UBC offers two Family Medicine programs, together with 74 specialty and sub-specialty training programs. All training programs are recognized by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the College of Family Physicians of Canada. The duration of training varies from two years for Family Medicine to four to seven years for other specialties and sub-specialties.
With clinical training widely distributed throughout British Columbia, we offer a unique approach to postgraduate medical education and support our learners to pursue lifelong learning opportunities and build lasting community connections.
To find out more about the wide range of postgraduate training opportunities on offer at UBC, browse the program websites below.
Family Medicine and Specialty Residency Programs
Anesthesiology
Dermatology
Emergency Medicine
Family Practice
Medical Genetics
Medicine
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Ophthalmology
Orthopedics
Pathology
Pediatrics
Psychiatry
Public Heath and Preventive Medicine
Radiology
Surgery
- Cardiac Surgery
- General Surgery
- Neurosurgery
- Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
- Plastic Surgery
- Radiation Oncology
- Vascular Surgery
Urological Sciences
Subspecialty Residency Programs
Anesthesiology
Medicine
- Adult Cardiology
- Adult Clinical Immunology and Allergy
- Adult Critical Care Medicine
- Adult Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Adult Gastroenterology
- Adult Infectious Diseases
- Adult Nephrology
- Adult Palliative Medicine
- Adult Respirology
- Adult Rheumatology
- General Internal Medicine
- Geriatric Medicine
- Hematology
- Medical Oncology
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Pathology
Pediatrics
- Adolescent Medicine
- Developmental Pediatrics
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Pediatric Clinical Immunology and Allergy
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Pediatric Nephrology
- Pediatric Palliative Medicine
- Pediatric Respiratory
- Pediatric Rheumatology
Psychiatry
Radiology
Surgery
Special Residency Programs
Area of Focused Competence (AFC) Fellowship Programs
Area of Focused Competence (AFC) programs are fellowship programs which are accredited via The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. For more information on the AFC programs available at UBC please refer to our AFC webpage.
Campuses
The Faculty of Medicine provides innovative educational and research programs through an integrated and province-wide delivery model. Through the support of clinical faculty, students and trainees receive educational experiences in urban, regional, community and remote settings.
Campus locations include five University Academic Campuses, 11 Clinical Academic Campuses, 17 Affiliated Regional Centres and 65+ Community Education Facilities/ Rural and Remote Distributed Sites.


