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
- Specialty associations
- Not yet verified
- Learning format
- Not yet verified
- Duration
- PGY3 (see programme page for length)
- Start
- Not stated on the official page
- Positions
- Not stated on the official page
- Accreditation
- Category 2 – Self-Designed (no Certificate of Added Competence)
- Department
- Not yet verified
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
- Qualification requirement
- PGY2 residents registered in a Canadian family medicine residency
- Citizenship requirement
- Not yet verified
- Practice location requirement
- Not yet verified
- Membership requirement
- Not yet verified
- Eligibility restrictions
- IMG applicants subject to eligibility and Return of Service rules (see programme page)
- Language
- Not yet verified
- Teaching language
- Not yet verified
- Clinical language
- Not yet verified
- International applicants
- IMG applicants subject to eligibility and Return of Service rules (see programme page)
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on the official page
- Visa route
- Not yet verified
- Visa sponsorship
- Not yet verified
- Visa support
- Not stated on the 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
- Documents
- CV (named in recorded application instructions; confirm full checklist)
- Contact
- fmpgy3@mcmaster.ca
Funding and costs
- Tuition / fees
- Not yet verified
- Application fee
- Not yet verified
- Stipend / salary
- Not yet verified
- Scholarship
- Not yet verified
- Funding
- Not stated on the official page
Sources and verification
Evidence by field
- Qualification requirement: legacy record not reverified; checked not recorded. Source 1 Derived from Eligibility.
- Eligibility restrictions: legacy record not reverified; checked not recorded. Source 1 Derived from International applicants.
- Contact: legacy record not reverified; checked not recorded. Source 1 Derived from Application method.
- Documents: legacy record not reverified; checked not recorded. Source 1 Derived from Application method.
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