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St. John's - Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology

Memorial University of NewfoundlandSt. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2027 match, last approved 3 Sep 2026 · See the 2026 version

2027 match programs, from CaRMS as of 5 Oct 2026. Programs can still change until file review opens 26 November; we re-check every two weeks. Always confirm on CaRMS (opens in a new tab).

Positions (approx. quota)
2 positions
Length
5 years
Stream
CMG
Discipline
Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology
Applications per year
51–200
Applicants offered interviews
76–100%
Accreditation
Accredited
CaRMS program ID
36249

Bands are 5-year averages the program reports to CaRMS. They describe past cycles, not your odds.

Summary

  • Memorial University offers a five-year Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology residency following the Competence by Design curriculum.
  • Rotations occur mainly at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John's, with some at St. Clare's Mercy Hospital and pediatric pathology at the Janeway.
  • A research project is required, and an optional one-month rural rotation with provided accommodation is available.

Training

Setting
  • Academic / tertiary hospital
Sites

9 teaching sites

  • Health Sciences Centre
  • Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre
  • St. Clare's Mercy Hospital
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  • Office of the Examiner (Forensic Pathology) - Health Sciences Centre
  • Regional Cytology Reference Laboratory (Cytopathology) - L. A. Miller Center
  • James Paton Memorial Hospital
  • Western Memorial Hospital
  • Saint John Regional Hospital
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Rural exposure
Optional rural rotation
Focus areas
  • Small program
Research
Required · research project
Getting around
  • Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
Highlights
  • Optional one-month rural pathology rotation in NL, NB or PEI with accommodation provided.

By year

PGY-1
  • Foundations of Discipline (Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology)4 blocks
  • Choice between Surgery (ENT or Urology), Medicine (Dermatology, Hematology, or Gastroenterology), or Diagnostic Imaging (Radiology or Radiation Oncology)2 selective blocks
  • Transition to Discipline (Orientation to Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology)1 block
  • Pediatric Oncology1 block
  • Medical Oncology1 block
  • General Surgery1 block
  • General Internal Medicine1 block
  • Gynecology1 block
  • elective1 elective block
PGY-2
  • Breast pathologyUp to 2 blocks per subspecialty
  • CytopathologyUp to 2 blocks per subspecialty
  • DermatopathologyUp to 2 blocks per subspecialty
  • Gastrointestinal pathologyUp to 2 blocks per subspecialty
  • Genitourinary pathologyUp to 2 blocks per subspecialty
  • Gynecologic pathologyUp to 2 blocks per subspecialty
  • Head and Neck pathologyUp to 2 blocks per subspecialty
PGY-4
  • elective periodsix-month
PGY-5
  • hot seat/transition to practice resident in surgical pathologyeach of the affiliated adult hospitals

From the program's rotation list.

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • pediatric pathology (Year 3 to Year 5)
  • cytopathology (Year 3 to Year 5)
  • neuropathology (Year 3 to Year 5)
  • molecular pathology (Year 3 to Year 5)
  • forensic pathology (Year 3 to Year 5)
  • Rural Pathology Experience (one month · James Paton Memorial Hospital (Gander, NL), Western Memorial Hospital (Corner Brook, NL), Saint John Reginal Hospital (Saint John, NB) and Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Charlottetown, PEI))

Selection

Application file components
  • CV
  • Electives
  • Examinations
  • Extra-curricular
  • Leadership skills
  • MSPRs
  • Personal letters
  • Reference documents
  • Research/Publications
  • Transcripts
Return of service
Not required · CMGs only
Applications per year
51–200
Applicants offered interviews
76–100%

Interviews

Dates (2027 match)
2 and 3 Feb 2027
Mode
Virtual
Format
  • Panel

Programs can change interview dates. Confirm on carms.ca.

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 23 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Contract expired, may change.

Annual salary by PGY level, Newfoundland and Labrador
LevelAnnual salary
PGY-1
$69,175 / year
PGY-2
$74,779 / year
PGY-3
$79,848 / year
PGY-4
$85,137 / year
PGY-5
$90,868 / year

One provincial scale for Newfoundland and Labrador, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 5 levels this program covers.

Benefits

Benefits as listed by CaRMS in 2022–2024; check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Additional optional benefits
100% employee paid
Annual vacation
4 weeks/year
CMPA dues
100% reimbursement
Conference leave
7 days/pd
Extended health insurance
Mandatory medical, basic life and AD&Dhttp://www.exec.gov.nl.ca/exec/hrs/working_with_us/employee_benefits.html
Frequency of call
Excess in-hospital call > 7/28 weekday – $225, weekend – $360;Call stipend – $115 Home call > 7/21 – $75;Call stipend – $57.50
Maternity/Paternity leave
Up to One year
Meal allowance
$105 per month
Parking fees
$5/year
Provincial health insurance
Contact Medical Care Plan1-866-449-4459
Resident Student
Full-time status
Sick leave
1 day per month
Statutory holidays
1-1/2 x pay or paid day off

Call

Call (provincial max)
1 day in 4 in-house, on average

The union agreement’s cap for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. Check with the program.

