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Victoria - Family Medicine

University of British ColumbiaVictoria, British Columbia
Family Medicine
IMG Stream
6 Positions
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The Victoria Site offers a comprehensive two-year Family Medicine residency program that prepares graduates to confidently provide services in diverse patient care settings. Located in Victoria, British Columbia, the program provides extensive training across urban, semi-urban, and rural environments, emphasizing community-based healthcare and serving under-serviced populations.

Quick Facts
Program ID
30209
Quota
6 positions
Stream
IMG
Program Length
2 years
Last Approved
September 11, 2025
Last Updated
December 3, 2025
Avg. Applications (5 yrs)
201 - 400
Avg. Interview Rate
51 - 75 %
Program Overview

Teaching Philosophy

Competency-based medical education focusing on developing skilled primary care physicians with professional flexibility, lifelong learning, and a commitment to comprehensive community-based healthcare.

Training Setting

Based in the Capital Regional District with training across Greater Victoria, surrounding communities like Sooke, Sidney, and Duncan, utilizing community family practices and two major hospitals with 950 acute care beds.

Focus Areas
Community-based primary care
Rural medicine
Urban family practice
Comprehensive community health care
Under-serviced population care
Special Features
  • Mandatory 2-month rural rotation
  • Optional Enhanced Rural training (4-6 months)
  • Interprovincial or international electives
  • Scholarship Day in June
  • Quality improvement project
  • Evidence-based medicine emphasis
Program Strengths
  • Distributed training across 23 sites
  • Strong academic and administrative support
  • High graduate preparedness
  • Diverse training environments
  • Resident wellness prioritization
Patient Populations
Urban patients
Rural community patients
Inner-city core populations
Vulnerable populations
Diverse community settings
Research Opportunities

Residents must complete a scholar project and present their work at the annual Scholarship Day.

Teaching Hospitals
  • Royal Jubilee Hospital
  • Victoria General Hospital
  • Cowichan District Hospital
Training Setting Type
Academic medical center
Community hospitals
Rural clinics
Urban family practices
Enhanced Skills Training
Emergency Medicine
Care of the Elderly
Anesthesia
Palliative Medicine
Sports and Exercise Medicine
Clinician Scholars program
Interview Information

Interview Dates

  • January 17, 2026
  • January 19, 2026
  • January 20, 2026
  • January 21, 2026
  • January 22, 2026
  • January 23, 2026
  • January 24, 2026
  • January 26, 2026
  • January 27, 2026
  • February 08, 2026
  • January 17-27, 2026
  • January 28, 2026
Evaluation Criteria
  • File review (50%)
  • MMI interview (45%)
  • FMProC score (5%)
Compensation & Benefits

British Columbia provincial salaries

Updated July 25, 2023

Salary Progression (2-Year Program)

Starting Salary

$65,332

PGY-1

Maximum Salary

$72,818

PGY-2

Benefits & Perks

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

... and 2 more benefits

Compensation data is province-wide and may vary by institution. Please verify with individual programs. Data sourced from CARMS.

Curriculum & Rotations

PGY-1 Rotations

Introduction to Family Medicine • 4 weeksEarly family practice clinic exposure, extra academic sessions on family practice approach to certain conditions, exposure to FP hospital medicine with FP Hospitalists
Integrated Family Practice/Obstetrics/ Women’s Health • 16 weeksThe equivalent of 8 weeks of preceptor attached Community Family Practice combined with some Family Practice acute hospital care on the hospitalist service spread out over 16 weeks.For the Obstetrics and Women’s Health component, the encompassing Obstetrics and Gynecology, including Labor and Delivery shifts, Ante-partum care, Postpartum care, specialty Gynecology clinics, FP Pre-Natal clinics and FP oriented Women’s Health clinics spread out over 16 weeks.LDR overnight in-hospital call (average 1 per month)
Labour & Delivery Shifts • 2 weeksIn Hospital exposure to Labour & Delivery shifts and overnight in-hospital call (average 1:4)
In Hospital General Care • 6 weeks4 weeks Internal Medicine CTU – overnight in-hospital call (average 1:4)2 weeks Hospitalist (Family Practice) and overnight in-hospital call (average 1:4)
Cardiac Care • 2 weeksPrimarily In-Hospital Cardiac Medicine; may include some ambulatory care
Emergency • 4 weeksBased in the Cowichan District Hospital (Duncan) or Royal Jubilee and Victoria General Hospitals (Victoria).
Addictions Medicine • 2 weeksIncludes 1 week of inpatient addictions consultations, and 1 week of outpatient addictions treatment and will include option for certifying in suboxone prescribing course.Call expectations determined by rotation
Care of Children • 4 weeksIn-Patient Pediatrics CTU at Victoria General Hospital, may include some ambulatory care as available in the community.Overnight in-hospital call (Average 1:4)
Concentrated Family Practice • 4 weeks1 block of time in attached community FP preceptor’s office without any additional call responsibilities or other seminars besides AHD.
Electives • 4 weeksElectives may be split up into two 2-week blocks or one 4 week block.

PGY-2 Rotations

Family practice (Rural Block) • 8 or 16 weeks8 weeks of family practice in a rural setting in communities across the province,OR16 weeks in total with reduction Family Medicine urban componentCall expectations determined by rotation
Elective Block • 8 weeks8 weeks of blocked electives
BATS • 2 weekCombination of Anaesthesia in Victoria and Duncan, Sexual Health, Wedge excisions, Lumps and Bumps
Palliative Care • 4 weeks4 weeks of Palliative Care in Hospice Victoria or Duncan.Call expectations determined by rotation
Surgical Selectives • 4 weeksICU or Trauma for 2 weeks and Surgical selective of 2 weeksOR2 x 2 weeks of Surgical SelectiveCall expectations determined by rotation
Family Medicine • 14 weeks totalThe equivalent of 14 weeks (reduced if doing Enhanced Rural) of Family Practice experience with attached urban preceptor(s)Call expectations of one overnight in-hospital call on average every two weeks (Hospitalist Service)Call expectations determined by Preceptor for Family Practice on call
Elective - Family Medicine Selective • 4 weeks4 weeks of family medicine selectives (opportunities may be focused on longitudinal exposure)
Psychiatry • 2 weeks2 weeks of Psychiatry blockCall expectations determined by rotation
MSK Medicine • 2 weeks2 weeks of ambulatory Orthopedics/ Sports/Physical/Rehab Medicine/ Rheumatology
Transition to Practice (TTP) • 4 weeks4 weeks of complete office immersion, penultimate or ultimate block of residency
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Data Source: This information is aggregated from publicly available sources. Last updated on 12/3/2025. Always verify details with the official program page.