Physicians
The Family Medicine Residency Program is a two-year program that provides training in family medicine in Prince Edward Island to medical students who have completed their four-year medical degree. Once students enter the program, they are referred to as...
The Family Medicine Sponsorship Program is a program of the Department of Health and Wellness designed to support proactive physician succession planning. The program provides funding for selected medical students pursuing Family Medicine as a profession...
Effective January 2019
Financial incentives are designed to attract and retain physicians to designated areas on Prince Edward Island. To be eligible, physicians must be relocating from out of province or be a participant in the PEI Family Medicine...
Are you an International Medical Graduate interested in a career in medicine in Prince Edward Island? If so, this information that may help:
For International medical specialists
Visit the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada for...
Prince Edward Island (PEI) has many physician opportunities in a variety of specialty areas with competitive financial incentives.
We are looking for caring, dedicated health professionals who share in our mission to provide safe, quality, and...
The Locum Support Program is to replace permanent physicians in family practice, emergency medicine, and specialities where the departing physician’s services will be unavailable due to vacation, Continuing Medical Education (CME), or illness for a...
Medical Education Program
The Medical Education Program provides opportunities for undergraduate and visiting postgraduate medical students to gain experience in family medicine and a variety of specialty areas in health care facilities across Prince...
As of April 2013, the Government of Canada began offering Canada Student Loan forgiveness to eligible family physicians, family medicine residents, nurse practitioners, and registered nurses who work in under-served rural or remote communities.
Loan...