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from my understanding, for a FM resident in Canada be certified by BCEM (not ABFM) he/she has to do, in consequence:
1) complete 2 yrs CFPC residency
2) do a R3 in a +1 program, could be anything - dosen't have to be CFPC-EM
3) now he/she accumulated 3 yrs in primary care, so he/she can apply for ABFM
4) once certified ABFM, the candidate now has "an ACGME-certified Primary Care residency" - apparently ACGME don't certify fresh 2-yr CFPC for primary residency
5) accumulate 7000 hrs in ER, with 1400+ hr/yr
6) now eligible to write the BCEM exam
my question:
can we skip step 3) ?
I mean if CFPC 2+1 is certified by American authorities as primary care residency (it is 3 yrs too), then we won't need to get ABFM before BCEM.
1) complete 2 yrs CFPC residency
2) do a R3 in a +1 program, could be anything - dosen't have to be CFPC-EM
3) now he/she accumulated 3 yrs in primary care, so he/she can apply for ABFM
4) once certified ABFM, the candidate now has "an ACGME-certified Primary Care residency" - apparently ACGME don't certify fresh 2-yr CFPC for primary residency
5) accumulate 7000 hrs in ER, with 1400+ hr/yr
6) now eligible to write the BCEM exam
my question:
can we skip step 3) ?
I mean if CFPC 2+1 is certified by American authorities as primary care residency (it is 3 yrs too), then we won't need to get ABFM before BCEM.
