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Vancouver Island - Strathcona - Family Medicine

University of British ColumbiaVancouver Island, British ColumbiaIMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2027 match, last approved 15 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)
1 position
Length
2 years
Stream
IMG
Discipline
Family Medicine
Applications per year
201–400
Applicants offered interviews
51–75%
Accreditation
Accredited
CaRMS program ID
35581

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

Summary

  • The Strathcona site of UBC's two-year family medicine program trains residents in the Campbell River and Comox Valley communities on Vancouver Island.
  • Specialist rotations take up most of R1, and R2 is dedicated to family medicine.
  • Residents complete a quality improvement project in R1 and a scholarly project in R2, and the IMG stream carries a Ministry of Health return-of-service contract.

Training

Setting
  • Rural / remote
Sites

2 teaching sites

  • Campbell River General Hospital (CRGH)
  • Comox Valley Hospital (CVH)

Distributed across a region

Rural exposure
Based in a rural community
Focus areas
  • Rural / remote
  • Indigenous health
  • Longitudinal / integrated
  • Early independence
Research
Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project
Enhanced skills
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Care of the Elderly
  • Anesthesia
  • Palliative Care
  • Sport and Exercise Medicine
  • Clinician Scholar / Research
  • Other
Getting around
  • A car is required
Highlights
  • Residents are assigned to a home community (Campbell River or Comox Valley) for both years.
  • Local Indigenous Health Education Program with opportunities in fly-in and Indigenous-specific clinics.

By year

PGY-1
  • Family Medicine13 weeks
  • Hospital Medicine12 weeks - 8 weeks IM and 4 weeks Hospitalist
  • Surgery6 weeks
  • ER5 weeks and longitudinal sessions
  • Child and adolescent health4 weeks
  • Mental Health/Psychiatry4 weeks
  • Addictions Medicine2 weeks
  • home clinica month
  • OBG8wks
PGY-2
  • elective8 weeks
  • FP Practicummaximum of 2 weeks
  • Family Medicine

From the program's rotation list.

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
  • Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program
Applications per year
201–400
Applicants offered interviews
51–75%

Interviews

Dates (2027 match)
16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25 and 26 Jan 2027
Mode
Virtual
Format
  • MMI or rotating station

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

Info sessions

Info sessions planned, dates not published yet.

From the program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), read 1 Oct 2026. Dates and times are as the program wrote them, not converted to your time zone. Programs add and change sessions: confirm with the program.

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 2 Sep 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Salaries from April 2027.

Annual salary by PGY level, British Columbia
LevelAnnual salary
PGY-1
$71,390 / year
PGY-2
$79,571 / year

One provincial scale for British Columbia, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 2 levels this program covers.

Benefits

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

Annual vacation
4 weeks
CMPA dues paid
Yes. Mandatory
Dental plan
100% Premiums Paid
Educational leave
Yes
Extended health insurance
100% Premiums Paid
Frequency of calls
1 in 4 onsite/1 in 3 offsite
Life insurance
100% Premium Paid
Long-term disability insurance
Yes 100% Premiums Paid
Maternity leave
17 weeks, plus up to 78 weeks Parental Leave
Meal allowance
No
Provincial dues (% of salary)
1.5%
Provincial health insurance
100% Premiums Paid
Sick leave
Yes
Statutory holidays
2 x pay plus extra day with pay

Call

Call (provincial max)
1 in 4 in-house

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

RDBC agreement, 1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2029.

Teaching sites

  • Campbell River General Hospital (CRGH) (Campbell River)
  • Comox Valley Hospital (CVH) (Comox Valley)

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.

Campbell River General Hospital (CRGH)

Matched to North Island Hospital Campbell River and District (Campbell River) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
2,628 All procedure groups, for the fiscal year (1 April to 31 March). Scheduled surgery only: emergency surgery is not in the file.
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
664 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Comox Valley Hospital (CVH)

Matched to North Island Hospital Comox Valley (Courtenay) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
7,417 All procedure groups, for the fiscal year (1 April to 31 March). Scheduled surgery only: emergency surgery is not in the file.
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
1,923 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Sources and licences

  • Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

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@familymed.ubc.ca

Shared by Jialin (Lydia) Chen · Program and Learning Development Manager and Alexandria Miller · Education Coordinator

Program directors

  • Dr. Sarah McCorquodale

  • Dr. Flora Wong

CaRMS lists no email for the directors.

Site staffdirectors and coordinators at the teaching sites

Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.

Location

Vancouver Island, British Columbia

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Independent. Not affiliated with CaRMS or the program. Programs edit their descriptions during the match; confirm on carms.ca (opens in a new tab) before you apply. Data last updated on CdnMD 6 Oct 2026.