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Fraser - Family Medicine - Addiction Medicine

University of British ColumbiaFraser, British ColumbiaCompetitive stream

Enhanced skills (FM/ES) match

Family medicine residents applying for a PGY-3 year (the "+1").

Contacts and 2 more links
Open on carms.ca(opens in a new tab)

Also at UBC, outside the CaRMS match:

From the school’s own pages, not CaRMS; you apply to the school, on its dates. Confirm on the school’s page before you apply.

CaRMS program description, FM/ES 2027 match, last approved 27 Aug 2026

Positions (approx. quota)
2 positions
Length
1 year
Stream
Competitive
Discipline
Family Medicine - Addiction Medicine
Applications per year
0–50
Applicants offered interviews
51–75%
Accreditation
Accredited
CaRMS program ID
34537

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

Summary

  • This 1-year addiction medicine enhanced skills program trains family physicians in inpatient and outpatient substance use disorder management and concurrent disorders.
  • Training takes place in acute care, residential and community outpatient settings in the Fraser Health Region.
  • The year has nine core blocks, three elective blocks and a year-long half-day longitudinal community practice experience.

Training

Setting
  • Urban community
  • Academic / tertiary hospital
Sites

13 teaching sites

  • Surrey Memorial Hospital
  • Royal Columbian Hospital
  • Burnaby Hospital
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  • BC Women's Hospital
  • Creekside Withdrawal Management Centre
  • Fraser South (Surrey) Rapid Access Addiction Clinic
  • Fraser North (New Westminster) Rapid Access Addiction Clinic
  • Fraser East (Abbotsford) Rapid Access Addiction Clinic
  • Kinghaven Treatment Centre
  • Peardonville Treatment Centre
  • Maple Ridge Treatment Centre
  • Timber Creek Tertiary Psychiatry Unit
  • Jim Pattison Outpatient Centre

Distributed across a region

Rural exposure
Not stated on CaRMS page
Focus areas
  • Longitudinal / integrated
Research
Offered · research project · protected time
Call
Home call
Highlights
  • Begins with a two-week academic block including lecturers and people with lived experience.
  • Includes 4 days of introductory and advanced motivational interviewing training.
  • Residents must present at the annual BC Centre on Substance Use conference.

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single year.

  • Acute care (Addiction Medicine Consult Service)
  • Inpatient Withdrawal Management
  • Outpatient specialty addiction clinics
  • Women’s residential treatment program (BC Women’s Hospital)
  • Inpatient concurrent psychiatric disorders
  • Youth addiction
  • Private treatment centre (Kinghaven Treatment Centre, Peardonville Treatment Centre and Maple Ridge Treatment Centre)
  • Longitudinal Outpatient Continuity of Care Experience
  • perinatal substance use
  • public health
  • correctional facilities
  • infectious diseases (HCV, HIV)
  • Indigenous health and wellness
  • dedicated research block

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
Not stated on CaRMS page
Applications per year
0–50
Applicants offered interviews
51–75%

Interviews

Dates (FM/ES 2027 match)
15, 16 and 17 Oct 2026
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
LevelAnnual salary
PGY-3
$86,655 / year

One provincial scale for British Columbia, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing PGY-3, the level FM/ES residents usually start at. Yours depends on your training so far.

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

  • Surrey Memorial Hospital (Surrey)
  • Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster)
  • Burnaby Hospital (Burnaby)
  • BC Women's Hospital
  • Creekside Withdrawal Management Centre
  • Fraser South (Surrey) Rapid Access Addiction Clinic (Surrey)
  • Fraser North (New Westminster) Rapid Access Addiction Clinic (New Westminster)
  • Fraser East (Abbotsford) Rapid Access Addiction Clinic (Abbotsford)
  • Kinghaven Treatment Centre
  • Peardonville Treatment Centre
  • Maple Ridge Treatment Centre
  • Timber Creek Tertiary Psychiatry Unit
  • Jim Pattison Outpatient Centre (Surrey)

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.

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.

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.

Burnaby Hospital

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

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
8,388 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
2,058 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.
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BC Women's Hospital

Matched to BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre (Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
5,033 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
1,348 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Jim Pattison Outpatient Centre

Matched to Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre (Surrey) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
5,805 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
1,362 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

raman.jawanda@bccsu.ubc.ca

Raman Jawanda · Addiction Medicine Program Coordinator

Program 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.

More links

Links the program published on CaRMS

Location

Fraser, 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 8 Oct 2026.