Postgraduate Report
PG Administrative Team:
- Claudia Baker, PG Program Coordinator, Academic and Research Project
- John Berger, PG Program Coordinator, London Urban Resident scheduling and CaRMS.
- Chelsea Juzkow, PG Program Coordinator, Finance and Evaluation (interim)
- Liz McInnis, PG Program Education Manager
- Laura Sparrow, PG Program Coordinator, Rural and Regional Resident scheduling and Enhanced Skills
- Renee Vachon, PG Admin Coordinator, Student Relations
Congratulations to Dr. Herta Kankpeyeng (PGY2) training at St. Joseph’s Family Medical Centre who was recently recognized by the LHSC “Great Moments Recognition Program”
Postgraduate Preceptor Evaluations: Preceptor evaluations providing a summary of anonymized evaluations submitted by residents over the previous few years were released in August through One45. Please ensure you have downloaded all your evaluation summaries on One45 for your records. We appreciate everyone’s continued commitment to the teaching of our residents. Thanks so very much.
PGY2 Preferences Survey: PGY1 residents will receive their Rotation Preferences Survey via email in early November. On this survey residents indicate choices for the PGY2 year. A generous deadline to complete the survey has been given so that residents may consider their options, get guidance from their Faculty Advisor, and carefully make choices. We want to ensure that plenty of time is provided to reflect now in hopes that later requests for changes to the schedule are minimized (these changes can be disruptive to services, especially if they have set their schedules and booked patients). Full instructions and details about the PGY2 Preferences Survey (including an informational video) accompanied the distribution of the survey. If you have any questions about the rotation preferences process, please email us at fmpgc@schulich.uwo.ca. The PGY2 Preferences Survey informational video is available on the Academic Half Day Archive which is accessible with your Western logon credentials.
2026/27 Schedule Update: We will soon start working with our FM sites and services to plan the second-year schedule. The process of scheduling is complicated as rotations may only accommodate a certain number of residents per block. Residents with their eyes on an Enhanced Skills program are encouraged to front-end electives to strengthen their application. We consider everything from the survey results and try to provide residents with electives that reflect their interests.
Elentra Update: This has been a challenging transition and there have been numerous unforeseen issues despite our planning. We have shared this with Associate PG Dean who is advocating for ongoing support. Please be patient with us as we work out the issues in the live system.
Faculty Advisor Program: Reminder that the purpose of the Faculty Advisor Program is to provide longitudinal mentoring, and educational support and guidance for our residents. Residents have been assigned a Faculty Advisor (the Faculty Member who will be supervising during family medicine block training). Residents are responsible for contacting their Faculty Advisor to arrange to meet three times per year. In preparation for the Faculty Advisor meeting, residents are asked to log into MyFM. There will be a tab under “Resident Assessment” where residents can download the Periodic Review Form with associated data from MyFM already populated. Before meeting with their Faculty Advisor, Residents should download the form and reflect on the relevant areas as indicated within the Periodic Review Form. During the meeting, the Resident and Faculty Advisor will complete the Periodic Review Form together within Elentra. The PRFs will be available to you in Elentra in mid-October.
If you have not yet heard from your PGY1 resident regarding their first Periodic Review, please reach out to them to book this first meeting and you can reiterate with them at that meeting that they are responsible for reaching out for the next meetings.
New Teaching Site for 2026 – Welcome to Dr. Jason Murray and the Kincardine Family Health Team at the Hawthorne Community Clinic who will join us as a new teaching site in July 2026. We are excited to be expanding to rural Kincardine!
2026 CaRMS: will continue to be VIRTUAL in nature. Interview period will be January 17 – February 8, 2026. References for applicants to Family Medicine will continue to require the Standardized Reference Form.
NOTE: Changes regarding IMG CaRMS Eligibility
An email call for assistance with the CaRMS Interview process will be circulated by early November. Your participation with the interview process is encouraged and greatly appreciated.
- Program descriptions published on CaRMS website: Aug. 27, 2025
- Info Session 1: Wed. Nov. 12, 2025, 6:30pm
- File review begins: Nov. 27, 2025
- Info Session 2: Wed. Nov. 19, 2025, 6:30pm
- Interviewer Orientation session: Wed. Jan. 14, 2026, 1:30 pm
- National interview period: Jan.17, 2026 – Feb. 8, 2026
- Rank Order List due: Feb. 12, 2026
- Match day: March 3, 2026
Western FM Interview Dates:
- IMG Interview Day – Fri. Jan. 16, 2026, 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM, via Zoom
- CMG Interview Day #1 - Wed. Jan. 21, 2026, 12:30-4:00 PM, via Zoom
- CMG Interview Day #2 - Sat. Jan. 24, 2026, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM, via Zoom
- CMG Interview Day #3 - Sun. Jan. 25, 2026, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM, via Zoom
Enhanced Skills Recruitment:
- CaRMS Online Opens and Program Descriptions due: July 29, 2025
- CaRMS applications deadline and 1st round of Category 2 applications due: September 9, 2025
- File Review begins: September 9, 2025
- Interview offers sent for both CaRMS and Category 2: October 3, 2025
- National interview period : October 10 – November 28, 2025
- Category 2 Interview Period with rolling offers up February 2026
- CaRMS Rank Order List due: December 2, 2025
- Match Day: December 11, 2025
Enhanced Skills Interview Dates:
- Western Obstetrics & Women’s Health: October 21st & 22nd, 2025
- Western Palliative Care Interviews: November 5, 2025
- Western Sports & Exercise Medicine Interviews: November 7, 2025
- Western Emergency Medicine Interviews: November 12, 2025
- Western Academic Family Medicine interviews: TBD
- Western Chronic Diseases Management: TBD
- Western Hospitalist interviews: TBD
- Western FM Oncology interviews: TBD
- Western Primary Care Rheumatology: TBD
Dr. Daniel Grushka, Postgraduate Program Director
