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family medicine residency
Application Process
Application to Family Practice Training Program (for Canadian Graduates only)
Selection Process | Documentation | Interview Registration & Open House | Ranking Process | Additional Information | Second Iteration Application Process
The Selection Process
UBC Family Practice Residency Program only accepts applications through the Canadian Residents Matching Service (CaRMS) .
Foreign graduates from an international medical school may only apply to our IMG site during the first iteration, or any unfilled positions available in the second iteration. Please refer to CaRMS website for detail information.
The selection system in the UBC Family Practice Program is primarily applicant driven. We believe this is more realistic, and it allows applicants to make an informed decision based on what they learnt about us. We want residents to choose us for what we have to offer and what we are trying to do.
One Program - Sixteen Sites
The selection of residents at our Family Medicine Residency program is a central process. All applications are administered centrally and will be scored based on common criteria and standards. Your file may be reviewed by faculty from any site regardless of which site you apply to. There is no mini match for UBC. You need to apply to each UBC residency site that you are interested; however, you file will only be reviewed once, no matter how many sites you apply to. Therefore make sure you assign the same set of documents to each application. All application materials must be sent to the CaRMS office. Documents sent to our program office will not be considered.
Documentation
Letters of Recommendation
We would like you to submit three letters of recommendation . At least one of them should be from a family physician who knows you well and can give us some detail about your personal qualities and motivation. Please ask that the letter be as complete as possible; describing your personal characteristics and the qualities that will make you a good Family Doctor.
The remaining two letters can be from anyone of your choice; describing at least your personal traits, commitment to patient care/people, integrity, communication skills, and general characteristics that will make you a good family physician.
Please submit the reference letters and personal biographical summary directly to CaRMS. We will not be able to process any documents that are sent directly to our office.
Biographical Summary
You will need to submit a personal letter demonstrating that you understand what it means to be a family Physician; what your current career goals are, and your reasons for choosing family medicine as a career. You may want to explain why you prefer certain sites for your training. Some sites, such as the Rural site and the Aboriginal site, may look for specific characateristics in candidates.
Elective
An elective during fourth year medicine in Family Medicine either in BC or elsewhere, completed before the match, is not required for application to UBC Family Medicine. Candidates who have not been able to arrange Family Medicine electives prior to the CaRMS match will not be adversly affected in our ranking process.
Interview and Open House
Applicants will be contacted by the program via email by January 6, 2012. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview.
Please refer to Interview and Open House section for details.
Ranking Process
Equal weighting will be given to the file score and interview score. You will receive a file score based solely on your application material. Your interview score will be added to your file score to calculate your final rank score.
Global Score = File Score (50%) + Interview Score (50%)
Regardless of the number of sites you apply to, your final score will go into a global rank list. Each site to which you apply will then develop its own rank list based on your final score and your relative position on the global rank list.
|
Global Rank |
Greater Van |
Victoria |
Rural |
Chilliwack | |
|
Smith |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Barkley |
2 |
- |
2 |
- |
1 |
|
Kennedy |
3 |
2 |
- |
1 |
2 |
|
Lee |
4 |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
|
Jones |
5 |
- |
- |
2 |
3 |
In the above example, Smith is ranked first on both Greater Vancouver and Victoria’s list. The match result will depend on what Smith ranks first on his rank list.
Kennedy will be ranked first on Rural rank list and second on Chilliwack rank list, even though he is 3rd in the global list. If Chilliwack is his first choice, he will be matched to Chilliwack.
Additional Information
Please note, students with a blood borne illness may not be allowed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC to undertake training in certain specialty areas with frequent numbers of exposure prone procedures. Medical students with a blood borne illness are advised to discuss their specific situation, and potential specialty career choice, with the Postgraduate Dean. For further detail please refer to the UBC Postgraduate Medicine website: www.med.ubc.ca/postgrad
Second Iteration Application Process
Instructions
All applications to the second iteration must be submitted through CaRMS using the electronic application process. Please do not send application material to our office.
Supporting Documents for the Second Iteration:
- Medical School Transcripts
- Personal letter and CV
- Three current references
- Proof of citizenship/landed immigrant status
- TOEFL score of min 100 on the internet (250 on previous TOEFL scale)
- Medical Council of Canada Evaluating Exam and MCCQEI results if completed
Selection Process
In view of the fact that there are hundreds of International Medical Graduates applicants competing for a few positions, the following selection guidelines has been established for second iteration.
In the selection of candidates (during second iteration) for our program, priority will be placed on:
- applicants who have recent relevant clinical experience
- applicants who are committed to work in underserved areas or communities of need
- applicants who have passed MCCQE Part I
- applicants who are currently living in B.C.
Interviews
Interviews for second iteration are offered by invitation only. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted by the program. Notification for interview will be made before March 21 by email or by telephone.
Interview process are the same as first iteration. However, applicants living outside of Vancouver will have the option of conducting their interviews by telephone.Interviews for second iteration are offered by invitation only. Applicants will be notified for interview through email or by phone. Interviews will be 25 minutes long and may be conducted by telephone or in person.