PARNL agreement, 10 Aug 2022 to 30 Jun 2024. The term has ended; its terms continue until a new agreement is signed.

Teaching sites

  • Health Sciences Centre (St. John's)
  • Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre (St. John's)
  • St. Clare's Mercy Hospital (St. John's)
  • Office of the Examiner (Forensic Pathology) - Health Sciences Centre (St. John's)
  • Regional Cytology Reference Laboratory (Cytopathology) - L. A. Miller Center (St. John's)
  • James Paton Memorial Hospital (Gander, NL · rural or distributed site)
  • Western Memorial Hospital (Corner Brook, NL · rural or distributed site)
  • Saint John Regional Hospital (Saint John, NB · rural or distributed site)
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Charlottetown, PEI · rural or distributed site)

Hospital facts

Public figures for hospitals named above, each with its source and reference period. They describe the hospital, not the program, and are not a ranking. We match names to the province’s lists by name, so check each source before you rely on it.

Saint John Regional Hospital

Matched to Saint John Regional Hospital / Hôpital Régional de Saint John (Saint John) in the province’s hospital list.

Inpatient beds
445 As listed in the province’s dataset, whose rows were last updated 24 Apr 2019; the count may be older.

For the other sites: Newfoundland and Labrador doesn't publish this as open data.

Sources and licences

  • Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – New Brunswick.

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

labmedprogramadmin@mun.ca

Amanda Mullett · Program Administrator

709-864-6042

Program director

  • Dr. Stephanie Reid

    Program Director

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.

More links

Location

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

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About the city

Public statistics for the place named by this program’s location label, each with its source and reference period. They describe the place, not the program, and are not a ranking. Check each source before you rely on it.

Climate

Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020. Each value comes from the nearest weather station that reports it, not from the city itself.

January average
−3.6 °C St. John's (West), 4.3 km away
July average
16.5 °C St. John's (West), 4.3 km away
Snowfall
363.4 cm a year St. John's (Airport), 9.0 km away
Days below −20 °C
0.3 days a year St. John's (West), 4.3 km away

People

2021 Census. Figures are for the municipality of St. John's, not the metropolitan area. Statistics Canada rounds counts, so small places are approximate.

Population
110,525 people up 1.5% from 2016
Official languages
English only 90.3% · French only 0.0% · English and French 9.2% · neither 0.5% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants
7.0% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 2.5% · non-permanent residents: 3.8%
Indigenous identity
3.3% of residents
How people commute
car, truck or van 84.4% · public transit 5.4% · walking or cycling 7.2% · other 3.0% Average commute: 15.4 minutes. Shares are of people who commute.The way Canadians commute was altered in 2021 by the pandemic, with lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19 and changes in how and where Canadians worked leading to 2.8 million fewer commuters, compared with five years earlier. Statistics Canada, The Daily, 30 Nov 2022(opens in a new tab)
Median household income
$75,000 before tax $65,000 after tax · income year 2020, in 2020 dollars

Rural and remote

This describes the place named by the program’s location label. Programs can train in several towns, so it is not every site.

Population centre
St. John's, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people) 185,565 people in 2021
Remoteness index
0.247 0 is least remote, 1 is most remote. Statistics Canada calls this index experimental.

Housing, cost and work

Each figure names the area it covers. A missing line means the source publishes nothing for this area.

Rental vacancy rate
2.1% October 2025 survey, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (census metropolitan area). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living
$53,849 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, for two adults with two children. A modest, basic basket (the poverty line), not a resident’s budget. A size-class region is not the town itself.
Unemployment rate
6.6% September 2026, three-month average, seasonally adjusted, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (census metropolitan area); standard error 0.6 points. A survey estimate.

Job outlook

Employment and Social Development Canada’s rating for the occupation in the economic region. It is not a count of jobs, and says nothing about CaRMS positions or your match.

Outlook, 2025–2027
Very good The employment outlook will be Very good for specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine (NOC 31100) in the Avalon Peninsula region for the 2025-2027 period.
Canada-wide, to 2033
Strong risk of Shortage ESDC’s projection for specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine, 2024–2033. Recent conditions, 2021–2023: Strong signs of Shortage.

Sources and licences

  • Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Cartographic Boundary Files.
  • Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey, October 2025 (vacancy rates), and Statistics Canada, Table 34-10-0130-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation or Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS), 2024 to 2033 projections).
  • Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020).
  • Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada, 3-Year Employment Outlooks).
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Index of Remoteness (17-26-0001), 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0459-01 Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted, reference month 2026-09. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0066-01 Market Basket Measure (MBM) thresholds for the reference family by Market Basket Measure region, component and base year, 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0011-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0002-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0057-01 Household income statistics by household type: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0173-01 Mother tongue by knowledge of official languages: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0266-01 Indigenous identity by Registered or Treaty Indian status: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0307-01 Immigrant status and period of immigration by place of birth: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0458-01 Main mode of commuting by commuting duration, time leaving for work, age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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