Geographical Sites of Training

Foothills Medical Centre (FMC)

Number of beds 1100

Number of emergency visits/year 79,000+

The Foothills Medical Centre (FMC) is a major referral centre for Southern Alberta and South-Eastern British Columbia. It functions predominantly at secondary and tertiary levels but community and family physicians play an important role. The FMC includes the Foothills Hospital, the Tom Baker Cancer Centre (TBCC), the Grace Women's Health Centre, McCaig Tower, Teaching-Research-Wellness Centre and the Health Sciences Centre (HSC) which houses the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. It has a 30 bed ICU and an 18 bed CCU with post CV Surgery and post PCI areas.  There is a 14-bed stroke assessment and treatment unit. It has a very active hospitalist service which assists greatly with care of inpatients. The Calgary Cancer Centre (CCC) will be up and running in 2023 and will be a world-class health-care facility and academic centre for the provision of cancer services in Southern Alberta.

Peter Lougheed Centre (PLC)

 Number of beds 600

 Number of emergency visits/year 81,000+

The Peter Lougheed Centre (PLC) provides a blend of primary, secondary and tertiary levels of patient care and learning experiences.  It also houses a number of specialized programs such as Therapeutic Endoscopy, Cardiac Rehabilitation, and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography.  The PLC has a 19 bed ICU and a highly functional CCU.

Rockyview General Hospital (RGH)

Number of beds 650

Number of emergency visits/year 78,000+

The Rockyview General Hospital (RGH) provides a multidisciplinary PGY-1 year for many residency programs at the University of Calgary. Within Medicine, educational experience include rotations in Respirology, Geriatrics, Rheumatology,Gastroenterology and General Internal Medicine (GIM), incorporating ward inpatient services, consultation services and ambulatory clinics. RGH is the Calgary centre of Urological and Ophthalmological services. The RGH is located on the Glenmore Reservoir and easily accessible by bike or running trails. There is a 17 bed ICU with a 7 bed CCU.

South Health Campus (SHC)

Opened in 2013, the SHC is Calgary's newest health facility.

Number of beds 642 (not all filled but capacity exists)

Number of emergency visits/year 68,000+

The South Health Campus (SHC) is the newest of the four adult hospitals. Innovations at this campus include a YMCA complete with a wellness kitchen to help you maintain important work-life balance.

Outpatient Clinic Experiences

Outpatient Clinics experiences occur at each of the major hospital sites as well as the Richmond Road Diagnostic and Treatment Centre.  Some clinics occur in the community settings in Calgary as well as in Grande Prairie, Lethbridge, Yellowknife as well as in underserviced areas.

The Province of Alberta has made large investments in tele-education and tele-health technologies. For example, each of the adult sites has computerized patient care systems wherein all diagnostic imaging (and interpretations) as well as laboratory results are available for viewing on-line.

The University of Calgary has numerous on-line journals. In addition, the University is part of the Canadian National Site Licensing Project (CNSLP). All online journals, MD consult, as well as the CNSLP can be accessed through the Internet at any of the teaching sites free of charge. There is a tutorial on accessing electronic journals during the first week to ensure all the residents are familiar with this source of information.