Name:	Ms. Elaine Grant
Title:	Program Administrator
E-mail:	elaine.grant@vch.ca
Phone:	(604) 875-5244
Name:	Dr. Edward Kim
Title:	Chief GI Fellow
E-mail:	edkim11@shaw.ca

The eligibility criteria for all positions at the University of British Columbia are as follows:

1. Canadians or Permanent Residents who are currently in their R3 year of training in a Canadian University Internal Medicine Core Program.
   
   
2. Canadians or Permanent Residents who are graduates of a Canadian medical School who are currently in their R3 year of training in an accredited US ACGME accredited Internal Medicine Core Program.
   
   
3. VISA Sponsored residents are NOT eligible.
   
   
4. Current R4 and residents in a GIM program are NOT eligible.
   
   
5. Off-Cycle Applicants – Residents commencing their R3 year after December 31, 2011 are NOT eligible to apply

Document	Mandatory	Optional
Medical school transcript	X
Reference letter Number of letters: 3 Including one from your Program Director.	X
Personal Statement	X
Curriculum Vitae	X
MCCQEI	X
MCCQEII	X

Applications submitted after the file review has opened on August 24, 2011:

- will not be considered

References and other supporting documents which arrive after the file review has opened on August 24, 2011

- will be considered

Date(s) of Interview : September 19, 2011

Invitation/ Notification Information: Details regarding Interview:

This two year program currently includes clinical rotations at Vancouver Hospital and St. Paul’s Hospital. Electives are also organized at other centers including the B.C. Cancer Agency (BCCA) and Richmond General Hospital (RGH). The organization of rotations is designed to provide a range of clinical experience ranging from quaternary services to community gastroenterology at a major academic health center, in the context of graduated increase in responsibility.

Flexibility is built into the program to allow trainees to tailor training to their specific needs including gaining clinical experience elsewhere or to engage in basic research training.

The rotations are from one to three months in duration, and are classified as follows:

Core Clinical Rotation
Required Electives
Recommended Electives
Ambulatory Training

Throughout the entire two years consisting of one-half a day per week unless the trainee is outside Vancouver

The trainees complete fourteen months of core clinical rotations and four months of required electives, totaling 18 months. The trainees have 6 months to choose the electives that suit their personal preferences and for future career growth and development. It should be noted that nutrition, radiology and pathology should be taken during the first year. Also, the core clinical training is divided so that exposure is segmented over a period of two years to allow development of graduation of responsibility.

Vancouver Hospital

St. Paul’s Hospital

British Columbia Cancer Agency

Richmond General Hospital

Royal Columbian Hospital and Lions Gate Hospital