Program Contacts

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Important Information

Prospective residents should refer to the UBC Family Practice Postgraduate Program website for ongoing updates, deadlines and detailed information.

For the 2026 residency selection cycle, all family practice residency programs in Canada require applicants to sit the FMProC for both rounds of CaRMS. FMProC assessments are valid only one admission cycle. For those who have previously taken the FMProC, they need to retake it if they are applying to family practice residency this cycle.

 

For all applicants, registration for this cycle’s FMProC opens September 10, 2025 (12 noon ET) and closes October 30, 2025 (12 noon ET).  Test window is from October 23 (12 noon ET) to November 06, 2025 (12 noon ET). 

 

To register and find out more about the test please go to www.fmproc.com. All test related updates will be posted on the website. 

Requests to register or to sit the test outside of the posted deadlines will not be considered. 

 

 

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Return of Service

The IMG stream is subject to a Return of Service (ROS). Successfully matched applicants are required to sign a contract with the Ministry of Health as a condition of accepting a medical residency position. Templates of the ROS contract and allocation details can be reviewed on the MOH ROS website here: International Medical Graduates - BC

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General Instructions

Program application language: English

Resident selection for the UBC Family Practice Postgraduate Program is a collaborative process between all our sites. Logistics and administration of resident selection is managed by our central program office in Vancouver, located at the UBC Point Grey Campus.

As the UBC Family Practice Postgraduate Program is distributed into 23 unique sites and locations, candidates should apply to each site they are interested in. 
Applicants must submit the same application package to all sites to which they apply.  

Regardless of the number of sites applicants apply to and rank, only one interview will be conducted. 

A variety of virtual information sessions will be held to provide prospective residents with the opportunity to learn more about the programs and discuss the training experience with faculty and current residents. Please visit Program Events for upcoming events. 

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Supporting Documentation / Information

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Review Process

Applications submitted after file review has opened on November 27, 2025

Supporting documents (excluding letters of reference) that arrive after file review has opened  on  November 27, 2025

Letters of reference that arrive after the unmasking date on November 27, 2025

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Interviews

Dates:

• January 17, 2026
• January 19, 2026
• January 20, 2026
• January 21, 2026
• January 22, 2026
• January 23, 2026
• January 24, 2026
• January 26, 2026
• January 27, 2026

Selection Criteria

Applicants must submit an application to each site they are interested in and should assign the same set of documents to each site.

Selection is based on a comprehensive and structured review process that includes the following components (and weights):

• file review (50%),
• standardized MMI interview (45%)
• FMProC score (5%).

 

The ranking process follows this general flow:

• The file review determines whether an interview is offered.
• Scores from the file review, MMI, and FMProC are used to calculate each applicant’s overall global score.
• A global rank order list is created from the overall global scores.
• The global rank order list is given to each site.
• Some sites will use this as their own final rank order list, while some sites may make their own adjustments to this list based on local site selection committee deliberation. Please also see the “Information gathered outside of CaRMS application” section below.

 

Our teams of file reviewers and interviewers consist of the following representatives from our program’s many diverse sites:

• clinical faculty
• faculty leadership (including the Program Director)
• senior administration
• senior residents from our program’s many diverse sites.

 

All assessors are required to

• complete Implicit Bias and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) training within the last two years
• declare any Conflicts of Interest
• sign Confidentiality Agreements per applicable UBC policies.

 

Program goals

1. To graduate residents who have developed the competencies needed to begin independent family practice in diverse community settings
2. To deliver an effective academic, clinical and scholarly educational program
3. To graduate residents who are inspired, resilient, and balanced
4. To graduate residents who demonstrate evidence-based and reflective practice
5. To provide working and learning environments that ensure residents, faculty and staff feel respected and supported

Selection process goals

1. Identify individuals with an aptitude for family medicine who are most likely to thrive in our diverse residency sites and in the unique context of British Columbia communities
2. Identify individuals with a demonstrated solid foundation of clinical skills and clinical approach which equips them for Postgraduate Education training.
3. Identify individuals who have consistent professional behavior; who interact appropriately with patients, colleagues and staff.
4. Identify mature, motivated individuals with a broad range of life experience which they can draw upon to adapt to the demands of residency training.

