Can I spend my 2 year J1 home requirement doing a fellowship in Canada?

[lacktoastintolerant]

I'm currently applying for IM as a non-US IMG (Canadian with UK med degree). If I do 3 years IM residency + 1 year chief + US cardiology fellowship, can I do a sub-specialty specialization fellowship in Canada and come back and work in that sub-specialty?

Or is it possible to do 3 years IM residency + 1 year chief, leave the country to do a Canadian cardiology fellowship?

Has anyone done anything similar or know of anyone who has had to face the same choice?

Thanks all!

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[geniusindisguise]

Yes either of those scenarios are possible. For the latter, US residency followed by Canadian fellowships are relatively well-tread paths for Canadian IMGs. I personally know of two Canadian non-US IMGs who went off to Canadian cards fellowships through MSM after US residencies. You can check out the Canadian forum on SDN. As for the superfellowship, as far as I know, there is also nothing holding you back in doing this.

 

[lacktoastintolerant]

Yes either of those scenarios are possible. For the latter, US residency followed by Canadian fellowships are relatively well-tread paths for Canadian IMGs. I personally know of two Canadian non-US IMGs who went off to Canadian cards fellowships through MSM after US residencies. You can check out the Canadian forum on SDN. As for the superfellowship, as far as I know, there is also nothing holding you back in doing this.

Thanks so much for the reply. I'll check the other forum out. c: