Thank you for your interest in our Program! We've had a beautiful summer in Calgary, our new residents have settled in, and the Program has been already been planning for academic year 2013 - 2014.   For those considering Internal Medicine in Calgary, allow me to offer a few words about our Program. We believe our greatest strength is our residents.   Our residents are committed to their education, excellence in patient care, research, and teaching.  Residents participate in the organization and operationalization program.  We place a high value on collegiality and know that many life-long bonds are formed during residency training.  We have over 90 residents in our core (R1-3) program and more in our many specialty programs. Our Program is well supported by dedicated faculty.  An Associate Program Director works at each of our major training sites.  Assistant Program Directors work in the areas of curriculum development, evaluation, and simulation.  Rotation and Medical Teaching Unit Directors play key roles in optimizing the educational experience of our learners. We have excellent administrative support including a full time Program Administrator and three Administrative Assistants that support the Core Program.  Subspecialty Programs are additionally supported. Residency training is challenging and rewarding.  Physician well-being is important to us.  Healthy and happy physicians (or anyone) do their best work.  For example, our Senior Medical Residents on-call for each of the three adult hospitals start call at 2100 and should be en route home (by paid taxi if they wish) by 1000 the next day.   (Yup, we pay for the taxi ride back to pick up the car later in the day if needed).   We allocate time to welcome events, sports day, retreat, research days, and more.  Residents in Alberta have compensation that is highly competitive. We are very excited about our simulation teaching and ultrasound guided procedural training.  We have a modern  clinical skills centre, take advantage of telehealth to reduce travel time, and have access to a world class research community. Calgary is a dynamic and growing city.  In 2006, the Alberta Children's Hospital opened its doors.  The former hospital site has been reopened as the Richmond Road Diagnostic and Treatment Centre and is home to clinics in General Internal Medicine, Dermatology, Rheumatology, and others. The three adult hospital sites (Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre, and Rockyview General Hospital) have undergone major expansions.  Our Medical Teaching Units at all sites are based in units that are more spacious, have dedicated space for physician education, and are well equipped with information technologies.   Telehealth is used to transmit rounds between the sites alleviating the need to travel.  We are looking forward to the opening another new hospital... the South Calgary Health Campus in 2012. In 2009, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada approved the University of Calgary during an external review. Thank you very much for considering the Calgary Internal Medicine Residency Program. Jeffrey P Schaefer MSc MD FRCPC FACP General Internist, Clinical Associate Professor, and Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program University of Calgary