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Ottawa - Psychiatry
The University of Ottawa Psychiatry Program offers a comprehensive 5-year training experience focused on developing highly qualified psychiatrists. The program emphasizes a broad range of psychiatric expertise, with exceptional medical educators and opportunities for specialized training across various psychiatric domains.
- Program ID
- 29345
- Quota
- 2 positions
- Stream
- IMG
- Program Length
- 5 years
- Last Approved
- October 8, 2025
- Last Updated
- December 3, 2025
- Avg. Applications (5 yrs)
- 401 - 600
- Avg. Interview Rate
- 0 - 25 %
Teaching Philosophy
Competency-based medical education using a progressive independence model, focusing on developing comprehensive psychiatric skills across CanMEDS roles with regular assessment and measurement of competencies.
Training Setting
Urban academic medical centers in Ottawa, including multiple hospital campuses with diverse psychiatric settings and patient populations.
- Strong teaching faculty
- National review course in psychiatry
- Additional medical education training opportunities
- Inter-provincial and international electives
- Strong psychotherapy program
- Opportunities to do rotations in French and English
- Exceptional group of medical educators
- Wide breadth of psychiatric expertise
- Ratio of residents to faculty is 1:4
- Reasonable call frequency
- Comprehensive academic curriculum
Protected time for mandatory scholarly project, comprehensive seminar series on research methodology, annual Research Day presentation
- The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus
- The Ottawa Hospital General Campus
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
- The Royal Ottawa Hospital
- Montfort Hospital
Interview Dates
- January 19, 2026
- January 20, 2026
- January 22, 2026
- January 23, 2026
- January 26, 2026
- January 27, 2026
- January 29, 2026
- January 30, 2026
- February 2, 2026
- February 3, 2026
- February 5, 2026
- February 6, 2026
- January 12, 2026
- MCCQE Part I score
- NAC examination
- Medical student performance record
- Personal letter
- References
- CV/Research portfolio
- Interview performance
Ontario provincial salaries
Salary Progression (5-Year Program)
Starting Salary
$73,367
PGY-1
Maximum Salary
$98,567
PGY-5
Benefits & Perks
Compensation data is province-wide and may vary by institution. Please verify with individual programs. Data sourced from CARMS.
Data Source: This information is aggregated from publicly available sources. Last updated on 12/3/2025. Always verify details with the official program page.