Family Medicine: Emergency Medicine Red Deer

Emergency Medicine

Red Deer

Family Medicine: Emergency Medicine Red Deer

Welcome to the Red Deer stream of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at the �鶹��Ƶ.

2025 Session date TBD

CaRMS Info Session

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FM-EM Emergency Medicine - Edmonton and Red Deer
6pm MDT, via Zoom

REGISTration will link here once opened

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THE RED DEER ER SITE HAS BEEN VOTED BEST ER ROTATION BY EDMONTON GRADS MULTIPLE TIMES

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PARTICIPATE IN ACADEMICS VIRTUALLY AND IN-PERSON

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WORK WITH EXPERIENCED FACULTY AND LEARN AT A HIGH ACUITY REGIONAL CENTRE

Interview/CaRMS Specific Information

Format: There will be two panel interviews - each about 20 minutes in length. All interviews this year will be via Zoom.

Please refer to the site for details.

Selection Process Goals

We are looking for excellent well-rounded candidates who excel in the principles of Family Medicine and are dedicated to mastering the field of Emergency Medicine. It is in the interest of the resident to do a variety of electives in Family Medicine to ensure they cover the material that may not be covered during a busy year focused on acute and critical care. We look for residents who demonstrate evidence of self-improvement and self-assessment during their Family Medicine year.

International Applicants

All applicants must be residents of Canada and have a CFPC certification prior to starting in the program.

Welcome to Our Program

The �鶹��Ƶ Family Medicine-Emergency Medicine (FM-EM) Program began in July of 1993 and has since graduated over 150 residents who now work throughout Canada. Since its inception, the program has been designed to produce physicians who are able to work in any emergency department, from rural to quaternary care. The year is intense, but residents are provided great academic support and flexibility to meet their learning needs.

One of the keys to success in Edmonton is the large number of learners. The FM-EM residents work and learn alongside the RCPS Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Emergency Medicine programs in a collegial environment that gives them a larger pool of colleagues to work and attend rounds with. This tightly knit group shares in the many dedicated faculty members with expertise in Evidence Based Medicine, EMS Systems, Disaster Medicine, Medical Education, Pediatric and Adult Trauma, Clinical Research and Health Administration, Emergency Department Ultrasound, and Human Patient Simulation. With this dedicated faculty, the �鶹��Ƶ formed Canada's fourth Department of Emergency Medicine in 2004.

The Red Deer stream of the EM program is located in a high acuity regional referral center. This site has a large catchment area and has a large consultant support base. The Red Deer hospital has been an integral part of the UofA EM program for decades, and will now welcome its own residents for EM training. The Red Deer ER has earned many teaching awards year after year from the graduating residents. The unique location of this site provides an enriched learning environment and we are proud to accept residents into the Red Deer program starting in July 2026.

The Red Deer program will incorporate a hybridized curriculum where about half of the rotations will be completed in Red Deer while the remaining rotations will be completed in Edmonton. Formal educational rounds attendance will occur via both distance learning and in person while in Edmonton.

Residents will be able to choose between pre-existing high yield selectives such as Neurology/Ophthalmology, General Surgery, Orthopedics, or a regional Emergency Medicine rotation. Residents are suggested to give priority to General Surgery or Orthopedics if neither of those rotations were done during the FM year. For residents who have done both General Surgery and Orthopedics, they can choose amongst any elective option.

The FM-EM program is a very structured year. Despite this, the program retains flexibility and self-directed learners flourish in Edmonton. There is a comprehensive academic program including monthly Core Content Rounds where residents take exams to test recall of reading assignments from the last month in preparation for the certification exam.

