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Program Highlights
The University of Manitoba campuses are located on original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. The Department of Family Medicine additionally participates in clinical programs in Inuit communities. We respect the Treaties and Agreements that were made on these territories, we acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past, and we dedicate ourselves to move forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in a spirit of reconciliation and collaboration.
Mandatory Orientation Sessions
The mandatory full day Postgraduate Medical Education Orientation for all residents will be held on Friday, June 26, 2026
The mandatory full day Family Medicine Residency Orientation will be held on Monday, June 29, 2026
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Prior to the commencement of training, matched applicants must provide proof of ACLS certification that is current as of July 1, 2026. The ACLS Provider course must be certified by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada or the American Heart Association. ACLS training that is not certified by one of these two organizations and/or is completed entirely through an online course will not be accepted. Applicants are responsible for all costs associated with obtaining ACLS certification. We provide a re-certification course in your second year of residency prior to graduation.
Family Medicine Professional Choices (FMProC)
The Family Medicine Professional Choices (FMProC) testing is mandatory for all applicants. It is a situational judgement test designed to evaluate your professional reasoning, communication skills and aptitude for responding effectively to diverse clinical situations. It primarily consists of two types of questions: ranking and rating scenarios.
FMProC registration for the first round of CaRMS 2026 will be open on September 10, 2025. More details: https://fmproc.com/
Situational judgement tests are designed to assess applicant’s judgement regarding situations encountered in the workplace or during training. Applicants are presented with a set of hypothetical based scenarios and asked to make judgements about possible responses. Applicants responses are evaluated against a pre-determined scoring key to provide a picture of their situational judgement in that particular context.
The development and modification of the scenarios in FMProC involved input from several leaders with different perspectives, roles and experiences. This included family physicians, educators, family medicine residents and medical students, Indigenous health, rural and remote family medicine, 2SLGBTQ+, anti-racism, international medical graduates and more. This specifically included groups under-represented in medicine to ensure, as much as possible, that no group is disadvantaged by the test format or content.
Vacation Allowance
Vacation in PGY1 can be taken in the following ways:
Two weeks in each of two blocks in conjunction with an approved elective or Family Medicine Block Time in the remaining two weeks of the same blocks
Vacation in 1 week blocks can be taken during Family Medicine Block Time
One 4 week vacation block
*Vacation is not allowed in Block 1 in PGY1.
Though the program tries to accommodate residents’ specific vacation period requests, constraints of scheduling often requires flexibility and not all requests will be approved.
Interview Dates
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Program will notify all applicants through CaRMS Online and will send email invitations directly to applicants selected for an interview. Applicants who are invited for interview will participate in one structured interview, regardless of the number of sites to which you have applied. The structured interview may have questions specific to the sites to which you have applied. The interview is conducted as a 3-person panel interview and typically consists of 1 physician, 1 interprofessional faculty member, and 1 resident. Candidates will be invited to attend one of the three interview days. The interview itself lasts 30 to 40 minutes.
Program Goals
The University of Manitoba is committed to the social justice principles of equity, access and participation and to promoting opportunities for systemically marginalized groups who have been excluded from full participation at the University and the larger community including Indigenous, Black, racially marginalized Peoples, persons with disabilities and those who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, questioning, intersex, asexual and other diverse sexual identities) and women.
A broad knowledge base and clinical skill sets enable family physicians to work in diverse settings such as patients’ homes, outpatient clinics, emergency departments, labour and delivery suites, hospital wards, and nursing homes. Family medicine often serves as the main entry point to the health care system and the hub that provides continuity of care throughout the life cycle. As such, family medicine is the central medical discipline. The importance of primary care in quality of health and the value Canadian society places on family physicians in the delivery of this care are well known.
The goal of our residency program is to train family physicians who are able to provide comprehensive, high quality, continuous care in urban, rural, or remote settings.
