Application to Family Practice Training Program
(for Canadian Graduates only)
The Selection Process
UBC Family Practice Residency Program only accepts applications through the Canadian Residents Matching Service (CaRMS) .
Please review CaRMS Program descriptions which include requirements, mandatory documentation, review processes along with other information on each program that is participating in the match process.
One Program – Many 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. You need to apply to each UBC residency site that you are interested in; however, your 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 submitted on carms.ca. Documents sent to our program office will not be considered.
Ranking process
Selection is based on file review and one set of MMI interviews. Each file is reviewed and given a score. This file review score determines whether a candidate is offered an interview. The file review score is then combined with the interview and FMPROC score to create a total score for each applicant.
Some sites will use this as the final rank list while some sites will apply their own adjustments to this list based on local site selection committee input. Hence the Site Selection Committee reserves the right to adjust the final rank list to ensure best fit for the community. See ‘Information gathered outside of CaRMS’ section under the Program Descriptions to review which sites adjust their rank order list.
Interview
Successful applicants invited to interview will be contacted by the program via email. UBC MMI interviews will be held online on January 18-28, 2025. Applicants will be able to register for an interview spot during this period. Interviews must be completed in one sitting.
The deadline to add or remove sites to your CaRMS application is January 29, 2025. Please ensure your documents are linked to any new site(s) that you rank.
Additional Information
Applicants from Quebec where teaching or patient care is done in French will be required to demonstrate that they fulfill the English Language Proficiency requirements as per the Language Requirements section of the eligibility criteria for British Columbia. Please refer to College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC’s licensing requirement for details.
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 UBC Postgraduate Education.
Page updated: Nov 19, 2024