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Fraser - Internal Medicine

University of British ColumbiaFraser, British ColumbiaCMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2027 match, last approved 3 Sep 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)
2 positions
Length
4 years
Stream
CMG
Discipline
Internal Medicine
Applications per year
201–400
Applicants offered interviews
26–50%
Accreditation
Accredited
CaRMS program ID
35247

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

Summary

  • The Fraser Internal Medicine program is a distributed site of UBC's Vancouver-based program, with Surrey Memorial Hospital as its home site.
  • It uses a hub-and-spoke model with 8 community spoke sites, plus mandatory first-year blocks at St Paul's Hospital and Vancouver General Hospital.
  • Residents attend a monthly longitudinal clinic in PGY1–PGY3, and PGY2 and PGY3 use a partial night float system.

Training

Setting
  • Urban community
  • Academic / tertiary hospital
Sites

12 teaching sites

  • Surrey Memorial Hospital
  • Royal Columbian Hospital
  • St Paul's Hospital
Show all 12
  • Vancouver General Hospital
  • Abbotsford Regional Hospital
  • Burnaby Hospital
  • Chilliwack General Hospital
  • Delta Hospital
  • Eagle Ridge Hospital
  • Langley Memorial Hospital
  • Peace Arch Hospital
  • Ridge Meadows Hospital

Distributed across a region

Rural exposure
Not stated on CaRMS page
Research
Required · research or quality-improvement project · protected time
Call
In-house call · night float
Highlights
  • At least 3 community spoke-site rotations in the first 3 years, compared with the usual single one.
  • Team elective in Rwanda for senior residents, with two senior residents and one faculty member.

By year

PGY-1
  • Bootcamp (aligned with the Vancouver Program)
  • Internal Medicine CTU Junior rotation, with on-call
  • Internal Medicine Longitudinal Clinic
  • CCU Junior rotation
  • ICU Junior rotation
  • Subspecialty rotations
PGY-2
  • Internal Medicine CTU Ward or ED Consults
  • Internal Medicine Longitudinal Clinic
  • Community General Internal Medicine
  • CCU Senior
  • Subspeciality rotations
  • Internal Medicine CTU Senior rotation, with on-call
  • Internal Medicine Senior consult rotation (ward or ED consults)
  • Internal Medicine Community IM rotation
  • ICU Senior – Advanced Core
  • Subspecialty rotations
  • Internal Medicine Longitudinal rotation
  • Partial senior nightfloat oncall system

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

Application file components
  • CV
  • Electives
  • Examinations
  • Extra-curricular
  • Leadership skills
  • MSPRs
  • Personal letters
  • Reference documents
  • Research/Publications
  • Transcripts
Return of service
Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Applications per year
201–400
Applicants offered interviews
26–50%

Interviews

Dates (2027 match)
18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 Jan 2027; 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Feb 2027
Mode
Virtual
Format
  • Traditional (one on one/two on one)

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-1
$71,390 / year
PGY-2
$79,571 / year
PGY-3
$86,655 / year
PGY-4
$93,230 / year

One provincial scale for British Columbia, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 4 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

  • Surrey Memorial Hospital (Surrey)
  • Royal Columbian Hospital
  • St Paul's Hospital (Vancouver)
  • Vancouver General Hospital (Vancouver)
  • Abbotsford Regional Hospital (Abbotsford · rural or distributed site)
  • Burnaby Hospital (Burnaby · rural or distributed site)
  • Chilliwack General Hospital (Chilliwack · rural or distributed site)
  • Delta Hospital (Delta · rural or distributed site)
  • Eagle Ridge Hospital (rural or distributed site)
  • Langley Memorial Hospital (Langley · rural or distributed site)
  • Peace Arch Hospital (rural or distributed site)
  • Ridge Meadows Hospital (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.

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.

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.
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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.

Abbotsford Regional Hospital

Matched to Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre (Abbotsford) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
6,232 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
1,667 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.

Chilliwack General Hospital

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

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
7,586 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
2,009 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Delta Hospital

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

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
4,559 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
1,178 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.

Langley Memorial Hospital

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

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
6,154 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
1,643 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Peace Arch Hospital

Matched to Peace Arch Hospital (White Rock) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
8,039 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
2,036 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Ridge Meadows Hospital

Matched to Ridge Meadows Hospital (Maple Ridge) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
9,131 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
2,244 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

“For questions not covered on CaRMS site, email:” · the program’s note on CaRMS

FraserIM.PGME@ubc.ca

Elizabeth Lee · Senior Program Assistant

Program directors

  • Dr. Tristen Gilchrist

Site Director

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

Discussed on Reddit

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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 6 Oct 2026.