Selection Process Goals
An inclusive, open and diverse community is essential to excellence and fosters voices that have been ignored or discouraged. To address the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences commitment to equity, access and participation, and in recognition of the underrepresentation of members of historically and currently excluded groups, our program has taken the following proactive measures as part of our selection process:
Implicit bias training for all selection committee members, diverse representation of selection committee members, inclusion of interview questions targeted to assess applicant commitment to EDIA, offering necessary accommodations during the interview process, second pass/review of applicants below interview and rank order list cut off to review for possible bias in scoring, orientation to all assessors to scoring rubrics, file review completed by dedicated, trained group.
We strive for diverse perspectives and cultural safety throughout the hiring process (resident selection committees, short-list of applicants, interviews). We ask all applicants to include an EDIA statement in their personal letter with evidence demonstrating their own commitment to EDIA in their work and training thus far.
Transportation
As you will need to move frequently about the city and province between training sites, you will need to secure a means of transportation. You may find it easiest to maintain a personal vehicle.
Additional Points to Consider:
· Cost of living is one of the most affordable in Canada.
· Full access to University of Manitoba library and its electronic resources, including UpToDate.
· Competitive resident salaries with a solid resident contract including a well-supported maternity/paternity leave policy. http://www.parim.org
· Membership and registration fees are covered for University of Manitoba, College of Family Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba, Canadian Medical Protective Association, and the initial membership in the College of Family Physicians of Canada for PGY1 year.
· Annual two day resident retreat held in a community outside of Winnipeg.
· All mandatory course fees are reimbursed upon successful completion. Examples of mandatory courses include: NRP, ALARM, ATLS, BLS and ACLS recertification. Mandatory courses vary between programs.
· Travel costs and accommodation are provided for mandatory offsite rotations.
Neepawa is town of approximately 5500 people. With Winnipeg 2 hours East, and Brandon only 45 minutes away, we have the perks of rural medicine and a rural lifestyle, with urban amenities and specialist support close at hand. Just over half of our population is Filipino, with the HyLife Hog plant attracting many immigrants. The Filipino culture is a welcome and colourful addition to our farming community.
This immigration has helped make Neepawa one of the fastest growing communities in Manitoba. It’s fun to be part of a growing community: a new hospital is being built; our middle school is only 3 years old, and construction on a new high school will break ground soon. Also exciting is the planning of an active living trail through town. Construction has recently begun on a new hotel and spa/retreat centre. The Back 40 is a mountain bike park in town that is a couple years old and continues to have new features built. It feels like every day a new opportunity opens for child or adult recreation.
Camping, fishing, hunting, and all kinds of outdoors opportunities abound. Riding Mountain National Park is only 45minutes away. Spruce Woods Provincial Park is about 45 minutes in the other direction. Both offer plentiful opportunities for hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, biking, and camping. There are also many trails and lakes within a few minutes of town. Minnedosa, only 20 minutes down the road, has a great downhill ski hill for beginners and children. Asessippi, a bigger downhill ski resort with respectable downhill bike courses in the summer, is 90 minutes west.
The Arts are also well-represented in Neepawa. There are music festivals, art exhibits, concert series, and plays. Classes are available in all of these genres through the ArtsForward organization in town.
For those interested in history, the Margaret Lawrence House and the Beautiful Plains Museum will be of interest.
Kids opportunities abound: Rec hockey, minor hockey, figure skating, cross-country ski club, gymnastics, baseball/softball, swim club, 4H club, Kids of Mud bike club, Air Cadets, music lessons, art lessons, dance, and much more.
Adults also have access to a plethora of activities: Neepawa Titans hockey team (MJHL), an active gym/fitness club, basketball, spin club, boxing, a gorgeous 18 hole golf course, movie theatre, performing arts, visual arts, several active churches, and many volunteer opportunities. We have a paved airstrip, and crop dusters are a common sight.
With just about every industry represented in town, finding work for a spouse should be easy.
In short, it will be impossible to experience everything Neepawa has to offer in a two-year residency, and you might well want to settle here long term. You would be welcomed with open arms!
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Welcome to Neepawa!
Neepawa has a decades-long tradition of medical education. Our dedication to teaching is reflected in the positive evaluations we receive, teaching awards, and the student apartments we have put into the basement of our clinic. After teaching visiting residents for many years, we are thrilled to have started our own residency program last year. We are committed to ensuring our residents get the best training possible.
