Overview
PGY3 Enhanced Skills programme in primary care research at McMaster's Department of Family Medicine for residents beyond the core two-year family medicine residency.
The programme
- Training type
- Subspecialty training programme
- Duration
- PGY3 (see programme page for length)
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Category 2 – Self-Designed (no Certificate of Added Competence)
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- PGY2 residents registered in a Canadian family medicine residency; must start PGY3 within 12 months of completing PGY2; practising physicians apply via the Ontario Re-Entry Program
- International applicants
- IMG applicants subject to eligibility and Return of Service rules (see programme page)
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- 2026-27 Family Medicine/Enhanced Skills Match timeline (CaRMS): key dates 28 July and 8 September 2026; match day 10 December 2026
- Application method
- Category 1 via CaRMS; Category 2 via application form, CV and letter of intent to fmpgy3@mcmaster.ca
Funding
- Funding
- Not stated on official page
Official sources
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