Our call system uses a night float model. A night float week consists of seven straight nights of working from 11 p.m. to 8 a.m., beginning with a pre-call day on Friday and ending with a post-call day the following Friday. Residents also do evening shifts from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. PGY 2, 3, and 4 residents do an emergency radiology block each year to complete a large portion of their call at once. This model has resulted in significant improvements in resident wellness and learning.

Our program typically has two to three body fellows, one to two interventional radiology (IR) fellows, one to two musculoskeletal (MSK) fellows, one pediatric fellow and possibly one neuro fellow. We try to ensure that residents and fellows are on different schedules so that residents get lots of hands-on experience. Our large catchment area and access to many academic and community hospitals and clinics limit competition between residents and fellows, while maximizing teaching and collaboration.

We guarantee residents at least $2,000 for international conferences and $1,000 for Canadian conferences at least once when presenting. Additional requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis but are usually approved. Funding is available for audits, research projects or educational exhibits.

LRT/public transit will get you to the vast majority of your rotations and academic sessions. The LRT (train) stops at both the Royal Alexandra and University of Alberta hospitals and runs between the two major teaching sites. The Grey Nuns Community Hospital will be connected by 2022. There are some rotations at alternate sites that are more challenging to reach via transit but it is feasible.