St. John's - Pediatrics
Memorial University of NewfoundlandSt. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCMG stream
- 6 positions
- 4 years
- CMG
- Pediatrics
- 51–200
- 51–75%
- Accredited
- 35313
Summary
- Memorial University's four-year pediatrics residency is based mainly at the Janeway Children's Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre in St. John's.
- Residents complete a mandatory rural community rotation in each of the three core years, with accommodation provided and transportation reimbursed.
- All residents must complete a scholarly research project, with a month of protected time split across second and third years.
Training
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Regional community
- Rural / remote
- Sites
4 teaching sites
- Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre
- Health Sciences Centre
- Western Memorial Regional Hospital
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- Central Newfoundland Regional Hospital
Distributed across a region
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation (12 weeks)
- Focus areas
- Rural / remote
- Early independence
- Research
- Required · research project · protected time
- Getting around
- Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
- Travel is reimbursed
- Highlights
- No subspecialty residents, giving pediatric residents early transition to independence.
- Junior attending blocks in PGY-4, both at the Janeway site and in the community.
- Faculty-to-resident ratio of approximately 1:1.
By year
- PGY-1
- Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU)8 weeks
- Ambulatory Pediatrics8 weeks
- Subspecialty Selective8 weeks
- Newborn Medicine4 weeks
- NICU4 weeks
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine4 weeks
- Child Development4 weeks
- Adolescent Medicine4 weeks
- Community4 weeks
- Enrichment Block4 weeks
- PGY-2
- PICU8 weeks
- Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU)8 weeks
- Elective8 weeks
- NICU4 weeks
- Subspecialty Selective4 weeks
- Pediatric Surgery4 weeks
- Psychiatry4 weeks
- Enrichment Block4 weeks
- Community Pediatrics4 weeks
- Anesthesia2 weeks
- Research2 weeks
- PGY-3
- Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU)8 weeks
- Subspecialty Selective8 weeks
- NICU4 weeks
- PICU4 weeks
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine4 weeks
- Elective4 weeks
- Ambulatory Pediatrics4 weeks
- Child Development4 weeks
- Community Pediatrics4 weeks
- Enrichment Block4 weeks
- Medical Education2 weeks
- Newborn Pediatrics2 weeks
- PGY-4
- Selective16 weeks (4 blocks)
- Elective12 weeks (3 blocks)
- Janeway Site Junior Attending8 weeks
- Acute Care (PICU, NICU or ER)4 weeks
- Learning and Behaviour4 weeks
- Community Junior Attending4 weeks
- Enrichment Block4 weeks
Selection
- Application file components
- CV
- Electives
- Examinations
- Extra-curricular
- Leadership skills
- MSPRs
- Personal letters
- Reference documents
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
- Return of service
- Not required · this stream
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Applicants offered interviews
- 51–75%
Interviews
- Dates (2027 match)
- 1, 2, 3 and 4 Feb 2027
- Mode
- Virtual
- Format
- Traditional (one on one/two on one)
Pay
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $69,175 / year |
| PGY-2 | $74,779 / year |
| PGY-3 | $79,848 / year |
| PGY-4 | $85,137 / year |
Benefits
- 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
Teaching sites
- Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre (St. John's)
- Health Sciences Centre
- Western Memorial Regional Hospital (rural or distributed site)
- Central Newfoundland Regional Hospital (rural or distributed site)
Hospital facts
Hospital size and activity: Newfoundland and Labrador doesn't publish this as open data.
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. Elaine Hendry
Academic Program Assistant
Program directors
Dr. Lisa Goodyear
Pediatric Residency Program Director
Dr. Laura Vivian
Assistant Program Director
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Location
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
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About the city
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Climate
- January average
- −3.6 °C
- July average
- 16.5 °C
- Snowfall
- 363.4 cm a year
- Days below −20 °C
- 0.3 days a year
People
- Population
- 110,525 people
- Official languages
- English only 90.3% · French only 0.0% · English and French 9.2% · neither 0.5%
- Immigrants
- 7.0% of residents
- 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%
- Median household income
- $75,000 before tax
Rural and remote
- Population centre
- St. John's, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people)
- Remoteness index
- 0.247
Housing, cost and work
- Rental vacancy rate
- 2.1%
- Basic cost of living
- $53,849 a year
- Unemployment rate
- 6.6%
Job outlook
- Outlook, 2025–2027
- Very good
- Canada-wide, to 2033
- Strong risk of Shortage