File review process

Evaluation criteria :

Elective criteria

Interview process

Interview evaluation criteria :

Information gathered outside of CaRMS application

We do not consider any information gathered outside of the CaRMS application and local interview processes.

Ranking process

The behavior(s) exhibited below during the interview process may prevent an applicant from being ranked by our program :
Unprofessional or inappropriate behavior   
Did not attend interview   
Interview performance was not competitive   
Other : • File does not support interest in family medicine
• Interview suggests lack of non-cognitive family medicine skills

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Program Highlights

Uniquely B.C:  UBC Family Medicine

Family Medicine training in BC presents you with many unique opportunities. We are a fully accredited distributed program with 23 training sites and multiple training communities. In an effort to meet the evolving needs of our society, each site provides a solid foundation in the knowledge and clinical skills of Family Medicine so that our graduates are prepared to practice in a variety of settings. While our program offers diversity of training, it is based on common goals, learning objectives, and assessment standards.

All residents are required to do a mandatory 2-month rural rotation in Family Medicine in their second year. Residents in the Coastal, or rural programs in the Okanagan or the North complete longer rural placements. Residents can also apply to participate in Enhanced Rural training for a total of 4-6 months in rural communities.

There is extensive academic and administrative support for the entire residency program. Our central program administrative team is based in Vancouver on UBC campus. At the site level, leadership teams are made up of a Site Director, Site Faculty, Lead Residents and administrators. Lead Program Faculty provide provincial education support in the areas of curriculum, assessment, faculty development, scholarship and behavioral medicine.

The Family Practice Postgraduate Education Committee has representation from all sites to ensure a connected, distributed program that fully meets accreditation standards. Residents are represented at all levels of governance.

A wide range of amazing recreational and cultural opportunities are at your doorstep, as well as a collegial community of residents and physicians with whom you can learn, grow, and play. We want your experience to be in BC to be a positive and enjoyable one.

Training Sites: Overview

Visit the UBC Family Practice Postgraduate Program website for a detailed overview of each of the 23 sites and their surrounding communities.  Each site provides opportunities to experience Family Medicine in their unique context, offering special opportunities to gain experience and skills unique to the area where you are training.

The following is a list of our sites and their base community/hospital. Each site serves the surrounding community (see training sites for full details):

 

Greater Vancouver / Lower Mainland

• Abbotsford-Mission
• Coastal (North Vancouver, Lion’s Gate Hospital)
• Chilliwack
• Indigenous (Greater Vancouver and rural Indigenous communities)
• St. Paul's (Downtown Vancouver, Inner City)
• Surrey South Fraser (Surrey Memorial Hospital)
• Vancouver Fraser (New Westminster, Royal Columbian)

 

Interior Region

• Kootenay Boundary (Trail, Nelson, Rossland, Castlegar)
• Kelowna Rural (Kelowna R1 year; rural communities across BC in R2 year)
• Kelowna Regional
• North Okanagan (Vernon)
• Okanagan South (Penticton)
• Kamloops

 

Vancouver Island

• Indigenous (Victoria, Ladysmith and rural Indigenous communities including Pacheedaht, Penelakut, ‘Namgis)
• Quw'utsun (Duncan)
• Nanaimo 
• Strathcona (Comox, Campbell River and Courtenay)
• Victoria

 

Northern

• Fort St. John (Northeast)
• Northern Rural (Prince George R1 year; rural communities across BC in R2 year)
• Prince George
• Rural Immersion (Hazelton, Smithers, Vanderhoof, Mackenzie, Valemount/McBride, Chetwynd/Tumbler Ridge, Quesnel)
• Terrace (Rural Northwest)
• Indigenous

 

IMG positions are offered at the following sites:

• Abbotsford-Mission
• Chilliwack
• Coastal
• Fort St. John
• Kamloops
• Kootenay Boundary
• Nanaimo
• North Okanagan
• Okanagan South
• Kelowna Rural
• Kelowna Regional
• Prince George
• Strathcona
• St. Paul’s
• Surrey South Fraser
• Vancouver Fraser
• Victoria

Resident Support

Resident resilience and wellness is our top priority. Important resources have been developed by our program to support our residents throughout the course of the training.

