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.
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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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*
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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
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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/
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.
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