University of Manitoba - Adult Respirology - Winnipeg
2026 Fall Subspecialty Residency Match - first iteration
Competitive Stream for All
RS310 - 820 Sherbrook St.
Health Science Centre
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3A 1R9
Program Contacts
Important Information
Please be advised that the 2026 PGME New Resident Orientation Day is scheduled for Friday, June 26, 2026. This Orientation is mandatory for all incoming residents.
Land Acknowledgement
Our Adult Respiratory program and training sites are located on the original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. We respect the Treaties that were made on these territories, we acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past, and we dedicate ourselves to moving forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in a spirit of reconciliation and collaboration.
Program Goals
The University of Manitoba is committed to the social justice principles of equity, access & participation and to promoting opportunities for systemically marginalized groups who have been excluded from full participation at the University and the larger community including Indigenous, Black, racially marginalized Peoples, women, persons with disabilities, and those who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, questioning, intersex, asexual and other diverse sexual identities).
EDI Statement
Adult Respiratory Medicine is committed to seeking stand-out applicants, and we prioritize actively recruiting a diverse group of subspecialty residents. We are excited to offer the highest standard of residency education for trainees of all races, ethnicities, national origins, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, abilities, socio-economic statuses, religions, and spiritualities. We strive for excellence in education, research, and clinical care in a culturally, socially, and individually safe and inclusive way. We respect and honour the life experiences that have shaped our patients, trainees, and educators, and welcome how these experiences enrich and improve our program, with special consideration for the First Nations community in our province.
Selection Process Goals
An inclusive, open and diverse community is essential to excellence and fosters voices that have been ignored or discouraged. To address the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences commitment to equity, access and participation, and in recognition of the underrepresentation of members of historically and currently excluded groups, our program has taken proactive measures as part of our selection process, including implicit bias training for selection committee members, inclusion of interview questions that assess applicant commitment to EDI, and diverse representation of selection committee members.
We strive for diverse perspectives and cultural safety throughout the selection process. We ask that applicants include an EDI statement in their personal letter with evidence demonstrating their own commitment to EDI in their work and training thus far.
Return of Service
All applicants with a return of service agreement must attach a copy of that agreement to their applications. The printed agreement must indicate that subspecialty training in a province different from the one to which return of service is required is acceptable.
General Instructions
Program application language: English
Supporting Documentation / Information
• Canadian Birth Certificate or Act of Birth
• Certificate of Canadian Citizenship
• Confirmation of Permanent Residence in Canada
• Passport page showing Canadian Citizenship
• Canadian Permanent Resident Card (both sides of card)
• Certificate of Indian Status / Aboriginal Status or Makivik Society Card
• Canadian Citizenship Card (both sides of card)
Notarized/certified photocopied proof of citizenship must be provided. Photocopies are accepted but citizenship documents other than what is listed above are not accepted.
CaRMS is partnering with third-party organizations to automate the verification of citizenship/legal status required by postgraduate offices for entry into residency. Third-party verification simplifies the process for applicants and programs. All applicants who do not receive third-party citizenship verification will be required to upload and assign an acceptable proof of citizenship document. Please see additional information here.
Certificate of Indian Status / Aboriginal Status or Makivik Society Cards are accepted this year which must be accompanied by proof of eligibility to work in Canada i.e SIN #
• IELTS
• Occupational English Test (OET) - Medicine
• Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP) - General
Language Proficiency
English is the language of study at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba. All applicants whose first language is not English must submit proof of English language proficiency to CaRMS by the file review opening date.
CMG
- If you graduated from an English medical school in Canada , you are exempt from providing proof of language proficiency.
- Candidates who attended medical school in Canada where the language of instruction or the primary language of patient care was not English, are exempt from providing proof of language proficiency.
- Candidates are exempted from English language proficiency testing if the language of instruction and patient care throughout the entire undergraduate medical education curriculum was in English
IMG’s
- IMG applicants must fulfill the English Language Proficiency requirements.
Candidates are exempted from English language proficiency testing under the following circumstances
- Their undergraduate or postgraduate medical education, was taken in English in one of the countries that have English as a first and/or native language.