The Beautiful Plains Community Medical Clinic will be the host clinic for Family Medicine Block Time. We are a collegial group of eitght fee-for-service physicians ranging from 1 to nearly 30 years of family medicine experience. Each of us has a family practice, work in the ER, and has an inpatient load. About half of us practice obstetrics, delivering between 100 and 150 babies per year. Among the group we have a Family Practice Anesthetist, an Enhanced Surgical Skills, an Obstetrical Surgical Skills, and two GP Oncologists. Two of us cover the Personal Care Home. Itinerant specialists include two ENT Surgeons, a General Surgeon, a General Internist, and a Neurologist. We also all have families, with children ranging from infants to vascular surgery residents!
Our small size is our biggest strength. There is a definite family feel to our group as we work as a team to provide excellent care to our community. Our small size also gives us the freedom to tailor your experience to your educational objectives. Any of the attendings will be happy to find you for an interesting case or procedure; something you can expect to happen almost daily.
You need not worry that our small size will hamper your exposure or clinical volumes. We have excellent support from the University of Manitoba, and from larger residency sites in nearby Dauphin, Brandon, and Portage La Prairie. You will team up with them for some specialty rotations, and join them for academic days and social activities. Moreover, longitudinal exposures to the emergency room, operating room, anesthesia, and obstetrics will work in concert with your dedicated specialty rotations giving you the experience you need to practice full-scope family medicine anywhere in Canada.
Another benefit of our site is our patient population. They are grateful, welcoming, generous, and happy to have learners involved in their care. We have found that this goes a long way to preventing burnout and motivating us to provide the best care possible. You will likely want to join our community gym to fend off the endless supply of baking and garden produce from our grateful patients!
We look forward to welcoming you to our family!
Overview of Department
https://umanitoba.ca/medicine/department-family-medicine
The University of Manitoba is committed to the social justice principles of equity, access & participation and to promoting opportunities for systemically marginalized groups who have been excluded from full participation at the University and the larger community including Indigenous, Black, racially marginalized Peoples, persons with disabilities and those who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, questioning, intersex, asexual and other diverse sexual identities) and women.
For more than 40 years, the University of Manitoba’s Department of Family Medicine has been positively influencing the health of individuals, families and communities across Manitoba. Through clinical work, teaching and innovative research, family medicine is making a difference.
We offer residents the chance to learn with interprofessional faculty, such as dietitians, pharmacists, nurse practitioners and other health care professionals. This collaborative learning model teaches our students and residents the basic principles of health care professions, when to use them in their care of patients and how to make appropriate referrals.
This program, accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada, promotes whole-person medicine through a combination of patient-centred care and structured seminars. During clerkship, learners are distributed in over 20 communities throughout Manitoba.
Family Medicine is a wide-ranging discipline, with the chance to impact a diverse spectrum of patients in various communities. Manitoba is one of the most diverse provinces in the country, providing an excellent opportunity to work with patients from a variety of backgrounds.
Training Passionate Family Physicians
After completing a four-year undergraduate degree in Medicine, students who enter the two-year Family Medicine residency choose a learning stream tailored to their practice interests.
Here is a video with a general overview of our Family Medicine Program at the University of Manitoba.
Streams:
Urban
Northern Remote
Northern Thompson
Bilingual
Rural – Boundary Trails
Rural – Brandon
Rural – Interlake Eastern
Rural – Neepawa
Rural – Parkland
Rural – Portage la Prairie
Rural – Steinbach
Integrated Clinician Scholar (3 year program)
Each stream provides a broad and balanced experience that prepares well-rounded family physicians who can practice with confidence in a variety of settings.
Enhanced Training
In addition to the postgraduate program, Family Medicine also offers enhanced skills training which allows Family Medicine doctors to continually shape and reshape their careers. Enhanced training is available in the following areas:
Addictions
FM Anesthesia
Cancer Care
Care of the Elderly
Emergency Medicine
Obstetrical Surgical Skills
Palliative Care
Sports & Exercise Medicine
This training requires an additional 6–12 months of study. Residents finishing their second year and practicing family physicians may apply.
