Urban and Rural - Family Medicine
Memorial University of NewfoundlandUrban and Rural, Newfoundland and LabradorIMG stream
- 1 position
- 2 years
- IMG
- Family Medicine
- 201–400
- 76–100%
- Accredited
- 35877
Summary
- Memorial's two-year Family Medicine program trains physicians for urban, rural and remote practice across Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, and Nunavut.
- The Urban and Rural stream may place residents throughout the province depending on rotation availability.
- IMG-stream matches must sign a return-in-service agreement of two years in Labrador-Grenfell or five years elsewhere in the province.
- Residents complete a mandatory QI scholarly project.
Training
- Setting
- Mixed settings
- Sites
Distributed across a region
- Rural exposure
- Optional rural rotation
- Focus areas
- Rural / remote
- Research
- Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project
- Enhanced skills
- Emergency Medicine
- Care of the Elderly
- Other
- Getting around
- Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
- Travel is reimbursed
- Highlights
- Training sites extend across Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, and Nunavut.
- Free housing is provided for core rotations away from the resident's homebase.
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
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
- Required · this stream
- IMG requirements
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Applications per year
- 201–400
- Applicants offered interviews
- 76–100%
Interviews
- Dates (2027 match)
- 20 and 21 Jan 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 |
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
Not stated on CaRMS page
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
Program director
Dr. Kerry-Lynn Williams
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
Urban and Rural, Newfoundland and Labrador
Province-wide: no single base. CaRMS says residents may be placed throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, depending on rotation availability.