- They can provide evidence of appropriate exposure to English language in training and/or practice. Appropriate exposure is defined as the following:
- That they have taken the majority (>50%) of their undergraduate or postgraduate medical education in English, AND
- The majority (>50%) of patient care provided by the applicant has been in English,
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OR
- Other substantially equivalent evidence of English proficiency in training and practice (e.g., significant clinical teaching, research, and/or academic experience).
All other candidates must have taken one of the following:
- the Academic Version of International English Language Testing System (IELTS) with a minimum score of 7 in each component with an overall band score of no less than 7 in the same sitting. IELTS scores will be considered valid for 2 years from the date taken
- Occupational English Test – Medicine (OET-Medicine), with a minimum grade of B in each of the four subsets in the same sitting; or
- Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program – General (CELPIP-General) Test, with a minimum score of 9 in each of the four skills in the same sitting
List of countries that have English as a first and native language - Australia, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands, and the Caribbean Islands of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago
Please note the following:
- Photocopies are acceptable.
- Language Proficiency Attestations will not be accepted from the candidate or a third party.
- Language Proficiency results will not be accepted by fax or e-mail.
Note:
This means a total of 3 Reference Letters: one from Current PD, and 2 others.
Note:
If the applicant has done an elective within the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Manitoba, the local supervisor must provide a letter of reference.
This should clearly indicate the applicant's reasons for applying, what he / she feels they can bring to the program, as well as program and career expectations. Activities, skills and characteristics that may relate to “Selection Process Goals” are evaluated. If there have been gaps in training, the applicant should explain them. At least one reference letter must be from the core IM Program Director. If the applicant has engaged in remediation for any rotations in Core IM, he/she must indicate this. If there are gaps in training, the applicant is expected to indicate this. 500 words maximum.
Custom Résumé / CVCV – Aside from what is written within the body of the CaRMS document, the applicant must include a formal Curriculum Vitae (CV) at the end of the CaRMS package. There will be overlap of information recorded in the CV and in the body of the larger CARMS document. Both the CV and the main CaRMS document should include all professional and personal activities that reflect the qualities outlined in “Selection Process Goals”. The CV and the main CaRMS document should indicate which activities were/are voluntary versus reimbursed/salaried. If the activity contributed to the applicant’s growth as a physician and as a person, he/she should indicate in what way. The CV should describe any activities in academic areas including research, education, administration, advocacy and leadership. The Section below entitled “Research/Publications” provides guidance regarding how the publications within the CV should be described.
PhotoA photo is required with your application.
Review Process
Applications submitted after file review has opened on August 19, 2025
Supporting documents that arrive after file review has opened on August 19, 2025
Please contact us to discuss if there are supporting documents that were not available at the time file review opened that you feel should be considered.
Interviews
Dates:
- September 18, 2025
During the interview, candidates will be provided with an overview of the program and a meeting with current residents to answer program questions.
Selection Criteria
The Section of Respirology at the University of Manitoba is committed to a fair, equitable, and transparent application process. We maintain the right to choose the applicants we feel are the best candidates for our residency training program.
Our selection processes are outlined below.
Program goals
Mission: We educate the next generation of Respirologists who will sustain and promote the health of those we serve through the provision of the highest quality of clinical care, research, innovation and communication.
Goals (not necessarily in order of priority):
- To train physicians who will practice in academic and non-academic settings.
- To train physicians who practice holistic care and who embody excellence in all the CANMEDS roles.
- To meet the needs of the people we serve, and the academic needs of those we choose to admit to our programs.
- To maintain and nurture excellence within our training program.
Objectives (not necessarily in order of priority):
- To develop Respirologists who excel as scholars, communicators, leaders, health advocates, collaborators and professionals.
- To support and mentor our trainees.
- To foster lifelong learning.
Selection process goals
Our program values the following candidate attributes:
- Excellence in the performance of all the CANMEDS roles in all the areas of practice in Internal Medicine, including General Internal Medicine.