Inspiring Young Minds – Our Faculty
The Department of Family Medicine has over 500 faculty members who excel at sharing knowledge, building competencies, and maximizing learning opportunities for students.
Our faculty are integral participants in all stages of medical education. Some have major Undergraduate teaching roles, providing comprehensive Family Medicine and generalist content as well as their unique perspectives on health care.
Integrative Medicine in Residency Program Option
The Integrative Medicine in Residency (IMR) program is a two-year program of study exploring the integration of Complementary and Alternative therapies with conventional family practice in an evidence-based manner. This program is being offered in conjunction with the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, and is a 200-hour, interactive web-based curriculum that is completed longitudinally alongside the Family Medicine residency program. This program option is available to residents in all streams. Visit the Integrative Medicine in Residency Program page for full details.
Innovative Research
The Department of Family Medicine provides exciting opportunities to perform research with practical outcomes on the health of Canadians. The department promotes and supports the development of research skills and provides workshops to all Family Medicine residents.
Scholarly Curriculum*
Scholarly activities in our program include:
– participation in Journal Clubs
– presentations at patient case rounds and regular guideline appraisals
– didactic teaching
– formal Quality Improvement curriculum
– Critical Appraisal assignments
– PEARLS exercises as offered through the College of Family Physicians of Canada
– Academic Days throughout the year
– additional core curriculum as mandated by PGME for all postgraduate program residents
* subject to change
Courses Offered for Residents in Family Medicine*
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Prior to the commencement of training, matched applicants must provide proof of ACLS certification that is current as of July 1, 2026. The ACLS Provider course must be certified by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada or the American Heart Association. ACLS training that is not certified by one of these two organizations and/or is completed entirely through an online course will not be accepted. Applicants are responsible for all costs associated with obtaining ACLS certification. We provide a re-certification course in your second year of residency prior to graduation.
Advances in Labour and Risk Management (ALARM)
We mandate ALARM training during the residency and provide reimbursement upon successful completion.
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
We mandate ATLS training during the residency and provide reimbursement upon successful completion for all non-urban residents.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
We mandate NRP during residency and provide reimbursement upon successful completion.
Ultrasound Curriculum
Ultrasound curriculum is mandatory and provided for all residents.
We Will Take Good Care of the People
Indigenous Cultural Safety Training
*subject to change
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.
We care very much about the health of our community. We also care very much about upholding the reputation of Canadian-trained rural family doctors. As such, expect this residency to challenge you with high standards. You can also expect a supportive environment to help you achieve those standards.
You will be paired with a primary preceptor throughout your two years. You will develop your own cohort of patients to offer them (and you) the benefit of continuity of care. You will also continue to see patients outside of that cohort to maximize your exposure to various conditions and to undifferentiated presentations.
Family Medicine Block time will incorporate longitudinal experiences in the ER (at least 1 shift per week), obstetrics (expect to be involved in at least one delivery per week), and anesthesia. Longitudinal experiences can be further tailored according to your learning objectives (PCH, oncology, more ER/Obs/anesthesia, etc). In addition to giving you additional clinical exposures, these longitudinal experiences will allow you work with other physicians in the group.
Specialty rotations in Brandon and Winnipeg will be used to supplement Family Medicine Block Time. These rotations have been thoughtfully chosen to balance acuity, relevance to rural family medicine, and hands-on experience/responsibility:
Internal Medicine – 8 weeks (Winnipeg)
General Surgery – 4 weeks (Brandon)
Orthopedic Surgery – 2 weeks (Brandon, mostly in cast clinic)
Psychiatry – 2 weeks (Winnipeg)
ER – 4 weeks Brandon or Winnipeg
Peds ER – 4 weeks Winnipeg
ICU – 4 weeks Brandon
Pediatrics – 4 weeks Inpatient Winnipeg
Obs/Gyne – 8 weeks Brandon
Palliative Care – 4 weeks Winnipeg
Electives – 12 weeks (4 of which can be family medicine block time if preferred)
Vacation – 8 weeks
Accommodations for out of town rotations will be provided by the University.
We team up with other residency programs in nearby Dauphin, Brandon, or Portage la Prairie for academic days and social activities.
