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.

Our Goals

 

Making meaningful connections

We aim to make our residents feel a sense of connectedness; not just to their patients but also to each other, their preceptors, and to the community. Right from the beginning our residents start with a two-week orientation to build these connections. Any residency program is a new adventure for our learners and you won’t have to do this alone. You will be a valued member of this medical community and your interests, challenges, and learning goals will be well supported. We will also promote resident wellness during this journey to further nurture meaningful connections.

 

Seeing Family Medicine through Multiple Lenses

We want all of our learners to feel confident and well equipped to work in many areas of family medicine by the end of residency. We will balance that training between health care facilities and in community. Residents will match with more than one primary preceptor with similar interests to mentor and provide patient panels to follow for both years.  Our family doctors are keen to teach and each practice is unique, so additional staff are available to augment your learning needs. Residents will work alongside longitudinal family physicians, focused practice family physicians, and locum family physicians to experience a range of career opportunities in family medicine.

 

Promoting Health Care Equity in our community

Opportunities to learn and practice Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility, Anti-racism, and the principles of equity/diversity/inclusion are a priority at our site. As a newer site, we have decided that these values are paramount and modelled for all of our patients, colleagues, and learners. Our preceptors are trained and dedicated to showing our learners the wonderful meaning and importance of serving our most vulnerable populations.

 

The Sylix People have invited us to work at the Okanagan Indian Band (OKIB) Clinic on their Land. The community is rich in Indigenous values, knowledge, and ways of being. Local cultural safety training is provided to raise awareness of the history and traumas that have impacted the health and well-being of Indigenous Peoples. There will be opportunities to learn from Local Elders and Knowledge Keepers to help you address barriers that continue to result in unsafe health care services and supports.

 

Our site promotes team-based care to connect our patients with the health care resources they need. Residents will work together with amazing teammates not just at OKIB, but also at Downtown Mental Health, and the Urgent Primary Care Clinic. We are training team players that foster collaboration and respect, integrating these principles into daily practice so they become trusted advocates for the unique care needs of their patients.

 

A Dynamic Site

We strive to have a site that continues to grow and evolve. Being a new site means that residents are treated as partners. Our faculty members are open to resident input and your voice matters. By meeting the needs of our learners, we will create strong family doctors of tomorrow.

 

Education facilities

Our UBC Academic Space is well equipped for your learning needs. There are two lecture rooms equipped with video conferencing, SIM lab, glamorous call rooms, shower, learner lounge, and supportive staff nearby. There is a dedicated dictation room and computers protected for learners. There is also a library on site kept up to date with all the learning materials you need. You will have experience with teaching both fellow residents as well as medical students on site.

 

Curriculum Overview

R1 will start out with 2 weeks of Orientation followed by Intro to Family Med to ease into residency and build connections with your preceptors and each other. Residents will then move on to 1–2-week rotations throughout the year, with opportunities for additional learning via flexible call shifts. There will be 4 weeks of local selectives near the end of R1, where you can put in additional time in any of your other rotations or explore new ones in the community.

 

R2 continues with 1–2-week rotations. You can do 8-16 weeks of Rural training, depending on your preference. There will be 12 weeks of electives as well. Near the end of the year, you will be transitioned to more independent practice and prepared for life after residency.

 

There will be numerous longitudinal experiences through both years. Residents will spend at least one-half day every week with one of their primary preceptors. There will also be family medicine weeks both in R1 and R2. Each resident will be assigned to a "Family Practice Pod" consisting of multiple teachers for experience in different practices. We encourage residents to arrange follow up with their patients to build therapeutic relationships and promote continuity of care. In addition, both R1’s and R2’s will do longitudinal “Primary Care Call”, consisting of experiences in Hospitalist, ER, Obstetrics, and UPCC/OPT.

 

Residents will spend one academic half day per week together, learning the CCFP Key Priority Topics through case-based teaching, SIM sessions, procedural skill stations, and facilitated group discussions. Regular exam preparation will be prioritized.

 

All residents will participate in the required Scholarship Curriculum with protected time for their projects.

 

R1 Overview	Duration	Notes
Orientation	2 weeks
Intro to Family Med	3 weeks
ER	4 weeks	4 × 1-week blocks across the year
Children & Adolescents	4 weeks	2 × 2-week blocks, typically Oct–Mar
Maternity & Newborns	4 weeks	2 × 2-week blocks across the year
Surgical & Procedural Skills	6 weeks	Gen Surg (2w), Ortho (2w), Anesth (1w), Gyne (1w); 3 weeks in each half of the year
Family Med	10 weeks	1–3 week blocks throughout the year  Option to do 2 weeks in Salmon Arm in June
Mental Health	3 weeks	1 × 1-week + 1 × 2-week block; split across year
Hospitalist	4 weeks	4 × 1-week blocks across the year
Internal Medicine	4 weeks	4 × 1-week blocks across the year
Physiatry	2 weeks	Focus on MSK 1 × 2-week block at any point in the year
Selectives	4 weeks	Local electives

 

R2 Overview	Duration	Notes
Addictions	2 weeks	1 × 2-week block
Health Equity Care	6 weeks	OKIB, UPCC, OPT clinics 3 × 2-week blocks across the year
Oncology	2 weeks	1 × 2-week block
Family Med	19 weeks	1–4 week blocks throughout the year
Rural	8 weeks	8 weeks standard; 16 weeks if extended (extra weeks either taken from FP or Electives)
Electives	12 weeks	2–4 week blocks; flexible based on resident preference
Transitions to Practice	4 weeks	Scheduled in Block 13

Site Highlights

• Blended longitudinal and rotational curriculum
• Flexible learning schedule with plenty of elective time to meet your learning goals
• Control over your call schedule with various primary care options
• Few other learners onsite to compete for learning experiences
• Additional dedicated time to working with vulnerable populations
• High exposure to Team-Based care via training alongside NP’s, RN’s, and allied health teammates
• Prioritization of resident wellness with supportive advisors and reasonable call shifts
• Options for Ski Doc shifts at SilverStar Mountain Resort on weekends
• Eligible for Student Loan Forgiveness of $8000 per year
• Newly constructed and subsidized resident housing awaiting your arrival

 

International Electives

Residents may take one month of interprovincial or international electives as part of their elective time. This has to meet the standards required by the UBC Faculty of Medicine Postgraduate Programs.

 

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

Live Where Others Vacation. The North Okanagan Site is nestled among rolling grassland hills and framed by Okanagan, Kalamalka, and Swan Lakes, the North Okanagan offers a lifestyle that’s hard to beat. Residents enjoy year-round recreation—from lakeside summers to skiing and snowshoeing in the winter. Vernon strikes the perfect balance: a midsize community with urban amenities, world-class resorts, and a strong sense of belonging. Outdoor adventure, natural beauty, and a vibrant local culture are always just steps away. Plus, with Kelowna International Airport only 30 minutes away, travel is easy when needed—but you may never want to leave. 

Residents will have the majority of the clinical work in the local communities and living in the area would be both beneficial and expected. Recently constructed and subsidized resident housing is available. Driving is essential to commute between communities.

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Additional Information

Number of Residents: 3 CMG, 1 IMG
Location: Vernon, Armstrong, Lumby, Enderby, Salmon Arm
Communities: Vernon (40,000)
Hospitals: Vernon Jubilee Hospital

Curriculum Type: Integrated longitudinal/block
Elective Time: 4 wks Selectives R1, 12 Weeks Electives R2

Contacts: 

Site Director: Dr. Travis Allen  travisallen28@hotmail.com

Site Coordinator: Alison Beaumont alison.beaumont@interiorhealth.ca