- Evidence of activities, whether in one’s personal and/or professional life, that contribute to the well-being of others, and that reflect drive/motivation; skills in leadership, administration, education and communication; innovation; problem-solving and resiliency.
File review process
Review team composition : At various stages of the ranking process, the file may be reviewed by the following: the Program Director, Section Members, members of the Department PGME Committee, administrative personnel and selected physicians appointed by the PGME Chair.
Average number of applications received by our program in the last five years : 0 - 50
Average percentage of applicants offered interviews : 26 - 50 %
| File component | Criteria |
|---|---|
| CV | Professional/personal activities that reflect qualities outlined in "Selection Process Goals" |
| Electives | Electives are evaluated in terms of how they relate to the above described "Selection Process Goals" |
| Examinations | We require MCCQE I scores. We also require information regarding whether the MCCQE II has ever been written, and if so, what the scores were for any time the exam was written. If the candidate is from a US institution, we require their USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 scores. |
| Extra-curricular | Activities, skills and characteristics that may relate to “Selection Process Goals" |
| Leadership skills | Activities, skills and characteristics that may relate to “Selection Process Goals” are evaluated. |
| MSPRs | We do not evaluate this file component. |
| Personal letters | Activities, skills and characteristics that may relate to “Selection Process Goals” are evaluated. |
| Reference documents | Activities, skills and characteristics that may relate to “Selection Process Goals". |
| Research/Publications | Peer reviewed publications, presentations, monographs, studies, awards, current work are evaluated. |
| Transcripts | Academic excellence, range of interest and study, duration and continuity/gaps are evaluated. |
Interview process
Interview format :
We may accommodate requests to re-schedule interviews for applicants due to weather, technology failure, or unforeseen circumstances.
| Interview components | Criteria |
|---|---|
| Collaboration skills | Demonstrates understanding of and engagement in successful teamwork. |
| Collegiality | Evidence of respect for others within and between teams/groups. |
| Communication skills | Ability to speak fluently and clearly in English. Ability to express complex ideas clearly/succinctly |
| Health advocacy | Demonstrated skills in health advocacy. |
| Interest in the discipline | Interest in sub-specialty and Internal Medicine holistic care. |
| Interest in the program | Demonstrated interest in and knowledge of the Manitoba training program. |
| Leadership skills | Experience, success, and learning from failure, through leadership in professional / personal life. |
| Professionalism | Demonstration of professional behaviors and ethics. |
| Scholarly activities | Demonstrated depth of understanding of his/her academic & clinical work. |
| Other interview component(s) |
Evidence of compassion in the provision of care. If the candidate has ever been the subject of a complaint from a patient, another health care worker, or other source in their professional life, the candidate should be prepared to discuss the circumstances in the interview. This includes complaints submitted to undergraduate or postgraduate offices or departments, through evaluations and mechanisms such as "Speak Up" which is available at the University of Manitoba. |
Information gathered outside of CaRMS application
Specifically, we may consider:Ranking process
The behavior(s) exhibited below during the interview process may prevent an applicant from being ranked by our program :Program Highlights
Winnipeg has enjoyed a rich and varied history in pulmonary medicine.
Both of our teaching institutions (see training sites below) have dedicated bronchoscopy suites. We have a robust EBUS program run by 2 interventional respirologists at HSC. The University of Manitoba Rady Faculty of Health Sciences has a new Simbionix EndoMentor Suite Simulator System, allowing the teaching and practice of bronchoscopic skills in a virtual environment prior to patient exposure.
We have an active pre and post lung transplant program which partners with the Universities of Alberta and Toronto where patients receive their transplant surgeries.
There is ample exposure to tuberculosis, cystic fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension.
Research opportunities exist in basic pulmonary sciences, pulmonary physiology, molecular medicine as well as epidemiology.
We have two dedicated full-time pulmonary function labs, as well as complete cardio-pulmonary exercise facilities in both sites.
There is a very well structured and formalized academic half day scheduled on Wednesday afternoons. This includes teaching on pulmonary function testing, comprehensive pulmonary physiology, mechanical ventilation, and evidence-based medicine.
