer Regional Hospital
- Chinook Regional Hospital
- Medicine Hat Regional Hospital
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Research
- Offered · research or quality-improvement project
- Getting around
- Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
- Travel is reimbursed
- Highlights
- Dedicated rotation in a cellular therapy laboratory, including CAR T and stem cell product processing.
- Co-sponsored with Alberta Precision Laboratories, which has an academic Clinical Pathology Division.
- Emphasis on laboratory management and pathology informatics.
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- introductory block (Transition to Discipline · Two blocks (1 block = 4 weeks))
- Infectious Diseases (Foundations · 1 block)
- Medical Oncology (Foundations · 1 block)
- Hematology (Foundations · 1 block)
- Pediatric oncology/hematology (Foundations · 1 block)
- Gyne/Oncology (Foundations · 1 block)
- anatomy and histology block (Foundations · one · Foothills Medical Centre)
- lab medicine "Bootcamp" blocks (Foundations · two · Foothills Medical Centre)
- Surgical Pathology (Core of Discipline)
- Autopsy Pathology (Core of Discipline)
- Cytology (Core of Discipline)
- Forensics (Core of Discipline)
- Pediatric Pathology (Core of Discipline)
- Clinical Chemistry (Core of Discipline)
- Hematopathology (Core of Discipline)
- Medical Microbiology (Core of Discipline)
- Transfusion Medicine (Core of Discipline)
- cellular therapy laboratory (CTL)
Selection
- Application file components
- CV
- Electives
- Examinations
- Extra-curricular
- Leadership skills
- MSPRs
- Personal letters
- Reference documents
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
- Return of service
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
- Applications per year
- 0–50
- Applicants offered interviews
- 76–100%
Interviews
- Dates (2027 match)
- 28 and 29 Jan 2027
- Mode
- Virtual
- Format
- MMI or rotating station
Pay
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $67,440 / year |
| PGY-2 | $74,153 / year |
| PGY-3 | $80,058 / year |
| PGY-4 | $86,281 / year |
| PGY-5 | $92,698 / year |
Benefits
- Annual vacation
- 4 weeks/yr
- Call Stipends
- weekday in-house – $118.02weekend in-house / holiday – $178.72weekday home call – $59.01weekend home call / holiday – $89.35
- CMPA dues paid
- $1,500
- Dental plan
- 75% premium paid
- Educational leave
- 14 days paid leave
- Extended health insurance
- 75% premium paid$1000 per year Flexible Spending Account*
- Frequency of calls
- In-house call: 7/28. 2/4 weekend call.Home call: 9/28. 2/4 weekend call**A Resident scheduled on Home call but who is required to work more than four hours in hospital during the call period, of which more than one full hour is past 12:00 a.m. and before 6:00 a.m., or more than six (6) hours in hospital during the call period, shall be remunerated at the rate for In-House call.$100 per day for each scheduled weekend day of patient rounds when not on-call
- Life insurance
- 100% towards $150,000 coverage
- Life Support Course Costs (Program Approved
- 100% paid
- Long-term disability insurance
- 100% paid for 75% gross income
- Maternity Leave
- 18 weeks total (17 weeks paid to match 90% of salary when combined with EI)
- Parental Leave
- 2 weeks leave with full pay and benefits;52 weeks (inclusive of Maternity/Paternity/Adoption Leaves) – unpaid leave
- Practice Stipend
- $1,500
- Provincial dues (% of salary)
- .95%
- Sick leave
- Up to 3 months or to end contract paid leave, whichever occurs first
- Statutory holidays
- Paid days. Additional days off are given if resident works the day before and part of a named holiday.
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 1 in 4 in-house
Teaching sites
- Foothills Medical Centre (FMC) (Calgary)
- Diagnostic and Scientific Centre (DSC - main high-volume laboratory for out-patient specimens) (Calgary)
- Alberta Children's Hospital (ACH) (Calgary)
- Peter Lougheed Centre (PLC) (Calgary)
- Rockyview General Hospital (RGH) (Calgary)
- South Health Campus (SHC) (Calgary)
- Medical Examiner's Office
- Red Deer Regional Hospital (Red Deer · rural or distributed site)
- Chinook Regional Hospital (Lethbridge · rural or distributed site)
- Medicine Hat Regional Hospital (Medicine Hat · rural or distributed site)
Hospital facts
Hospital size and activity: Alberta doesn't publish this as open data.
Unfilled positions in past years
Open after round 1 in 3 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 2 of 9 years.
| Year | Open after round 1 | Open after round 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | not available | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 positions open after round 1 in 2020, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 2 positions open after round 2 in 2020, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
| 2021 | 2 positions open after round 1 in 2021, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 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 | 0 |
Contacts
Grouped by the titles CaRMS lists. The program office (administrators and coordinators) usually answers questions about the program and applying; the director leads the training.
Program officeadministrators and coordinators
Residency Program Administrator
Program directors
Dr. Yijie Robby Wang
Diagnostic & Clinical Pathology Asst. Program Director
Dr. Marcia Lee Abbott
Diagnostic & Clinical Pathology Program Director
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Location
Calgary, Alberta
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About the city
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Climate
- January average
- −7.6 °C
- July average
- 16.9 °C
- Snowfall
- 138.7 cm a year
- Days below −20 °C
- 21.6 days a year
People
- Population
- 1,306,784 people
- Official languages
- English only 90.8% · French only 0.1% · English and French 6.6% · neither 2.5%
- Immigrants
- 33.3% of residents
- Indigenous identity
- 3.2% of residents
- How people commute
- car, truck or van 83.2% · public transit 8.8% · walking or cycling 5.1% · other 2.9%
- Median household income
- $98,000 before tax
Rural and remote
- Population centre
- Calgary, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people)
- Remoteness index
- 0.106
Housing, cost and work
- Rental vacancy rate
- 4.9%
- Basic cost of living
- $59,153 a year
- Unemployment rate
- 6.3%
Job outlook
- Outlook, 2025–2027
- Good
- Canada-wide, to 2033
- Strong risk of Shortage