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Vancouver Island - Internal Medicine

University of British ColumbiaVancouver Island, British ColumbiaCMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2027 match, last approved 27 Aug 2026 · See the 2026 version

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)
5 positions
Length
4 years
Stream
CMG
Discipline
Internal Medicine
Applications per year
51–200
Applicants offered interviews
26–50%
Accreditation
Accredited
CaRMS program ID
35828

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

Summary

  • This is the Vancouver Island distributed site of UBC's Internal Medicine program, with training mainly at Victoria General Hospital and Royal Jubilee Hospital.
  • PGY-1 includes mandatory blocks in Vancouver, and PGY-2 includes a 4-week community rotation in a smaller Vancouver Island centre.
  • All residents attend a mandatory longitudinal outpatient clinic, and up to three months of research time is allowed.

Training

Setting
  • Academic / tertiary hospital
  • Regional community
Sites

11 teaching sites

  • Royal Jubilee Hospital
  • Victoria General Hospital
  • BC Cancer Agency
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  • The longitudinal Medicine Clinic at RJH (UMAC Clinic in the Royal Block)
  • Community sites in Duncan
  • Nanaimo
  • Campbell River
  • Comox
  • Vancouver General Hospital
  • St. Paul's Hospital
  • Royal Columbian Hospital

Distributed across a region

Rural exposure
Not stated on CaRMS page
Focus areas
  • Small program
Research
Required · research or quality-improvement project · protected time
Highlights
  • Mandatory three-year longitudinal outpatient Internal Medicine clinic where each resident follows their own patients monthly.
  • Small distributed cohort of 21 core residents based in Victoria rather than Vancouver.

By year

PGY-1
  • Sub-specialty electiveslocal Victoria/Vancouver Island Content20 weeks
  • CTU16 weeks in Victoria and 2 weeks in Vancouver18 weeks total
  • CCUVictoria8 weeks
  • ICUVictoria4 weeks
  • Boot CampVancouver (VGH)2 weeks
  • Fundamental Critical Care Skills Course (FCCS)
  • Procedures Training
PGY-2
  • Sub-Specialty electivesmostly on Vancouver Island with some possible in other locations24 weeks
  • CTUVictoria16 weeks total
  • CCUVictoria8 weeks
  • Communitya smaller center on Vancouver Island4 weeks
PGY-3
  • Sub-Specialty ElectivesVancouver Island, in Vancouver or in other locations28 weeks
  • CTUVictoria12 weeks total
  • ICUVictoria at Royal Jubilee Hospital and Victoria General Hospital8 weeks
  • Ambulatory MedicineVictoria4 weeks

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
51–200
Applicants offered interviews
26–50%

Interviews

Dates (2027 match)
Not stated on CaRMS page
Mode
Virtual
Format
  • Traditional (one on one/two on one)

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 Jubilee Hospital (Victoria)
  • Victoria General Hospital (Victoria)
  • BC Cancer Agency (Victoria)
  • The longitudinal Medicine Clinic at RJH (UMAC Clinic in the Royal Block) (Victoria)
  • Community sites in Duncan (Duncan · rural or distributed site)
  • Nanaimo (Nanaimo · rural or distributed site)
  • Campbell River (Campbell River · rural or distributed site)
  • Comox (Comox · rural or distributed site)
  • Vancouver General Hospital (Vancouver)
  • St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver)
  • Royal Columbian Hospital

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 Jubilee Hospital

Matched to Royal Jubilee Hospital (Victoria) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
14,532 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
3,973 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Victoria General Hospital

Matched to Victoria General Hospital (Victoria) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
8,131 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
2,108 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Vancouver General Hospital

Matched to Vancouver General Hospital in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
13,790 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
3,855 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.
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St. Paul's Hospital

Matched to St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
8,691 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
2,240 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Royal Columbian Hospital

Matched to Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
4,798 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
1,447 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

Open after round 1 in 1 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 0 of 9 years.

Positions at this site, all streams. Site as CaRMS lists it: Vancouver Island.

Positions at this site, all streams, still open after round 1 and after round 2, by year. Each count above zero links to the CaRMS list page it comes from.
YearOpen after round 1Open after round 2
2018not available0
201900
202000
202100
202200
202300
202400
20254 positions open after round 1 in 2025, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)0
202600

CaRMS’s first-round list for 2018 was not found, so round 1 is counted over 8 years and round 2 over 9.

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

“For questions not covered on CaRMS site, email:” · the program’s note on CaRMS

oatwal@uvic.ca

Olivia Atwal · Internal Medicine Program Coordinator

Program directors

  • Dr. Tristen Gilchrist

Site Director

  • Dr. Kari-Jean McKenzie

    Associate Program Director - Vancouver Island

CaRMS lists no email for the directors.

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

Vancouver Island, 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.