All UBC programs are allocated a fixed amount of funding per resident for Resident Activities.  This funding is used to provide educational support to residents during their 2 years of training. This includes funding for residents to attend program-wide courses and events. Additionally, residents may identify conferences and educational materials that would supplement their training experience. A discretionary, per resident funding will also be allocated to the sites for a similar purpose at the site level.

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Program Curriculum

This residency program is for 2 years.

Program length of training does not exceed the Royal College or College of Family Physicians of Canada standard.

Introduction

Welcome to the Surrey-South Fraser Site of the UBC Family Practice Residency Program. Surrey Memorial Hospital is the largest hospital in the Fraser Health Authority and one of the busiest hospitals in BC, seeing over 158,558 emergency visits per year at this site. We have 300+ family practitioners, with a variety of practice types including full service with active hospital privileges, full service office-based, walk-in clinics and physicians with special interest in Obstetrics, Hospitalist Medicine, Geriatrics, HIV/AIDS, New Canadian Clinic, Surgical Assistant Program, Palliative/Hospice, Emergency Medicine, Mental Health, Addiction Medicine, Adolescent clinic, and Methadone clinic.

Surrey Memorial is a 800-bed hospital, co-located with the Fraser Valley Cancer Clinic, Laurel Place Rehabilitation and Hospice, Creekside Withdrawal Management Centre, and professional buildings providing space for our medical staff. On an average day we see 300+ ER visits, 75+ acute & day surgeries, deliver 12+ babies, conduct 380+ diagnostic procedures. As well we are the regional center for pediatrics, cancer care, surgical care, renal care, palliative hospice, sleep lab, rehabilitation service, regional pain clinic, and in-patient psychiatric unit.

Future expansion plans include a new acutecare tower has been approved and is in planning. When completed, it will provide 168 additional inpatient beds 

Purpose / Objectives

The mission of the Surrey South Fraser site of the UBC Department of Family Practice Residency Program is to provide a comprehensive education in full-spectrum, community-focused, urban Family Practice.  We endeavor to expose the trainee to the full breadth of clinical problems commonly encountered by the Family Practitioner, and to develop a deep sense of collegiality and community-awareness throughout the program.

The Vision of the Surrey South Fraser site of the UBC Department of Family Practice Residency Program is that the resident completing our program will be superbly trained to incorporate any aspect of acute or chronic care into their future practice.  The physicians who train here will practice evidence-based medicine and have strong critical-appraisal skills. They will be collegial and ethical and will have knowledge of the importance of self-care. We will train physicians who understand the social, political, and economic realities of medicine, enabling them to be active in the administration of the profession and the health care system.

Surrey South Fraser is an integrated Canadian Medical Graduate and International Medical Graduate program offering the same learning experience to both groups.  Residents will be distributed between the Langley, Surrey, and White Rock communities.  The Academic Campus and administrative offices will be based at Surrey Memorial Hospital.

To complement the educational experience of the daily clinical work, residents attend a mandatory, bi-weekly academic day which includes Family Practice and specialty seminars and resident-driven academic activities.  Longitudinal programs with Addictions, New Canadians Clinic, Youth Clinic, Outreach, Geriatric / Residential Care are being developed in conjunction with the Family Practice blocks.  In addition, electives will be available in Chronic Pain, Positive Health (HIV, AIDS, Hep C), Community Mental Health, Adolescent Medicine, Subspecialty Medicine and Public Health / Global Health Initiatives.

