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Interior - Internal Medicine

University of British ColumbiaInterior, British ColumbiaCMG streamNew for 2027

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CaRMS program description, 2027 match, last approved 28 Aug 2026

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)
3 positions
Length
4 years
Stream
CMG
Discipline
Internal Medicine
Applications per year
201–400
Applicants offered interviews
0–25%
Accreditation
Accredited
CaRMS program ID
36952

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

Summary

  • This is a four-year internal medicine residency based mainly at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.
  • Residents complete one community internal medicine rotation per year at Interior partner sites such as Salmon Arm, Cranbrook, Trail, Penticton and Vernon.
  • Most call is evening call ending around 2300 hours, and a longitudinal clinic begins in PGY-2.

Training

Setting
  • Regional community
  • Academic / tertiary hospital
Sites

1 teaching site

  • Royal Inland Hospital

Distributed across a region

Rural exposure
Optional rural rotation
Focus areas
  • Small program
  • Early independence
Research
Required · research or quality-improvement project
Call
In-house call
Highlights
  • Over 80% of call is evening call ending around 2300, limiting overnight in-hospital call.
  • Required community internal medicine rotation every year at Interior partner sites.
  • Clinical services run independently of residents, giving more emphasis to education than service.

By year

PGY-1
  • Internal Medicine Clinical Teaching Unit4 blocks
  • Subspecialty rotations4 blocks
  • Cardiology1 block
  • Intensive Care Unit1 block
  • GIM Ambulatory1 block
  • Community Internal Medicine1 block
  • Boot Camp in Vancouver and 2 weeks of inpatient clinical experienceVancouver1 block
PGY-2
  • Subspecialty rotations4/5 blocks
  • Internal Medicine Clinical Teaching Unit2 blocks
  • Electives2/3 blocks
  • Intensive Care Unit1 block
  • CCUKelowna1 block
  • GIM Ambulatory1 block
  • Community Internal Medicine1 block
PGY-3
  • Subspecialty rotations5/6 blocks
  • Internal Medicine Clinical Teaching Unit2 blocks
  • Cardiology1 block
  • Intensive Care Unit1 block
  • Community Internal Medicine1 block
  • GIM Ambulatory1 block
  • Electives1/2 blocks
PGY-4
  • Transition to Practice

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
0–25%

Interviews

Dates (2027 match)
Not stated on CaRMS page
Format
  • MMI or rotating station

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

  • Royal Inland Hospital (Kamloops)

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 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.

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

Site Director

l.moss@ubc.ca

Laura Moss · Provincial Program Manager

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

Public Reddit posts and comments where someone describes this program. Each one links to Reddit.

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Location

Interior, 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.