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Program Highlights

We are strong in all areas of laboratory medicine, and have a long history of departmental and faculty support for residency training.

We offer a variety of training sites, including community hospitals, large referral hospitals and an urban private laboratory, providing residents with exposure to a wide variety of potential practice types. Rural hospitals are also available for electives and laboratory management training.

There are strong, co-operative relationships between our program and other laboratory medicine residencies, fellowship programs and the excellent medical laboratory science program at U of A.

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General Information

Edmonton feels like a smaller city but it has everything a bigger city has.

The city offers opportunities and amenities to get out and be active year-round.

Edmonton punches above its weight in what we actually do and the expertise we have.

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Salary Information

Post graduate salaries and benefits differ by province and are determined by two things: your training year, and the province you work in. See below the salaries and benefits for University of Alberta - General Pathology - Edmonton.
Alberta
Pay Level 1
$58,934
Pay Level 2
$65,232
Pay Level 3
$70,259
Pay Level 4
$75,291
Pay Level 5
$81,584
Pay Level 6
$86,615
Pay Level 7
$93,577
Pay Level 8
$101,114
Educational Leave
14 days paid leave
Annual Vacation
4 weeks/yr
Call Stipends
Weekday in-house – $118.02
Weekend in-house / holiday – $178.72
Weekday home call – $59.01
Weekend home call / holiday – $89.35
Frequency of Calls
In-house call: 7/28. 2/4 weekend call.
Home call: 9/28. 2/4 weekend call
**A Resident scheduled on Home call but who is required to work more than four hours in hospital during the call period, of which more than one full hour is past 12:00 a.m. and before 6:00 a.m., or more than six (6) hours in hospital during the call period, shall be remunerated at the rate for In-House call.$100 per day for each scheduled weekend day of patient rounds when not on-call
Practice Stipend
$1,500
Extended Health Insurance
75% premium paid $1000 per year Flexible Spending Account*
Provincial Dues (% of salary)
.95%
Dental Plan
75% premium paid
CMPA Dues Paid
$1,500
Life Insurance
100% towards $150,000 coverage
Life Support Course Costs (Program Approved)
100% paid
Long-Term Disability Insurance
100% paid for 75% gross income
Statutory Holidays
Paid days. Additional days off are given if resident works the day before and part of a named holiday.
Parental Leave
2 weeks leave with full pay and benefits; 52 weeks (inclusive of Maternity/Paternity/Adoption Leaves) – unpaid leave
Sick leave
Up to 3 months or to end contract paid leave, whichever occurs first
Maternity Leave
18 weeks total (17 weeks paid to match 90% of salary when combined with EI)

Updated September 2024

Resident Physicians shall advance to the next pay level upon completion of twelve (12) months of service at each level. (PARA Agreement – Article 35)

*Terms of Agreement January 2022 – June 2024
https://www.para-ab.ca/agreement/

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Walterdale bridge in Edmonton, Alberta
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta’s central region.

Frequently Asked Questions

Although there is limited direct contact with patients, there is a great deal of interaction with a variety of clinicians outside the laboratory, as well as with physicians, PhDs and technical staff colleagues in the lab. The stereotypical image of the hermit-like pathologist who stays in his or her office and never talks to anyone is rapidly disappearing in today’s pathology practice.

We get satisfaction from the interactions we have with others and knowing that we are helping a clinician take the next step in diagnosing or treating a patient. You are very much a part of the team taking care of the patient—it just isn’t as obvious. This is becoming even more apparent in the era of precision medicine.

Quite the opposite. Although general pathology residents train in all areas of laboratory medicine, you are learning much more than just 25 per cent of each area. So in some ways, general pathology is the most intellectually demanding of all. But that same breadth and variety is what attracted many of us to the specialty and keeps our days exciting.

Only if you count Edmonton, Victoria, etc. as small rural sites. The broad skill set of general pathology broadens the potential places where you could work. General pathologists also complete fellowships and other extra training, depending on their interests and what their site needs.

 

Compared with medicine as a whole, pretty easily. Working hours are relatively regular for pathologists and there is usually enough flexibility to deal with life’s other demands. After-hours call is variable in terms of how busy it is, but even during a busier call week, our families still see us.