Swift Current - Regional - Family Medicine
University of SaskatchewanSwift Current, SaskatchewanCompetitive stream
- 1 position
- 2 years
- Competitive
- Family Medicine
- 601+
- 26–50%
- Accredited
- 35890
Summary
- This is a 2-year family medicine residency based in Swift Current, a city of 17,000 serving Southwest Saskatchewan.
- Year 2 includes an 8-week rural experience at a site chosen from communities such as La Ronge, Nipawin and Weyburn.
- Residents have longitudinal experiences in palliative care, long-term care, urology and emergency medicine, and must have a vehicle.
Training
- Setting
- Regional community
- Rural / remote
- Sites
1 teaching site
- Cypress Regional Hospital
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation (8 weeks)
- Focus areas
- Rural / remote
- POCUS curriculum
- Getting around
- A car is required
- Travel is reimbursed
- Highlights
- Longitudinal experiences in palliative care, long-term care, urology and emergency medicine across both years.
- Site-based simulation and ultrasound program with one-on-one faculty teaching.
By year
- PGY-1
- Family Medicine17 weeks
- Obstetrics / Women's Health6 weeks
- Emergency Medicine4 weeks
- Surgery4 weeks
- Internal Medicine4 weeks
- Pediatrics4 weeks
- Electives4 weeks
- Psychiatry4 weeks
- Anesthesia3 weeks
- Orientation2 weeks
- Consolidation Week1 week
- PGY-2
- Family Medicine23 weeks
- Electives10 weeks
- Rural Family Medicine8 weeks
- Obstetrics4 weeks
- Internal Medicine4 weeks
- Consolidation Week1 week
- Exam Week1 week
Selection
- Application file components
- CV
- Electives
- Examinations
- Extra-curricular
- Leadership skills
- MSPRs
- Personal letters
- Reference documents
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
- Other file component(s)
- Return of service
- Required · IMGs only
- Applications per year
- 601+
- Applicants offered interviews
- 26–50%
Interviews
- Dates (2027 match)
- 20, 21, 22 and 23 Jan 2027
- Mode
- Virtual
Pay
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $68,329 / year |
| PGY-2 | $74,518 / year |
Benefits
- Annual vacation
- 4 weeks
- CMPA dues paid
- 100%
- Dental plan
- 100%
- Educational leave
- Minimum 7 days with pay, 12 Maximum
- Employee Assistance Program
- Two programs available through SMA and University of Saskatchewan
- Extended health insurance
- Blue Cross family coverage, if registered with a Provincial Health Plan
- Frequency of call
- 1:4 in-house (if in excess of 1:4 paid $196/period from 1700-0800 weekdays and $249 from 0800-0800 weekends)*;1:3 out-of-house
- Life insurance
- Paid premium, >$100,000 coverage
- Long-term disability insurance
- Paid premium cost for Disability Insurance
- Maternity leave/ Paternity
- In conformity with Sask. Labour Standards Act – 17 weeks max maternity leave and up to 35 weeks parental leave.5 paid days paternity (can split the 35 weeks parental leave with mother as desired.)
- Meal allowance
- n/a
- On-Call Stipends
- Home Light: per duty period: $72 weekday; $83 weekendIn House: per duty period: $166 weekday; $191 weekendICU/CCU: per duty period: $166 weekday; $191 weekend
- Provincial dues (% of salary)
- 1 %
- Provincial health insurance
- Yes, if registered with Sask. Health
- Sick leave
- 1.25 days per month to maximum 75 days
- Statutory and floating holidays
- 1.5 times pay or 1/2 pay & day off for stats, plus 6 extra paid days off at Christmas
- Supplemental Maternity Leave Benefits
- 15 weeks topped to 90% pay when eligible for Employment Insurance
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 1 in 4 in-house, averaged over a rotation
Teaching sites
- Cypress Regional Hospital (Swift Current)
Hospital facts
Hospital size and activity: Saskatchewan doesn't publish this as open data.
Unfilled positions in past years
Open after round 1 in 1 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 0 of 9 years.
| Year | Open after round 1 | Open after round 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | not available | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 positions open after round 1 in 2020, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
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 director
Dr. Sheila Smith
Faculty profile of Dr. Sheila Smith(opens in a new tab)
Emergency Medicine
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
Site staffdirectors and coordinators at the teaching sites
Dr. Kelsy Leavins
Swift Current Site Director
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Location
Swift Current, Saskatchewan
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About the city
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Climate
- January average
- −10.8 °C
- July average
- 18.3 °C
- Snowfall
- 88.0 cm a year
- Days below −20 °C
- 30.4 days a year
People
- Population
- 16,750 people
- Official languages
- English only 95.2% · French only 0.0% · English and French 4.5% · neither 0.3%
- Immigrants
- 13.0% of residents
- Indigenous identity
- 5.0% of residents
- How people commute
- car, truck or van 94.8% · public transit 0.5% · walking or cycling 3.9% · other 0.9%
- Median household income
- $78,000 before tax
Rural and remote
- Population centre
- Swift Current, a small population centre (1,000 to 29,999 people)
- Remoteness index
- 0.403
- Student loan forgiveness
- Family medicine here may qualify for up to $60,000 of Canada Student Loan forgiveness. Eligibility depends on the postal code of where you work: check the official postal-code lookup. Postal-code lookup(opens in a new tab)
Housing, cost and work
- Rental vacancy rate
- 5.5%
- Basic cost of living
- $51,502 a year
Job outlook
- Outlook, 2025–2027
- Very good
- Canada-wide, to 2033
- Strong risk of Shortage