What is Competitive stream and how is it different from CMG stream?
For the 2024 CaRMS match, the British Columbia Ministry of Health are funding new residency positions in what they have termed, the “Competitive Stream”. Application to these positions are open to both Canadian Medical Graduates (CMG’s) and International Medical Graduates (IMG’s) and this stream will be a separate track which would be ranked just like the other tracks in our program.  The positions in this stream will require a 3 year Return of Service (ROS), but this ROS can be anywhere in the province, either urban or rural including in greater Vancouver, and can be in any sort of clinical practice of interest to the resident.
At UBC, there are 5 Competitive Stream positions which are distributed amoungst the tracks as follows:
Vancouver Track – 1 positionFraser Track – 2 positionsVancouver Island Track – 1 positionInterior Track – 1 position