Fraser - Emergency Medicine

University of British ColumbiaFraser, British ColumbiaCompetitive RoS stream

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CaRMS program description, 2027 match, last approved 28 Aug 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: 5 years
Stream: Competitive RoS
Discipline: Emergency Medicine
Applications per year: 51–200
Applicants offered interviews: 26–50%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 36318

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

Summary

UBC Emergency Medicine Fraser is a five-year residency based at Royal Columbian Hospital, the region's tertiary referral centre.
Residents also rotate through Surrey Memorial, BC Children's and Vancouver General hospitals, and must complete at least one community EM rotation.
The program takes up to four residents per year and includes a PGY-1 ultrasound block and an early PGY-2 research methodology block.
This competitive stream carries a return-of-service obligation within B.C. but outside the City of Vancouver.

Training

Setting

Academic / tertiary hospital
Urban community

Sites

9 teaching sites

Royal Columbian Hospital
Surrey Memorial Hospital
Eagle Ridge Hospital

Show all 9

Vancouver General Hospital
St. Paul's Hospital
BC Children’s Hospital
Kelowna General Hospital (KGH)
Victoria General Hospital (VicGH)
Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH)

Rural exposure

Optional rural rotation

Focus areas

POCUS curriculum
Early independence
Small program

Research

Required · research or quality-improvement project · protected time

Getting around

Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for

Highlights

Base hospital hosts BC's only EM resident trauma fellowship, a one-year option.
Off-service rotations such as trauma, neurology and cardiology usually provide one-on-one attending teaching.

By year

PGY-5

Area of Concentrated Expertise (ACE)at least six months

From the program's rotation list.

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

Emergency Medicine (RCH) (Transition to Discipline (Blocks 1–3) · 2 blocks · RCH)
Pediatric EM (SMH) (Transition to Discipline (Blocks 1–3) · 1 block · SMH)
Emergency Medicine (Foundations of Discipline (Blocks 4–13) · 3 blocks)
Emergency Ultrasound (Foundations of Discipline (Blocks 4–13) · 1 block)
Obstetrics / Gynecology (Foundations of Discipline (Blocks 4–13) · 1 block)
General Surgery (Foundations of Discipline (Blocks 4–13) · 1 block)
Internal Medicine CTU (Foundations of Discipline (Blocks 4–13) · 1 block)
Psychiatric Emergency (Foundations of Discipline (Blocks 4–13) · 1 block)
Intensive Care (Foundations of Discipline (Blocks 4–13) · 1 block)
Orthopedics (Foundations of Discipline (Blocks 4–13) · 1 block)
Emergency Medicine, including community EM (PGY-2 to 4 — Core of Discipline · approximately 17 blocks)
Pediatric EM (SMH / BCCH) (PGY-2 to 4 — Core of Discipline · approximately 4 blocks · SMH / BCCH)
Trauma (PGY-2 to 4 — Core of Discipline · 1 block minimum)
Research Methodology (NERD) (PGY-2 to 4 — Core of Discipline · 1 block)
Pre-Hospital Care (PGY-2 to 4 — Core of Discipline · 1 block)
Cardiology / CCU (PGY-2 to 4 — Core of Discipline · 1–2 blocks)
Neurology / Stroke (PGY-2 to 4 — Core of Discipline · 1 block)
Anesthesia (PGY-2 to 4 — Core of Discipline · 1–2 blocks)
Toxicology (PGY-2 to 4 — Core of Discipline · 1 block)
Senior ICU (PGY-2 to 4 — Core of Discipline · 2 blocks)
Pediatric ICU (PGY-2 to 4 — Core of Discipline · 1 block)
Electives (PGY-2 to 4 — Core of Discipline)

Selection

Application file components

CV
Electives
Examinations
Extra-curricular
Leadership skills
MSPRs
Personal letters
Reference documents
Research/Publications
Transcripts

Return of service

Required · this stream

IMG requirements

Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program

Applications per year

51–200

Applicants offered interviews

26–50%

Interviews

Dates (2027 match)

4 and 5 Feb 2027

Mode

Virtual

Format

Panel

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

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
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$71,390 / year
PGY-2	$79,571 / year
PGY-3	$86,655 / year
PGY-4	$93,230 / year
PGY-5	$100,215 / year

One provincial scale for British Columbia, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 5 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

Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster)
Surrey Memorial Hospital (Surrey)
Eagle Ridge Hospital
Vancouver General Hospital (Vancouver)
St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver)
BC Children’s Hospital (Vancouver)
Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) (Kelowna · rural or distributed site)
Victoria General Hospital (VicGH) (Victoria · rural or distributed site)
Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH) (Victoria · rural or distributed site)

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.

Royal Columbian Hospital

Matched to Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 4,798 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: 1,447 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Surrey Memorial Hospital

Matched to Surrey Memorial Hospital (Surrey) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 11,911 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: 2,849 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Eagle Ridge Hospital

Matched to Eagle Ridge Hospital (Port Moody) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 6,014 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: 1,496 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

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Vancouver General Hospital

Matched to Vancouver General Hospital in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 13,790 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: 3,855 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

St. Paul's Hospital

Matched to St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 8,691 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: 2,240 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

BC Children’s Hospital

Matched to BC Children's Hospital (Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 7,396 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: 1,910 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Kelowna General Hospital (KGH)

Matched to Kelowna General Hospital (Kelowna) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 15,707 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: 4,090 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Victoria General Hospital (VicGH)

Matched to Victoria General Hospital (Victoria) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 8,131 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: 2,108 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH)

Matched to Royal Jubilee Hospital (Victoria) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 14,532 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: 3,973 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.

Unfilled positions in past years

No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.

Positions at this site, all streams.

A position can go unfilled because of where the site is, because it is open to IMGs only or to another restricted stream, or because the quota changed late. It says nothing about the quality of the training. Verify with the CaRMS lists. Source: CaRMS’s lists of positions open after round 1 and after round 2, as read in October 2026 (latest: 2026 round 1 (CaRMS PDF, opens in a new tab), 2026 round 2 (CaRMS PDF, opens in a new tab)). A site’s numbers are shown when it had positions open after round 1 in at least 2 of 8 years or at least 3 in one year.

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

em.fraser@ubc.ca

Kanchan Pandey · Fraser Program Coordinator

Mira Pandya
Program Manager
em.residencymanager@ubc.ca
604 875 4111 local 23076

Program director

Dr. Tina Yokota

CaRMS lists no email for the director.

Site staffdirectors and coordinators at the teaching sites

Dr. Tom Green
Associate Program Director, Fraser Site
tom.green@ubc.ca
604-250-8269

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

Location

Fraser, British Columbia

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.