There are monthly combined radiology and pathology rounds presented by staff respirologists which provide invaluable exposure to understanding pulmonary radiology in the context of clinical presentation and pulmonary pathology.
There is also a Monday morning fellows' lectures which includes didactic sessions on a very wide range of pulmonary topics in a 2-year rotating curriculum.
There are weekly Chest Imaging Rounds which are case presentations aimed at giving fellows practice at reviewing chest radiology and clinical case management. There is a second session following Chest Imaging Rounds that rotates between journal club presentations, Research in Progress seminars, and multi-disciplinary Sleep Rounds.
There is a dedicated sleep laboratory located at the Misericordia Health Centre which is staffed and run by respirologist sleep medicine specialists. There is sleep medicine training program now accredited as an AFP (area of focused competence) by the RCPSC. This provides exemplary exposure to sleep medicine within our training curriculum.
Both sites offer resident libraries including access to UpToDate.
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.
Overview of our Sub-Specialty Training Program
This two-year program in respirology is designed to provide clinical training over a period of 20 core rotations and 6 elective rotations. The core rotations include 5 blocks of pulmonary ward/consult service at HSC – including one pseudoattending block; 4 blocks consult service/pulmonary ward at St. Boniface Hospital; 3 blocks ambulatory care; 1 block community respirology; 2 blocks critical care; 2 blocks sleep medicine; 1 block PFT, 1 block radiology; 1 block thoracic surgery. There is a longitudinal respirology clinic for each fellow during R4 and R5.
Consultation Services
There are consultation services at both the Health Sciences Centre and the St. Boniface Hospital. Both these rotations offer unique and different experiences and are complementary to one another.
The St. Boniface rotation is a busy one, providing day-to-day experience in general respirology and exposure to complex and interesting tertiary care referrals from medical and surgical services as well as family practice and geriatrics. Further, St. Boniface Hospital is the designated Cardiac Centre of Excellence, with an extremely busy Surgical Cardiac Intensive Care. Up to 6 cardiac surgical cases are performed daily, often generating pulmonary consultation. Since 2022 there is a 5-bed respirology ward at St. Boniface to manage during this rotation as well.
Both teaching centers have very busy tertiary care medical and general surgical intensive care units. The HSC rotation is a combined inpatient / consultation service. The inpatient ward functions as a dedicated respiratory Clinical Training Unit as well as the only provincial tuberculosis centre.
Laboratory Rotations
There is a one month Pulmonary Function Lab rotation completed between the Health Sciences Centre and St. Boniface Hospitals. Here, extensive experience with pulmonary function equipment, techniques, and interpretation is provided. Usually a second PFT block is selected as an elective.
There are two rotations at the Sleep Laboratory. The Sleep Lab is located at the Misericordia Health Centre. This is a dedicated sleep lab with ten beds for PSG. There is an extensive home sleep apnea testing program run through this lab as well. In-patients from hospitals throughout Manitoba can be studied in this lab when required during their hospitalization. There are 6 sleep physicians who staff this lab. During this rotation, the residents learn basic concepts of sleep physiology and sleep disorders primarily through clinical work, as well as some sleep test interpretation.
The Pulmonary Radiology rotation provides residents with expertise in the interpretation of chest radiographs, CT scans of the thorax, and the performance of related procedures, such as percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy.
Ambulatory Care (Outpatient Clinics)
During the training program, ambulatory care experience makes up 5 months of training. This takes the form of three dedicated months in respirology clinics (general and subspecialty). Additionally the residents are assigned to a longitudinal clinic of a ½ day / week for the duration of the training program.
Procedures
During their training, the residents perform enough procedures to become proficient in bronchoscopy, transbronchial biopsy, thoracentesis, pleurodesis, and chest tube insertion.
Several members of the section of respirology have major research interest in fields including basic physiology, biochemistry, immunology, epidemiology, and molecular biology. Residents are required to initiate and complete a research project under the supervision of one of these faculty members. Furthermore, programs of respiratory research in the departments of pathology, pediatrics, and physiology provide extra opportunities for research training.
The second year of training is flexible, allowing requests for out-of-town electives and a community respirology rotation to be accommodated.