The resident will have opportunity to be involved in the Outpatient Clinics at the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgical Center and Urgent Primary Care Centre.  This would include Lung Health, Chronic Disease Management, Cardiac Rehabilitation Care, Breast Health Clinic, Positive Health (HIV, AIDS, Hep C), Diabetes Clinic, Specialized Seniors Clinic, Urology Clinic, Neurology Clinic, Surgical Outpatient Procedures, Primary Care Network Rehab Teams and SMH Outpatient Rehabilitation. The emphasis will be on practical Family Practice skills.

PGY1 Overview

The R1 year will be designed to support the development of patient-centered Family Medicine skills required for successful practice. Residents will be assigned a primary family physician preceptor to support longitudinal care for patients in a practice. This practice will allow integration of skills from focused rotations and will promote learning in the context of Family Practice. The first year will be spent primarily in the Surrey South Fraser region which is a well-established academic center. Residents will acquire significant graduated levels of responsibility which will prepare them well for practice.  Family Practice is the only residency program based within Surrey Memorial Hospital which provides opportunity for more hands-on responsibility and one-on-one teaching.

Rotation	Duration	Location / Notes
Family Medicine	20 weeks	Ongoing full day back throughout the program
Emergency	4 weeks	Surrey, Langley, Peace Arch or Delta
Obstetrics Gynecology	4 weeks	Surrey (expect overnight hospital call on OB)
Pediatrics	6 weeks	Surrey, Langley, BCCH
Musculoskeletal	2 weeks	Surrey
IM Clinical Teaching Unit	4 weeks	Surrey
Palliative Care	4 weeks	Surrey, Langley, Delta or Peace Arch
Infectious Diseases	2 weeks	Surrey
General Surgery	4 weeks	Surrey
Addictions	2 weeks	Surrey

PGY2 Overview

The R2 year will be in mostly within the Fraser Valley with a mandatory 8-week family medicine rural rotation opportunity for extended time in underserviced communities.

Rotation	Duration	Location / Notes
Family Medicine	16 weeks	Ongoing full days throughout the program (Expect overnight Hospital Call)
IM Clinical Teaching Unit	4 weeks	Surrey
Psychiatry	4 weeks	Surrey or Peace Arch
Geriatrics	2 weeks	Surrey
Endocrinology	2 weeks	Surrey
Gynecology	2 weeks	Gyne Clinic-Langley Residents only at this time
Electives	14-16 weeks	Number of weeks depend on Primary Preceptor Clinic location.  Select between Prison Health, New Canadian Clinic, Aboriginal Health, Addictions, Positive Health, Urgent Patient Care Centre, Hospitalist etc.
Rural	8 weeks

Academic Days and Research

Residents attend mandatory academic activities – usually two full days a month. This includes academic teaching and clinical case discussions on core topics. Residents are also expected to give presentations. Throughout the program, we stress "Evidence-Based Medicine" in both academic and clinical areas.

In May of each year, residents will come together for a mandatory Site-specific Scholarship Day.

In the first year, residents will be expected to complete a quality improvement project. Throughout the two years, residents must complete a scholar project and present their work on Scholarship Day.

International Electives

Residents can do one month of interprovincial or international electives during the second year of their training.

Further Training

Third-year training positions are available in the area of Emergency Medicine, Care of The Elderly, Anesthesia, Palliative Medicine, Sports and Exercise Medicine, Clinician Scholars program and a wide range of other Category 2 Enhanced Skills programs.

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Training Sites

The resident group will be composed of twelve (12) Canadian Medical Graduates and seven (7) International Medical Graduates. This will be an integrated program with CMG and IMG residents placed in Family Practices primarily in Surrey and Langley, but also Eagle Ridge, White Rock and Delta.  The Academic Campus and administrative offices will be based at Surrey Memorial Hospital.  Rotations and learning experiences will take place at all local hospitals but will be primarily based at Surrey Memorial Hospital.  As the program matures, there will be increasing use of the other community hospitals.   

