Fraser - Internal Medicine

University of British ColumbiaFraser, British ColumbiaCompetitive RoS stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved 27 Aug 2025

From the 2026 match (R-1 2026). See the 2027 version

Positions (approx. quota): 5 positions
Length: 5 years
Stream: Competitive RoS
Discipline: Internal Medicine
Applications per year: 201–400
Applicants offered interviews: 0–25%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 29397

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

Summary

The UBC Internal Medicine - Fraser program offers a comprehensive four-year residency training experience in Internal Medicine, utilizing a distributed learning model across Fraser Health's diverse healthcare sites. Residents will gain extensive clinical experience through a hub-and-spoke model, with opportunities for longitudinal learning, community medicine exposure, and progressive clinical responsibility.

Training

Research

Three blocks of research time during core training, with support from Fraser Health Research Office and UBC Research resources.

Training setting

A distributed training model across Surrey Memorial Hospital (hub) and 8 community hospitals in the Fraser Health region, serving a diverse, multicultural population of over 1.9 million people.

Teaching approach

Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) with a focus on experiential learning, progressive clinical responsibility, and training residents to become independent, compassionate, and evidence-based internists.

Setting types

Academic medical center
Community hospitals
Distributed healthcare sites

Focus areas

Community Internal Medicine
Diverse Healthcare Settings
Social Medicine
Longitudinal Patient Care

Patient populations

Diverse multicultural communities
Indigenous populations
Urban and community healthcare settings
Complex medical patients

Highlights

OSCEs
Associate Membership to American College of Physicians
Resident Research Day
Annual Resident Retreats
Annual Welcome Event
Simulation/Ultrasound Curriculum
One week annual conference leave with funding
Resident wellness initiatives
Longitudinal clinics in PGY1-PGY3
Fraser specific academic full days
Robust Social Medicine curriculum
International elective opportunity in Rwanda

Strengths

Comprehensive four-year training program
Distributed learning across multiple sites
Strong community medicine exposure
Robust research infrastructure
Emphasis on longitudinal patient care
Diverse clinical experiences

Enhanced skills

Social Medicine
International Health
Community Medicine

By year

PGY-1

Bootcamp
Internal Medicine CTU Junior
Internal Medicine Ambulatory
CCU Junior
ICU Junior
Subspecialty Rotations

PGY-2

Internal Medicine CTU Ward or ED Consults
Internal Medicine Longitudinal Clinic
Community General Internal Medicine
CCU Senior
Subspecialty Rotations

PGY-3

Internal Medicine CTU Senior
Internal Medicine Senior Consult
Internal Medicine Community IM
ICU Senior
Subspecialty Rotations

PGY-4

Tailored Community Internal Medicine

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

CV
Electives
Extra-curricular activities
Leadership skills
Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
Personal letter
Reference letters
Research/Publications
Transcripts

Applications per year

201–400

Applicants offered interviews

0–25%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 9 Jan 2026

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.

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.

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.

Show facts for 6 more sites

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

Contacts weren't collected for the 2026 match.

The current program director and contacts are on the 2027 version of this program and on the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab).

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 5 Oct 2026.