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Interior - Psychiatry
The UBC Psychiatry Interior Track offers a comprehensive 5-year residency program located in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, with primary training sites in Kelowna and Kamloops. The program provides diverse psychiatric training across multiple clinical settings, emphasizing a distributed model of medical education that serves the unique healthcare needs of British Columbia's interior region.
- Program ID
- 29724
- Quota
- 1 positions
- Stream
- Competitive RoS
- Program Length
- 5 years
- Last Approved
- August 25, 2025
- Last Updated
- December 3, 2025
- Avg. Applications (5 yrs)
- 51 - 200
- Avg. Interview Rate
- 51 - 75 %
Teaching Philosophy
Follows Competency By Design framework, emphasizing progressive skill development through four stages: Transition to Discipline, Foundations, Core, and Transition to Practice, with a focus on developing comprehensive psychiatric competencies.
Training Setting
Training occurs across multiple urban and community hospitals in British Columbia's Southern Interior, including Kelowna General Hospital and Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, with a mix of inpatient, outpatient, and specialized psychiatric services.
- Distributed training model across multiple sites
- Protected research time for Research Track positions
- Competency By Design curriculum
- Comprehensive psychotherapy training
- Annual Research Day
- Opportunities for interprovincial/international electives
- Multiple subspecialty fellowship options
- Comprehensive training across diverse psychiatric subspecialties
- Integrated academic and clinical training
- Strong emphasis on research and scholarly activity
- Multicultural and diverse training environment
- Flexible elective opportunities
Residents have protected research time, with 2 dedicated Research Track positions offering 1 day per week of research time, annual Research Day, and opportunities to pursue scholarly projects throughout training.
- Kelowna General Hospital
- Royal Inland Hospital
- Penticton Regional Hospital
Interview Dates
- Tuesday, January 20, 2026
- Tuesday, January 27, 2026
- Wednesday, January 28, 2026
- January 20, 2026
- January 27, 2026
- January 28, 2026
- Medical Student Performance Record
- Personal letter
- Reference documents
- Interview performance
- Academic performance
- Research and scholarly activities
- Interpersonal skills
British Columbia provincial salaries
Salary Progression (5-Year Program)
Starting Salary
$65,332
PGY-1
Maximum Salary
$91,711
PGY-5
Benefits & Perks
... and 2 more benefits
Compensation data is province-wide and may vary by institution. Please verify with individual programs. Data sourced from CARMS.
PGY-1 Rotations
PGY-2 Rotations
PGY-3 Rotations
PGY-4 Rotations
PGY-5 Rotations
Data Source: This information is aggregated from publicly available sources. Last updated on 12/3/2025. Always verify details with the official program page.