Contact

Dr. Michelle Linekin

Program Director

Kristen Hart

Site Coordinator
Application Details

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International Medical Graduates

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Events Calendar

Upcoming Events
13
Nov
08:00  
PST  
— Resident Q&A
UBC Family Practice Postgrad - Nanaimo Site Q&A
13
Nov
12:00  
PST  
— Resident Q&A
UBC Family Practice Postgrad - Kelowna Regional and Rural Site Q&A
13
Nov
17:30  
PST  
— Resident Q&A
UBC Family Practice Postgrad - Okanagan South Site Q&A
13
Nov
18:00  
PST  
— Resident Q&A
UBC Family Practice Postgrad - Abbotsford/Mission Site Q&A
14
Nov
16:30  
PST  
— Resident Q&A
UBC Family Practice Postgrad - Surrey South Fraser Site Q&A
14
Nov
18:00  
PST  
— Resident Q&A
UBC Family Practice Postgrad - Rural Immersion Site Q&A
16
Nov
09:00  
PST  
— Resident Q&A
UBC Family Practice Postgrad - Coastal Site Q&A
18
Nov
18:00  
PST  
— Resident Q&A
UBC Family Practice Postgrad - Kootenay Boundary Site Q&A
Upcoming Events From
University of British Columbia
13
Nov
18:00  
PST  
— Information Session, Program Director or Assistant Program Director, Program Information, Program Q&A, Resident Q&A
UBC Emergency Medicine Victoria Info session
15
Nov
17:30  
PST  
— Resident Q&A, Resident Panel
UBC General Surgery Resident Information Session
15
Nov
15:30  
PST  
— Information Session
UBC Urology Online CaRMS info session
18
Nov
17:00  
PST  
— Information Session
UBC Anesthesiology CaRMS Info Session
18
Nov
19:00  
PST  
— Information Session
UBC Pediatric Neurology CaRMS Information Session
21
Nov
17:00  
PST  
— Information Session
UBC Anesthesiology CaRMS Info Session
03
Dec
17:00  
PST  
— Information Session, Meet & Greet, Program Director or Assistant Program Director, Program Information, Program Q&A
UBC Orthopaedics Residency Program Info Night
21
Jan
07:30  
PST  
— Program Information
UBC Psychiatry CaRMS Interview

Program Highlights

PLEASE REFER TO THE OFFICIAL CARMS PROGRAM DESCRIPTION FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION

This residency program is for 2 years. Program length of training does not exceed the Royal College or College of Family Physicians of Canada standard.  

Visit the UBC Family Medicine Postgraduate website – OKANAGAN SOUTH for a detailed overview of our program.

Introduction

The Okanagan South Family Practice Residency Program is now in its fifth year, having started in 2016. We are a small dynamic program with an engaged medical community. We are looking for residents who are motivated and self-directed learners that are willing to contribute to our program while learning in a supportive environment. Our program is delivered in a block manner over two years, with a strong longitudinal attachment to a family practice clinic and an ongoing focus on individual learning needs. The program is primarily focused on rural training with 5 months total of rural rotations. Most of the R1 year training though is done in a regional setting providing access to specialist teaching and resources. The program is strongly anchored in family practice delivered by family physicians in their offices, together with rural, remote, and regional hospital settings and a variety of other community clinics and facilities. The South Okanagan is an engaged collegial medical community. The specialty rotations and learning experiences are delivered by a supportive group of specialists who work directly with family physicians in the 242-bed Penticton Regional Hospital (including 102 long-term care beds). On a weekly basis, an R1 will spend one half-day in a family practice office; R2’s will spend half-days in a family practice office while on local electives and local rotations and will be encouraged to follow their own patients. There will be longitudinal family practice experiences during the R1 Family Practice blocks, such as emergency room shifts.  

