Overview
A Royal College-accredited two-year GREI subspecialty residency, historically selecting one resident every other year.
The programme
- Training type
- Subspecialty Training Programme
- Duration
- 2 years
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- Historically one subspecialty resident every other year
- Accreditation
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)
- Department
- Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Canadian applicants: completed ObGyn training in an RCPSC-accredited program and eligible for RCPSC ObGyn examinations; US ACGME ObGyn residents planning RCPSC certification, or IMGs with RCPSC-approved training, may be considered
- International applicants
- Not currently accepted (update June 2026); Canadian applications considered first
- Visa support
- Institution policy (UBC PGME): foreign trainees must hold an IRCC work permit for the whole training period; the sponsoring department/PGME submits an offer of employment to IRCC and the fellow applies under the LMIA-exempt category
- Licence requirement
- Institution policy (CPSBC/UBC PGME): postgraduate trainees and fellows at UBC must be licensed with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC (educational - postgraduate class; fellow licence max 4 years) before training starts; the department obtains the licence, IMGs need physiciansapply.ca source verification and CPSBC English proficiency
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Application form, personal statement, CV, degree/specialist certificates and three reference letters to the program
Funding
- Funding
- Not stated on official page
Official sources
https://obgyn.ubc.ca/education/subspecialties/reproductive-endocrinology-infertility/https://obgyn.ubc.ca/education/subspecialties/reproductive-endocrinology-infertility/how-to-apply/https://www.cpsbc.ca/registrants/current-registrants/registration-and-licensing/student-and-graduates/postgraduate-fellowhttps://postgrad.med.ubc.ca/prospective-trainees/international-sponsored-visa-trainee/