The two-year respiratory fellowship program at the University of Manitoba is designed to provide all the skills required of a respirologist by the Royal College, including the clinical and technical skills needed to function in an ICU. Although the respiratory training program is highly structured, there is also a good deal of flexibility. The program is designed with a view to helping residents evolve into the role of specialist consultants in respirology.
Critical Care Medicine
The residents rotate through the tertiary level Intensive Care units of both hospitals for two months of their second year of training. During this rotation, each resident is given a graded responsibility as assessed by the critical care attending staff. Additional months in intensive care can be arranged if desired.
Research Expectations
Several members of the section of respirology have research interests in fields including basic sciences, epidemiology, quality improvement, and several clinical areas of respirology including sleep medicine, PH, TB, and airways disease. Residents are required to initiate and complete a research or scholarly project under the supervision of one of these faculty members. Furthermore, programs of respiratory research in the departments of pathology, pediatrics, and physiology provide extra opportunities for research training. Research projects can be presented at a major International meeting such as the annual American Thoracic Society Meeting and/or the annual Dept of Internal Medicine Resident Research Day.
Academic and Scholarly Activities
Outlined below are the details of the Respiratory Section Educational Half Day as well as other teaching activities.
Academic Half Day
Each Wednesday afternoon is protected time for formal teaching activities. Residents are expected to be present and are exempt from all other activities during this half day, which begins formally in September and runs through to June 30 of the following year. During the summer months (July and August) introductory/foundational teaching sessions are organized.
Advanced Pulmonary Physiology
This course is offered to both the first- and second-year residents. Because the subject matter is advanced, trainees often choose to reinforce what they have learned in their first year by attending this course in their second year. Advanced pulmonary physiology is an accredited course at the University of Manitoba. The residents receive certification upon its conclusion and successful completion of the final examination.
Mechanical Ventilation
This is an interactive course on invasive and noninvasive modes of mechanical ventilation. This course is delivered in the form of five one-hour sessions during academic half day.
Pulmonary Function Testing
This didactic course on techniques of pulmonary function testing and interpretation is scheduled from September to February of each academic year. Objectives of this course are to prepare residents for the role of consultants who can provide expert interpretation of pulmonary function tests.
Clinical Epidemiology
A short course on epidemiology and biostatistics is organized each year. Usually four lectures of 1 to 1½ hours each cover most of the following topics:
- Epidemiologic approach to disease and intervention
- Measuring the occurrence of disease
- Assessing the validity and reliability of diagnostic and screening tests
- Assessing the efficacy of preventive and therapeutic measures: randomized trials
- Using epidemiology to identify the cause of disease
- Cohort studies
- Case-control and cross sectional studies
- Estimating risk
- Bias, confounding, and interaction
- Applying epidemiology to evaluation and policy
Using epidemiology to evaluate health policy, etc. - Biostatistics
- Types of data analysis
- Univariate analysis
- Bivariate analysis
- Multivariate
- Probability
- Hypothesis testing
- Confidence intervals
- Statistical power
Chest Imaging Rounds, Wednesday
The rounds consist of the presentation of the pulmonary imaging of ~6 patients. Staff respirologists and a radiologist help guide the residents as they develop their interpretation skills.
Research in Progress (RIP), Wednesday
Ongoing research activity is presented at these rounds by local and visiting speakers. Respirology fellows also present their research projects at both the early stages of projects in order to get help and feedback, as well as the completion of their projects.
Journal Club, Wednesday
Critical appraisal of literature is formally taught through the ~biweekly journal clubs. Articles for review are circulated to all section members in advance.
The McMaster University format is recommended to critically evaluate each article.
Other Formal Teaching Activities
Monday Morning Lecture Series, Monday 0800 to 0900 hours.
A didactic series of lectures provided by staff respirologists or various experts from outside the section covering topics outlined in the Royal College Objectives of Training.
Joint Clinical-Radiology-Pathology
These joint rounds will be held from 11:30 to 12:30 hours on the first Wednesday of the month. The purpose of these rounds is to enhance the radiologic-pathologic correlations of lung diseases, with emphasis on the radiology and pathology of both common and rare conditions. A staff respirologist, radiologist and pathologist all present relevant portions of the cases. These rounds will have a different focus and different objectives from the weekly chest conference.
