An initiative of
The strength of the Vancouver Track program is the diversity of experience each learning site offers while still providing excellent training for core rotations. St. Paul’s Hospital functions within an inner-city community and allows for the development of expertise in addictions. Vancouver General Hospital has opportunities in tertiary mental health services and a unique “walk-in clinic” style of service with its Access and Assessment Centre. UBC Hospital’s Mood Disorders Clinic, BC Psychosis Program and Provincial Neuropsychiatric Program are specialized centres for psychiatric treatment. BC Children’s Hospital hosts the Compass Program to provide support for youth across the province, as well as numerous tertiary specialty clinics and inpatient units that serve the entire province. Lion’s Gate Hospital and Richmond Hospital are community hospitals serving their local populations with their own unique characteristics in a conventional setting. These diverse experiences can be accessed during the core (PGY1-4) rotations. Residents are encouraged to rotate through as many sites as possible so as to be the most well-rounded psychiatrists possible upon graduation.
The UBC Vancouver Track Psychiatry Residency Program (UBC-VT) is located within the City of Vancouver and its suburbs, a region which has scored in the top 5 of The Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2023 Global Livability Index. The Vancouver Track is based out of the five main teaching hospitals and numerous satellite sites located throughout Vancouver, North Vancouver, and Richmond. Its health authority, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), serves a population of over 1.25 million residents who are incredibly diverse in terms of language, demographics, and cultures. Vancouver Coastal Health also provides specialized, complex care and tertiary services for people throughout BC, and serves as the province’s hub for health care education and research.
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 |
Terms of Agreement April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2022
Resident Doctors of BC website
Yes, if you are planning to apply to multiple tracks, please submit an application for each track.
Applicants are encouraged to write a different targeted personal letter for each track they want to apply to, especially for the applicants who want to apply to the Vancouver Island and Prince George tracks. This will help the Program understand the reasons for applying to specific tracks.
CVs or resumes are optional as the CaRMS application forms include all necessary fields that would be present on a CV (e.g. work experience, research experience, interest, etc.).
Our Selections Committee will only review the first three reference letters that you submit due to time constraints.
Yes, please upload a copy your Masters transcript to your CaRMS application. Our reviewers will take this into account when reviewing your file.
We do not give preference to students who are graduates of UBC when creating our rank lists. Every applicant will be scored in a standardized fashion.
Candidates who are shortlisted for the Vancouver, Fraser, and/or Vancouver Island tracks will have one set of standard interviews (Program Director Interview, Mini Interview, and Panel Interview). When interviewing and ranking the candidates, our Selections Committee will keep in mind the tracks to which they have applied.
Candidates who are shortlisted for the Research and/or Prince George tracks, will have an additional interview for each track.
All shortlisted candidates who applied multiple streams/tracks will compete all their interviews on the same day.
Yes, candidates are able to apply for additional tracks (except for Prince George and Research tracks) after your interview date, and up to at least 1 to 1.5 weeks before the ranking list submission deadline.
For the 2024 CaRMS match, the British Columbia Ministry of Health are funding new residency positions in what they have termed, the “Competitive Stream”. Application to these positions are open to both Canadian Medical Graduates (CMG’s) and International Medical Graduates (IMG’s) and this stream will be a separate track which would be ranked just like the other tracks in our program. The positions in this stream will require a 3 year Return of Service (ROS), but this ROS can be anywhere in the province, either urban or rural including in greater Vancouver, and can be in any sort of clinical practice of interest to the resident.
At UBC, there are 5 Competitive Stream positions which are distributed amoungst the tracks as follows:
Vancouver Track – 1 position
Fraser Track – 2 positions
Vancouver Island Track – 1 position
Interior Track – 1 position
We are constantly growing and evolving to better serve you. Subscribe to stay current on new features, updates, and great resources.
The program information on this website is in the language that the program is offered in.
© Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, all rights reserved.
