Halifax - Pediatrics
Dalhousie UniversityHalifax, Nova ScotiaCMG stream
- 5 positions
- 4 years
- CMG
- Pediatrics
- 51–200
- 26–50%
- Accredited
- 36382
Summary
- Dalhousie's 4-year pediatrics residency trains mainly at the IWK Health Centre, the tertiary pediatric referral centre for the three Maritime provinces.
- Required away rotations include a 4-week community pediatrics rotation in New Brunswick in PGY2 and a 4-week junior attending rotation in PEI in PGY4.
- Residents must complete a scholarly project, with four weeks of research time in PGY2.
Training
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Regional community
- Sites
1 teaching site
- IWK Health Centre
Distributed across a region
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Focus areas
- Early independence
- Research
- Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project · protected time
- Call
- In-house call · frequency “max of 7 call per block”
- Getting around
- Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
- Travel is reimbursed
- Highlights
- Mandatory 4-week New Brunswick community rotation where residents supervise family medicine trainees and clerks, with housing provided.
- PGY4 residents spend 4 weeks as junior attending in Prince Edward Island.
By year
- PGY-1
- Pediatric Medical Unit2 further blocks (4 weeks X2)
- subspecialty rotations8 weeks
- Neonatal Intensive Care (level II)4 weeks
- pediatric surgery4 weeks
- community pediatrics4 weeks
- Academic Skills Course4 weeks
- Pediatric Medical Unit2 week
- pediatric emergency medicine2 week
- outpatient clinics2 week
- newborn service2 weeks
- introduction to NICU2 weeks
- PGY-2
- subspecialty rotations8-10 weeks
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Level III)8 weeks
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit4 weeks
- adolescent/social pediatrics4 weeks
- Pediatric Medical Unit4 week
- elective block4 week
- community pediatrics block4 week
- research2 week
- Emergency Department2 week
- pediatric anesthesia1 week
- general community pediatrics4-week
- PGY-3
- selective rotations20 weeks
- general inpatient pediatrics as the senior resident8 weeks
- emergency pediatrics4 weeks
- pediatric intensive care4 weeks
- neonatology4 weeks
- developmental pediatrics4 weeks
- Child Psychiatry4 weeks
- Emergency Department4 weeks
- elective block4 week
- community pediatrics block4 week
- continuity cliniconce/month
- PGY-4
- senior (Transition to Practice) outpatient clinics8 weeks
- senior supervising resident4 weeks
- NICU in Community4 weeks
- Complex Care (2 weeks of palliative care and 2 weeks of rehab)4 weeks
- admitting senior on PMU2 weeks
- junior attending on PMU2 weeks
- elective periodfour-week
- selectivesfour- or six-week
Selection
- 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
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Applicants offered interviews
- 26–50%
Interviews
- Dates (2027 match)
- 25, 26, 27 and 28 Jan 2027
- Mode
- Virtual
- Format
- Panel
Pay
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $78,578 / year |
| PGY-2 | $83,904 / year |
| PGY-3 | $89,462 / year |
| PGY-4 | $95,485 / year |
Benefits
- Annual vacation
- 4 weeks
- Call stipend
- Yes
- CMPA dues paid
- Yes
- Dental coverage
- Yes
- Educational leave
- Yes
- Extended health insurance
- Yes
- Frequency of call
- l in 4 in-hospital and for homecall
- Life insurance
- $100,000 of insurance
- Long-term disabilityinsurance
- 66.7% of salary
- Maternity leave top up after one year’s service
- eligible for up to a maximum of 17 weeks top-up allowance for maternity/pregnancy leave
- Provincial dues (% of salary)
- 1.30%
- Provincial health insurance
- Yes
- Sick leave
- Yes
- Statutory and floating holidays
- paid
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 1 night in 4 in-house
Teaching sites
- IWK Health Centre (Halifax)
Hospital facts
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IWK Health Centre
- Hospital type
- Tertiary
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
Mrs. Lindsay Price
Administrative Assistant
Program director
Dr. Robyn McLaughlin
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Location
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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About the city
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Climate
- January average
- −4.1 °C
- July average
- 18.5 °C
- Snowfall
- 215.2 cm a year
- Days below −20 °C
- 0.9 days a year
People
- Population
- 439,819 people
- Official languages
- English only 87.1% · French only 0.1% · English and French 12.2% · neither 0.6%
- Immigrants
- 11.6% of residents
- Indigenous identity
- 3.8% of residents
- How people commute
- car, truck or van 81.5% · public transit 8.1% · walking or cycling 8.0% · other 2.4%
- Median household income
- $81,000 before tax
Rural and remote
- Population centre
- Halifax, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people)
- Remoteness index
- 0.199
Housing, cost and work
- Rental vacancy rate
- 2.6%
- Basic cost of living
- $54,855 a year
- Unemployment rate
- 5.8%
Job outlook
- Outlook, 2025–2027
- Very good
- Canada-wide, to 2033
- Strong risk of Shortage