Dr. Navdeep Dhaliwal
Program Director

Overview Video

2020 Video

Our Staff


Staff	Staff Biography
	Dr. Navdeep Dhaliwal Program Director Dr. Dhaliwal is a full time Emergency Physician at the Grey Nuns Hospital in Edmonton, works part-time at the Red Deer Regional Hospital, and is also the program director of the CFPC-EM residency program. His postgraduate residency training was done through the �鶹��Ƶ where he initially started as the co-chief resident in the CFPC-EM program and worked his way through as the Assistant Program director. He was lucky to have experienced the acute trauma environment of Detroit during his medical school education where his initial love of Emergency Medicine was established. Dr. Dhaliwal is originally from Osoyoos, British Columbia. In his spare time he can be found training Taekwondo with his family, playing with his children, or travelling.
	Dr. Michael Lai Assistant Program Director Michael is a full time Emergency Physician at the Grey Nuns Hospital. He is currently enjoying his role as assistant program director of the CFPC-EM residency program. Michael completed his medical school training and family medicine residency at the �鶹��Ƶ, and completed his emergency medicine training at the University of Manitoba. He is originally from Calgary where he completed his Bachelors of Science. Outside of clinical work, Michael enjoys playing hockey, spending time outdoors golfing, and playing volleyball.
	Dr. Jamie McIntyre Red Deer Site Coordinator
	Dr. Hazem Shoblak Tintinalli Coordinator/Faculty Advisor Dr. Shoblak is a full time Emergency Physician at the Grey Nuns Hospital in Edmonton. He serves as a Tintinalli Coordinator for the EM residents, as well as a faculty advisor. He moved around a lot in his younger days, so he decided to stay in one city for his university education: Edmonton. He completed his undergraduate, medical school, postgraduate, and fellowship training at the �鶹��Ƶ. He is a previous grad of this EM program too! Outside of work, he enjoys travelling, hunting, spending time with his family, or perfecting his backyard landscaping.
	Dr. Vickie Lee Tintinalli Coordinator Dr. Lee is a full time Emergency Physician at the Sturgeon Community Hospital. She completed her medical school and residency training at the �鶹��Ƶ. She enjoys travelling and spending time outdoors with her family.
	Dr. Joshua Bezanson Tintinalli Coordinator Joshua is a staff emergency and hyperbaric medicine physician at the Misericordia Community Hospital and a recent Edmonton EM graduate. His interests include disaster medicine and prehospital care and he serves as the department of emergency medicine’s disaster medicine coordinator and also assists with Tintinalli rounds. He completed a masters in disaster medicine and an EMS fellowship. He is the Hazardous Materials Physician for the Calgary Fire Department and a transport physician with STARS as well as serving as the medical director for multiple EMS agencies including an international air ambulance service. He is also active with several disaster relief organizations including Canada Task Force 2 which is Alberta’s all-hazards disaster response team and has been a part of multiple large scale deployments in Canada and abroad. He co-hosts a disaster podcast called EPIC (Emergency Preparedness in Canada).
	Dr. Michael Dussault Ultrasound Director Mike is an emergency physician at the Grey Nuns Hospital and the Assistant Ultrasound Coordinator. He completed his medical school in Edmonton and Family Medicine residency in Calgary. He then completed his Emergency Medicine Residency in Saskatchewan and continued to work In the ED in Saskatchewan for two years after finishing his residency. He initially worked in Saskatoon to train with point of care ultrasound. Outside of the ED, he loves spending time outside doing whatever activity that gets his heart pumping. He has spent most of his years growing up snowboarding whenever he can, and lately has been enjoying biking, bouldering, and hiking.
	Dr. Ricardo Ribeiro Ultrasound Coordinator Ric is a seasoned emergency physician at Grey Nuns Hospital who has joined our ultrasound team. With two decades of saving lives under his belt, he's a force to be reckoned with. After honing his skills at the University of Saskatchewan, he decided to move to Edmonton in 2009, where he has been working ever since. When he's not busy in the ED you can find Ric kicking back with his three sidekicks (aka his kids), showing off his skeet shooting skills, jamming out to some tunes, or jet-setting across the globe. This doctor doesn't just heal bodies; he's also a master of living life to the fullest!

Our Program

We are a fully accredited program that follows the guidelines set out by the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

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Program Highlights

Excellent opportunity in ICU to gain critical care experience and skills in Red Deer. Very low learner to patient ratio and increased opportunity for procedural skills.

Accommodations in Red Deer are organized by and financially compensated by RhPAP (Rural Health Professions Action Plan) housing program.

Flexibility to include an elective block to focus on an area where you will be focused on in your future career or an area you are looking for more training in.

Red Deer’s acuity is comparable to the highest acuity sites within Alberta.

The opportunity to experience big city medicine with a community hospital feel.

In Red Deer you are the most senior learner and have more access to procedural skill acquisition/opportunities and supportive autonomy to run trauma and resuscitation cases.

Residency at a Glance

This residency program is for 1 year.

R-3 Rotations

Rotations:

Emergency Medicine –
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Emergency Medicine –
Red Deer Regional Hospital (RDRH)
Emergency Medicine –
Grey Nuns Community Hospital (GNH)
Pediatric Emergency Medicine –
Stollery Children's Hospital (UAH)
Elective/Selective
Adult ICU –
UAH and RDRH
Pediatric ICU –
Stollery Children's Hospital
Ultrasound & Trauma – 2 weeks
UAH or Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH)
Anesthesia –
RDRH
EMS – 2 ride-alongs
Edmonton Ground EMS and STARS (Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society)
Emergency Medicine Longitudinal – 10 shifts
RDRH with Faculty Advisor and Edmonton Site with Edmonton FA
CCU Senior –
RAH
Vacation – taken as 4 weeks or 2 weeks/2 weeks

Teaching Hospitals

We are a fully accredited program that follows the guidelines set out by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

The program is centred in Red Deer but you will also do many rotations in Edmonton as well as an additional regional rotation in Lethbridge.

Program Supports

Each resident is assigned an academic advisor with whom they also do horizontal EM shifts throughout the year and meet every four months to review their academic progress to date. The resident(s) in the Red Deer stream will have the added benefit of having two Faculty Advisors to work with - one in Red Deer (main faculty advisor), and one in Edmonton (secondary faculty advisor)
Each resident has access to a wellness mentor to assist with the personal and academic demands of the year.
Residents have unfettered access to the Program Director for any needs that arise throughout the year

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Family Medicine: Emergency Medicine Red Deer

CaRMS Info Session

award winning

integrated

regional exposure