Academic Days and Research

The academic curriculum includes one half-day per week typically on Wednesday afternoons. We have strong support from local specialists/family physicians and allied health providers delivering academic sessions. Resident input and suggestions for Academic Half Day topics are an important part of our development. Resident wellness activities are periodically scheduled during Academic Half Day with resident led input. Procedural skills sessions such as casting, IUD insertions, suturing, and ultrasound occur periodically. Simulation sessions occur four times a year in the Pritchard Simulation Centre located at the Kelowna family practice residency site in Kelowna General hospital. In the first year, residents will be expected to complete a quality improvement project with guidance from scholarship faculty and their family practice preceptor. Second year residents, will complete a scholar project and present their work at the end of their second year at Scholar Day. Residents are also expected to present to their colleagues at academic half day several times a year in addition to their scholarly projects. Throughout the program, we focus on “Evidence-Based Medicine” in both academic and clinical areas and build these sessions in to the academic curriculum. Residents are expected to provide evaluations of academic sessions that will perform an instrumental role in shaping the educational experience for future residents at the site.  

International Electives

Residents can do one month of interprovincial or international electives during their training.  

Further Training

Third year training positions are available in the area of Emergency Medicine, Care of The Elderly, Anesthesia, Palliative Medicine, Sports and Exercise Medicine, Clinician Scholars program and a wide range of other category 2 Enhanced Skills programs.

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General Information

— Site General Information —

The Okanagan South Family Practice Residency Program is located in the scenic south central region of the Okanagan Valley. Together with 14 suburban and rural communities, the centrally located urban area of Penticton has a population of approximately 90,000 people. Where most people vacation is where we call home. Situated between 113-km long Lake Okanagan and Skaha Lake, and surrounded by highlands and mountains, Penticton is a draw for outdoor recreation, including swimming, boating, windsurfing, kiteboarding, golf, rock climbing, hiking, cycling most of the year, and downhill skiing and snowboarding, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in the winter. With over 2,100 hours of sunshine and only 15 inches of rain annually, the area has a comfortable climate year round. Agriculture and viticulture are important to the economy, and food and wine festivals abound. Penticton is at the centre of the Okanagan wine country, with over 110 wineries in the surrounding Okanagan Valley and Similkameen Valley communities of Summerland, Naramata, Okanagan Falls, Oliver, Osoyoos and Keremeos, many recognized among the world’s best in international competition. Penticton and the south-central region are easily accessible from major urban centres by highway and by air. We are approximately 4.5 hours driving time from Vancouver and 8 hours from Calgary, with the nearest larger urban centre located 1 hour away in Kelowna. Penticton is served by a local regional airport, while Kelowna is served by an international airport.  

UBC Family Medicine

Family Medicine training in BC presents you with many unique opportunities. We are a fully accredited distributed program with 20 training sites. In an effort to meet the evolving needs of our society, each site provides a solid foundation in the knowledge and clinical skills of Family Medicine so that our graduates are prepared to practice in a variety of settings. While our program offers diversity of training, it is based on common goals, learning objectives, and assessment standards. All residents are required to do a mandatory 2-month rural rotation in Family Medicine in their second year. Residents in the Coastal, or rural programs in the Okanagan or the North complete longer rural placements. Residents can also apply to participate in Enhanced Rural training for a total of 4-6 months in rural communities. There is extensive academic and administrative support for the entire residency program. Our central program administrative team is based in Vancouver on UBC campus. At the site level, leadership teams are made up of a Site Director, Site Faculty, Chief Residents and administrators. Lead Program Faculty provide provincial education support in the areas of curriculum, assessment, faculty development, scholarship and behavioral medicine. The Family Practice Postgraduate Education Committee has representation from all sites to ensure a connected, distributed program that fully meets accreditation standards. Residents are represented at all levels of governance. A wide range of amazing recreational and cultural opportunities are at your doorstep, as well as a collegial community of residents and physicians with whom you can learn, grow, and play. We want your experience to be in BC to be a positive and enjoyable one.  

