Interior - Emergency Medicine

University of British ColumbiaInterior, British ColumbiaCMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved 3 Nov 2025

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

Positions (approx. quota): 3 positions
Length: 5 years
Stream: CMG
Discipline: Emergency Medicine
Applications per year: 51–200
Applicants offered interviews: 26–50%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 29203

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

Summary

The UBC Emergency Medicine Interior Site offers a dynamic, collegial training program in Kelowna, British Columbia. Residents benefit from a small program size, early clinical responsibility, and exceptional work-life balance in a beautiful location with unique clinical experiences.

Training

Research

Residents are supported in completing a scholarly project relevant to Emergency Medicine, with opportunities to join ongoing faculty research or pursue independent projects.

Training setting

Kelowna General Hospital is a 440-bed tertiary care center with a high-volume Emergency Department serving the Okanagan Valley. Training occurs across multiple sites in British Columbia.

Teaching approach

Competency-Based Medical Education with progressive independence, emphasizing hands-on learning, simulation, and individualized teaching across multiple clinical sites.

Setting types

Tertiary Care Center
Academic Medical Center
Community Hospitals

Focus areas

Emergency Medicine
Acute Care
Trauma Care
Rural and Community Emergency Medicine

Patient populations

Emergency Department Patients
Trauma Patients
Acute Care Patients
Pediatric Patients
Rural and Community Patients

Highlights

Academic Full Day every Wednesday
Simulation Training Program
Monthly Journal Club
NERD (Novel Education in Research Design) Course
Scholarly Project Opportunities
Dedicated Ultrasound Training
Practice Examinations
Ethics and Professionalism Seminars
Continuous Quality Improvement Training
Emergency Medicine Specialized Skills Sessions
Cadaver Procedure Lab (every two years)

Strengths

Small program size with increased flexibility
High learner-to-patient volume ratio
Collegial learning environment
Comprehensive simulation training
Diverse rotation opportunities
Strong academic and research support
Exceptional work-life balance

Enhanced skills

Ultrasound Training
Procedure Skills
Research Methodology
Quality Improvement

By year

PGY-1

Ultrasound BlockProgram Site1 block
Emergency MedicineKelowna General HospitalBlocks not specified

PGY-2

NERD CourseVancouverBlock length
Emergency MedicineVarious UBC SitesBlocks not specified

PGY-3

Emergency MedicineVarious UBC SitesBlocks not specified

PGY-4

Emergency MedicineVarious UBC SitesBlocks not specified

PGY-5

Emergency MedicineVarious UBC SitesBlocks not specified
Continuous Quality ImprovementProgram SitesWorkshops

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

CV
Electives
Medical Student Performance Record
Personal Letter
Reference Letters
Interview Performance

Applications per year

51–200

Applicants offered interviews

26–50%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 21, 22 and 31 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.

Kelowna General Hospital

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.

Vernon Jubilee Hospital

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

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 4,704 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: 1,249 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Penticton Regional Hospital

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

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 3,482 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: 837 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Show facts for 8 more sites

Royal Inland Hospital

Matched to Royal Inland Hospital (Kamloops) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 10,812 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: 2,914 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Victoria General Hospital

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

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

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

Interior, 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.