Queen's Palliative Medicine runs up to 3 concurrent residency programs:

• A 1-year "enhanced skills" program through family medicine, leading to a Certificate of Added Competency (CAC) from the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
• A 2-year subspecialty program, entered through internal medicine, neurology, or anaesthesia, leading to a subspecialty designation from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
• A Sponsored Visa Trainee  program when educational and clinical capacity allows.