The IMG program originally began with four residents in 2012 and expanded to six residents in 2013.  Although initially based at Langley Memorial Hospital and in the Langley community, the IMGs are now integrated into the Surrey, Langley, Delta and White Rock hospitals and communities.  Find below descriptions of the various hospital sites.

Surrey Memorial Hospital

In 1959, Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH) opened as a 100-bed facility and has now expanded to 800+ beds and is the largest hospital in Fraser Health, employing close to 4,000+ people.  The hospital provides services for Fraser Health in many areas, including Pediatrics, Ophthalmology, Obstetrics, Cancer Care, Surgical Care, Renal Care, Palliative Care, and Sleep Medicine.  In 2014, construction of the new eight-story tower was completed and is fully operational.  This has expanded the total number of beds to 800, and includes a new Emergency Department, a new 48-bed neonatal intensive care unit, an enhanced UBC Academic space, and the new Helipad.

According to its 2016 statistics Surrey Memorial Hospital saw 157,711 emergency room visits, provided care to 30,075 inpatient and 12,020 surgical day care cases, delivered 4,461 newborns, and had 165,331 visits to ambulatory care.

Langley Memorial Hospital

Langley is a community of an estimated 197,585 residents located 60 minutes east of Vancouver.  Langley Memorial Hospital (LMH) was opened in 1948.  LMH provides an integrated, acute and community-based health service, ensuring that the needs of the Langley community are met.  It is an advanced neighborhood resource facility that offers services such as 24/7 Emergency Services and Urgent Care, General Medicine and Surgery, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Ophthalmology and Radiology.  The hospital has 166 beds and 224 for extended care.

The Family Maternity Centre at LMH has undergone a $5.35-million expansion.  The number of births at LMH is around 2000+ per year.

Peach Arch Hospital 

Peach Arch Hospital (PAH) has 169 beds in the acute care facility and Level IV trauma centre.  Located in the White Rock district which opened in 1954, the hospital serving residents of South Surrey and White Rock.  Peace Arch Hospital provides a range of health care services including emergency, surgery and maternity care. Currently under expansion, Peace Arch provides 24/7 emergency services for patients.

Eagle Ridge Hospital 

Eagle Ridge Hospital (ERH) officially opened its doors as a community hospital on 7 April 1984.  Operates a 24-hour emergency department, general medicine, rehab, surgery, ambulatory, long-term care and acute care programs. With 106 acute beds serving over 50,000 medical emergencies, 600,000 lab tests and 6,000 surgeries annually.

 

Delta Hospital 

Delta is a community of 103,000+ residents and its hospital offers services to a catchment of residents of Ladner, North Delta and Tsawwassen First Nation.  The hospital employs more than 580 workers.  The hospital opened in 1977 in Fraser Health’s integrated network of care, providing primary, secondary, and some specialty services, such as 24/7 emergency, general medicine, surgery, inpatient and outpatient care, with some service referrals while others can be accessed directly.  The Delta Hospital has an acute emergency department and provides a range of surgical day care and outpatient services.

Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgical Centre

This facility was the first comprehensive Outpatient Facility in Fraser Health and accommodates over half a million outpatient services per year. It houses enhanced diagnostic, pharmacy, laboratory, radiology and specialty services which have been developed around a core of Diagnostic and Chronic Disease Clinics to serve the Surrey Community.

The focus of the South Fraser site is to give residents a robust experience in suburban and semi-rural family medicine. Although there are still several sole practitioners there is an increasing number of group practices involving multidisciplinary care. Surrey is a community that is rapidly growing. It is an excellent place to learn the art of managing your time and resources and advocating on behalf of your patients. Also, there are great opportunities to be mentored by physicians who practice in the wide variety of clinical settings.  You will find the Surrey, Langley, Delta and White Rock medical communities developing a culture of academic teaching and research with an enthusiasm for teaching.