An initiative of
Dr. Gail Lam
Program Director
Karen McKeon
Diverse, enthusiastic and friendly residents
Early and continued exposure to surgery
Robust simulation program
Formal and informal mentorship between residents themselves and resident and staff
Engaged and supportive staff
Candidates will be short-listed based on selection criteria (see below), and then offered an interview date/time by the middle of December. Our Program abides by the APOG dates set for interviews in Obstetrics and Gynecology. With the APOG schedule, the Western Obstetrics and Gynaecology programs have three days for interviews in order not to conflict with the Central and Eastern programs.
Beautiful city minutes from mountains
Extensive biking trails throughout city
Chinooks!
Four adult and one children’s hospital all offering clinical rotations
Professional sports teams to cheer on in hockey, football, soccer and more
World-famous Calgary stampede!
We could answer this question in a long essay – we love our program! We have an amazing and close-knit group of residents and staff that help build our residents into well-trained and confident Obstetrician/Gynecologists. You will see it all in Calgary – we are a big city with a large catchment and so have a large volume of patients treated here. There is early exposure to surgery with a well-supported first year program embedded within our residency. We offer exposure to all subspecialties and have four fellowship programs within our department. Our graduating residents are sought-after in fellowship programs across Canada.
This varies year by year, but usually around half.
Calgary is a city of over 1.2 million people – you will find what you are looking for here. This is a multicultural and vibrant city with festivals, amazing restaurants and beautiful river pathways. Calgary is a great place to raise a family – many of our residents have babies in residency and we love it!
Yes and yes! We have opportunities to take research electives to work on projects and there is plenty of formal and informal opportunities to teach medical students. Residents that love teaching will be busy!
In a word, YES. Residency is hard and OBGYN residency is no joke. We try to promote and demonstrate physician wellness. We encourage advocacy as well as self-care and we support each other. The friends you make in residency are friends for life.
