An initiative of
Dr. Russell Dawe
Program Director
Val Hunt
Nunavut
Stream Lead: Dr. Meridith Penner
The Nunavut Stream is the perfect match for candidates who wish to pursue rural and remote family medicine training in Nunavut!
Residents will have the opportunity to train in Iqaluit, Nunavut (NunaFam). This training opportunity will involve first and second year rotations in Newfoundland and Labrador and/or New Brunswick, with a six-month remote family medicine experience in Nunavut in the second year. It is well suited to self-directed learners who intend to practice in rural or remote Canada, particularly with Indigenous or Inuit populations.
In first year, residents complete the majority of their clinical experiences in St. John’s. Obstetrics/gynecology clinical experiences may be completed in rural areas across NL and/or NB. Residents complete integrated family medicine and care of the elderly training over the course of the first year (spread over six months). All other first year clinical experiences are of 1-3 months in duration.
In second year, residents complete six months of rural family medicine clinical experiences in Nunavut. The remainder of the second year, clinical experiences will be based out of the Eastern Stream and/or sites in New Brunswick. The urban family medicine clinical experiences are completed in and around St. John’s. Palliative care and surgery clinical experiences are completed either in St. John’s or in rural locations across Newfoundland and/or in New Brunswick.
The NunaFam program offers unique opportunities in rural and remote family medicine training. It includes visits to nurse-staffed health centres in smaller communities in the Qikiqtaaluk region of Nunavut, and training with skilled generalist family physicians. Trainees will have many opportunities to practice procedural skills and hone their clinical skills while working in a remote, resource limited context. Specific opportunities may include: family medicine clinics, medevacs, obstetrics, telemedicine, ER, TB programs, corrections and reproductive care.
Residents will develop competence in all areas of family medicine, and gain exposure to some of the unique individual and population health challenges of northern Canada, while working in communities where the majority of the population are Inuit. The six-month Nunavut component of this stream places an emphasis on expanding the understanding of the role of a family physician as a health advocate, as well as the impact of the social determinants of health on individuals and communities.
The residency training program in family medicine at Memorial is an accredited residency training program through the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC). It leads to eligibility to sit the certification exam of the CFPC. This program uses the unique medical, geographic and cultural characteristics of Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and Nunavut to train family physicians for rural/remote practice.
There are many reasons to come to Memorial for Family Medicine training! To name a few:
Please review the CaRMS program description (linked above) for additional program information.
Newfoundland and Labrador | |
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Gross Annual PGY-1 Salary | $69,175 |
Gross Annual PGY-2 Salary | $74,779 |
Gross Annual PGY-3 Salary | $79,848 |
Gross Annual PGY-4 Salary | $85,137 |
Gross Annual PGY-5 Salary | $90,868 |
Gross Annual PGY-6 Salary | $96,998 |
Gross Annual PGY-7 Salary | $102,842 |
Annual Vacation | 4 weeks/year |
Statutory Holidays | 1-1/2x pay or paid day off |
Conference Leave | 7 days/pd |
Frequency of Calls | Excess in-hospital call > 7/28 weekday – $225, weekend – $360;
Call stipend – $115 Home call > 7/21 – $75;
Call stipend – $57.50 |
CMPA Dues | 100% reimbursement |
Provincial Health Insurance | Contact Medical Care Plan 1-866-449-4459 |
Extended Health Insurance | Mandatory medical, basic life and AD&D http://www.exec.gov.nl.ca/exec/hrs/working_with_us/employee_benefits.html |
LMCC | Cost of examination reimbursed upon successful completion while a PARNL member |
Maternity/Paternity Leave | Up to One year |
Additional Optional Benefits | 100% employee paid |
Parking Fees | $5/year |
Sick leave | 1 day per month |
Resident Student | Full-time status |
Meal Allowance | $105 per month |
For additional information, please visit www.parnl.ca.
While we don’t have an ‘urban’ stream, our eastern training stream provides the vast majority of training in our urban center — St. John’s, NL. Please see the Eastern Stream information.
Once matched into a training stream, residents receive a list of two year template choices that are centered around that stream. Residents will travel outside of their training stream when necessary, such as if a learning experience is not available locally. All residents rank their template preferences indicating any special considerations that should be taken into account. Should residents all rank a template(s) low on their lists, residents will be given the opportunity to re-rank their template choices. Should a template(s) remain low on the rank lists, a lottery will be completed to fill the template.
We have three Enhanced Skills training programs – (1) Family Medicine – Emergency Medicine. Each year, the FM-EM program accepts 4-6 residents into their program. (2) Family Medicine – Enhanced Skills in Care of the Elderly. There are usually two 12-month positions available and two 6-month return from practice positions available. (3) Care of Underserved Populations Enhanced Skills Program. There is usually one 12-month position available.
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