Training Sites: Overview

Visit the UBC Family Medicine Postgraduate website for a detailed overview of each of the 20 sites and their surrounding communities. Each site provides opportunities to experience Family Medicine in their unique context, offering special opportunities to gain experience and skills unique to the area where you are training. The following is a list of our sites and their base community/hospital. Each site serves the surrounding community (see training sites for full details) Greater Vancouver / Lower Mainland

  • Abbotsford-Mission
  • Coastal (North Vancouver, Lion’s Gate Hospital)
  • Chilliwack
  • Indigenous (Greater Vancouver and rural Indigenous communities)
  • St. Paul’s (Downtown Vancouver, Inner City)
  • Surrey South Fraser (Surrey Memorial Hospital)
  • Vancouver Fraser (New Westminster, Royal Columbian)

Interior Region

  • Kootenay Boundary (Trail, Nelson, Rossland, Castlegar)
  • Kelowna Rural (Kelowna R1 year; rural communities across BC in R2 year)
  • Kelowna Regional
  • Okanagan South (Penticton)
  • Kamloops
  • North Okanagan (Vernon)

Vancouver Island

  • Indigenous (Victoria, Duncan, Ladysmith and rural Indigenous communities)
  • Nanaimo
  • Strathcona (Comox, Campbell River and Courtenay)
  • Victoria
  • Quw/utsun (Cowichan)

Northern

  • Fort St. John (Northeast)
  • Northern Rural (Prince George R1 year; rural communities across BC in R2 year)
  • Prince George
  • Terrace (Rural Northwest)
  • Rural Immersion (Communities: Smithers, Quesnel, Vanderhoof, Chetwynd/Tumbler Ridge, Mackenzie, Valemount/McBride)

IMG positions are offered at the following sites:

  • Abbotsford-Mission
  • Chilliwack
  • Coastal
  • Fort St. John
  • Kamloops
  • Kootenay Boundary
  • Nanaimo
  • Okanagan South
  • Kelowna Rural
  • Kelowna Regional
  • Prince George
  • Strathcona
  • St. Paul’s
  • Surrey South Fraser
  • Vancouver Fraser
  • Victoria

 

Resident Support

Resident resilience and wellness is our top priority. Important resources have been developed by our program to support our residents throughout the course of the training. All UBC programs are allocated a fixed amount of funding per resident for Resident Activities. This funding is used to provide educational support to residents during their 2 years of training. This includes funding for residents to attend program-wide courses and events. Additionally, residents may identify conferences and educational materials that would supplement their training experience. A discretionary, per resident funding will also be allocated to the sites for a similar purpose at the site level.

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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 British Columbia - Family Medicine - Okanagan South.
British Columbia
Gross Annual PGY-1 Salary
$65,332.37
Gross Annual PGY-2 Salary
$72,818.39
Gross Annual PGY-3 Salary
$79,301.62
Gross Annual PGY-4 Salary
$85,318.65
Gross Annual PGY-5 Salary
$91,710.67
Gross Annual PGY-6 Salary
$97,877.39
Gross Annual PGY-7 Salary
$104,271.09
Educational Leave
Yes
Annual Vacation
4 weeks
Meal Allowance
No
Frequency of Calls
1 in 4 onsite/1 in 3 offsite
Maternity Leave
17 weeks, plus up to 78 weeks Parental Leave
Provincial Health Insurance
100% Premiums Paid
Provincial Dues (% of salary)
1.50%
Extended Health Insurance
100% Premiums Paid
CMPA Dues Paid
Yes, mandatory
Dental Plan
100% Premiums Paid
Statutory Holidays
2x pay plus extra day with pay
Long-Term Disability Insurance
Yes 100% Premiums Paid
Sick Leave
Yes
Life Insurance
100% Premiums Paid
Updated July 25, 2023

Terms of Agreement April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2022
Resident Doctors of BC website

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Explore Location

Farmers fields on hilly landscape with river and mountain in background
Okanagan South
After even one visit to this spectacularly diverse area, you’ll understand why superlatives are constantly used to describe it. Beloved by thousands of visitors and inhabitants alike for the unparalleled variety of its climate and landscape, the Okanagan has something for everyone: hoodoos, orchards, vineyards, mountains, valleys, lakes, highlands, ski slopes, and trails. This is truly one of the most desirable locales in British Columbia for year-round outdoor fun.