Multidisciplinary Sleep Rounds
These multidisciplinary rounds may be attended by any faculty interested in sleep disorders (Respirology, neurology, psychology, general internal medicine and otolaryngology), sleep technologists, home ventilatory assist devices program personnel, respiratory therapists and others interested or involved in providing care to the patients with sleep disorders. The rounds are designed to meet the educational goals of all attendees and often utilize case presentation format with some didactic components to cover wide variety of topics.
Training Sites
The Adult Respiratory Program at the University of Manitoba consists of two tertiary care teaching hospitals, and an off-site dedicated sleep laboratory at the Misericordia Hospital. A description of the major centres is provided below.
In terms of a cachement area for pulmonary referrals, this includes all of Manitoba and parts of north-western Ontario, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. This area encompasses approximately 1.5 million people. This contributes to a very large variety of pulmonary pathology and exposure to cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension and tuberculosis, not always available in centres of our size.
Resources for Residents
We have a resident office at Health Sciences Centre, and a shared work space that residents can use at St. Boniface Hospital. There are some physical text books in the resident office, but information is primarily accessed electronically now through the library. the Health Sciences Library is physically attached to Health Sciences Centre and has an extensive e-text book and journal collection as well as UpToDate access available to all residents.
Health Sciences Centre
There are approximately 800 beds available at this location.
Number of Emergency Room patients per year: approximately 41,000.
Health Sciences Centre is a large tertiary care referral centre. In terms of relevance to Adult Pulmonary medicine, it includes a very large medical teaching unit system in addition to two tertiary care Critical Care units -- one medical and the other dedicated to surgical trauma. This centre alone provides exposure to essentially all aspects of pulmonary medicine.
St. Boniface General Hospital
There are approximately 600 beds available at this location.
Number of Emergency Room patients per year: approximately 37,000.
St. Boniface General Hospital is the second largest hospital in Winnipeg. It is also a tertiary care centre, with a ten-bed tertiary combined medical-surgical critical care unit, a ten-bed dedicated cardiac sciences intensive care unit, and a coronary care unit. It also has robust internal medicine teaching units as well as family medicine practice, geriatric medicine programs, dialysis, tertiary care interventional radiology, complete cardiac catherization laboratories, MRI scanner, and oncology services.
At St. Boniface General Hospital, our residents are exposed to all aspects of pulmonary care and in particular get the opportunity to perform numerous pleural procedures.
Misericordia Health Centre
A state-of-the-art sleep laboratory is ocated at this site. This is staffed by six Respirology faculty members. This site is extremely active in the diagnosis, management, and all aspects of sleep pathology. This centre provides trainees with exemplary training in sleep medicine and the potential for further training upon completion of their two-year subspecialty residency.
Additional Information
Research/Publications
The applicants must indicate which publications are in peer reviewed versus non-peer reviewed journals/publications. If the applicant has submitted an article for publication at the time of CaRMS application, the applicant must provide evidence of journal notification of submission. The applicants must indicate all presentations at local resident research day as well as national and international conferences, and any prizes awarded. If a presentation (oral or abstract) has been accepted for a future conference, the applicant should include any letter of acceptance by conference organizers.
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
A current curriculum vitae (CV) including all relevant information required for assessment of education, leadership, administrative and research experience is mandatory. Where applicable, please document whether activities are voluntary or reimbursed. Your CV should be downloaded to the document section. For research papers that have been submitted but not yet published, please include acknowledgement of submission from the journal. See comments above under Research/Publications for information regarding how to document your work.
Other Document - Evaluation of Training - for International or US Medical Graduates Only
International or US Medical Graduates Only - you must provide a RCPSC assessment of training form from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada: website: www.rcpsc.medical.org
PGME Orientation
Please be advised that the 2026 PGME New Resident Orientation Day is scheduled for Friday, June 26, 2026.
The orientation is mandatory to all incoming residents.