St. John's - Family Medicine - Care of the Elderly
Memorial University of NewfoundlandSt. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCompetitive stream
Enhanced skills (FM/ES) match
Family medicine residents applying for a PGY-3 year (the "+1").
Also at Memorial, outside the CaRMS match: Care of the Elderly - six-month option for physicians returning from practice, 6 months (returning-from-practice option); 12 months via CaRMS, for practising or certified family physicians. Applications: No dates published (as of 10 Oct 2026). See it ›: Care of the Elderly - six-month option for physicians returning from practice, on the list of programs applied for at the school
- 2 positions
- 1 year
- Competitive
- Family Medicine - Care of the Elderly
- 0–50
- 76–100%
- Accredited
- 34575
Summary
- This 1-year Care of the Elderly enhanced skills program leads to a Certificate of Added Competence in COE.
- Training includes 24 weeks of geriatric medicine in St. John's and/or Corner Brook plus a long-term care rotation in Botwood.
- Residents must complete a self-directed scholarly activity, with research time scheduled as 2 weeks or longitudinal half days.
Training
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Regional community
- Rural / remote
- Sites
4 teaching sites
- Dr. Hugh Twomey Health Centre
- L.A. Miller Centre
- Restorative Care
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- Mental Health and Addictions Centre
Distributed across a region
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation (4 weeks)
- Research
- Required · research or quality-improvement project · protected time
- Highlights
- Required 4-week long-term care rotation at a rural health centre in Botwood, NL.
- Residents give a community outreach presentation through the Alzheimer’s Society First Link Program.
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- Geriatric Medicine Inpatient/Outpatient (24 weeks · St. John's and/or Corner Brook, NL)
- Long Term Care (4 weeks · Dr. Hugh Twomey Health Centre, Botwood, NL)
- Geriatric Rehabilitation (4 weeks · L.A. Miller Centre, St. John's or Restorative Care, Corner Brook, NL)
- Community Geriatrics (4 weeks · Corner Brook, NL or Grand Falls, NL or Saint John, NB)
- Home Dementia Care (4 weeks · St. John's or Corner Brook, NL)
- Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry (4 weeks · Mental Health and Addictions Centre, St. John’s, NL)
- Research (2 weeks or Longitudinal (Total 9 half days during Geriatric Medicine Blocks))
- Selective (2 weeks)
- Neurology/Palliative Care
- Elective (4 weeks)
- Neurology Clinic (Longitudinal Schedule · 8 -10 clinics)
- Wound Care Clinic (Longitudinal Schedule · 1-2 clinics)
- Primary Care Geriatrics Home Visits (Longitudinal Schedule · 0.5 day per week (4-8 weeks))
Selection
- Application file components
- CV
- Electives
- Examinations
- Extra-curricular
- Leadership skills
- MSPRs
- Personal letters
- Reference documents
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
- Return of service
- Not required · all residents
- Applications per year
- 0–50
- Applicants offered interviews
- 76–100%
Interviews
- Dates (FM/ES 2027 match)
- 16 Oct 2026
- Mode
- Virtual
- Format
- Panel
Pay
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-3 | $79,848 / year |
Benefits
- Additional optional benefits
- 100% employee paid
- Annual vacation
- 4 weeks/year
- CMPA dues
- 100% reimbursement
- Conference leave
- 7 days/pd
- Extended health insurance
- Mandatory medical, basic life and AD&Dhttp://www.exec.gov.nl.ca/exec/hrs/working_with_us/employee_benefits.html
- Frequency of call
- Excess in-hospital call > 7/28 weekday – $225, weekend – $360;Call stipend – $115 Home call > 7/21 – $75;Call stipend – $57.50
- Maternity/Paternity leave
- Up to One year
- Meal allowance
- $105 per month
- Parking fees
- $5/year
- Provincial health insurance
- Contact Medical Care Plan1-866-449-4459
- Resident Student
- Full-time status
- Sick leave
- 1 day per month
- Statutory holidays
- 1-1/2 x pay or paid day off
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 1 day in 4 in-house, on average
Teaching sites
- Dr. Hugh Twomey Health Centre (Botwood · rural or distributed site)
- L.A. Miller Centre (St. John's)
- Restorative Care (Corner Brook · rural or distributed site)
- Mental Health and Addictions Centre (St. John's)
Hospital facts
Hospital size and activity: Newfoundland and Labrador doesn't publish this as open data.
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
Program directors
Dr. Meghan Greene
Program Director
Dr. Kathleen O'Donnell
Assistant Program Director
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
More links
Links the program published on CaRMS
Location
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
About the city
Public statistics for the place named by this program’s location label, each with its source and reference period. They describe the place, not the program, and are not a ranking. Check each source before you rely on it.
Climate
- January average
- −3.6 °C
- July average
- 16.5 °C
- Snowfall
- 363.4 cm a year
- Days below −20 °C
- 0.3 days a year
People
- Population
- 110,525 people
- Official languages
- English only 90.3% · French only 0.0% · English and French 9.2% · neither 0.5%
- Immigrants
- 7.0% of residents
- Indigenous identity
- 3.3% of residents
- How people commute
- car, truck or van 84.4% · public transit 5.4% · walking or cycling 7.2% · other 3.0%
- Median household income
- $75,000 before tax
Rural and remote
- Population centre
- St. John's, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people)
- Remoteness index
- 0.247
Housing, cost and work
- Rental vacancy rate
- 2.1%
- Basic cost of living
- $53,849 a year
- Unemployment rate
- 6.6%