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HI, u.s medical education and a canadian citizen. How do I come back and practice in canada if I do a u.s residency???? Got links, info please help!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally posted by Med4ever
HI, u.s medical education and a canadian citizen. How do I come back and practice in canada if I do a u.s residency???? Got links, info please help!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally posted by eddieberetta
You must be a graduate of an LCME accredited (i.e. MD) school in the US. The above poster was wrong to say you are excempt from the MCCQE (you, like CDN grads, are excempt from the MCCEE evaluating exam). Only a few provinces accept the steps in lieu of the MCCQE. Thus, you must write the MCCQE parts I and II (in 4th year and after 1st year of residency recommended, we usually take them with the step 2 and 3 USMLE respectively).
Finally, after residency, you have to sit the Royal College (FRCPC or FRCSC) specialty exams (usually taken at the same time as the US boards). This is where it can get ugly. There is parity in some specialties, but in those where the CDN training is longer or different, you have to make up training and correspond with the Royal College. The issue is most important for sparialties like EM (5 yrs here, 2-3 in US) and cardiac surgery (fellowship of GS in US, residency here). Usually IM, derm, rads, GS are not a problem.
Cheers
Originally posted by redshifteffect
Actually IM Is a problem..it's 3 years in the US and 4 years here...u may have to do an extra year in the US
\Originally posted by moo
Everyone has to take the evaluating exams, they're like the USMLEs if you wanna practice in Canada.
Originally posted by moo
The Canadian boards play no role in determining what residency you get since they are taken after the match.
Originally posted by Nof55
Interesting thread. I'm a Canadian citizen but US medical school and now being US reesidency trained. Does anybody have any links about where I write to about what boards to write, exams, ect... I'm in one of the odd specialities they talk about EM, a 3 year program, planning to do a one year fellowship after this. Any links or addresses anyone who knows about EM?
Nof55
Originally posted by Med4ever
Ummmmm hate to ask a stupid question please dont flame me but if canadian boards play no role in determining ur specilty, then what determines what residency spots u can get?
Med4ever said:Hey I to am canadian in the u.s and want to go into er. Can u tell me which programs are "canadian friendly" etc. Also what visa are u on f-1 h1-b j-1? U can post or pm me, i am excited to hear what u have to say.
midlifecrisis said:American married to a Canadian. Starting UW-WWAMI next year. We want to get to Canada eventually and don't worry I won't be clamoring for an urban position. We want to be based out of Whitehorse or Yellowknife. I've tried figuring this out by wading through the provincial authority websites, but it gets a bit confusing .......I'm an American, Alaskan even, and I don't speak burocracy...can't even spell it...so I'm looking for a tutor.
1.Do I aim for a Canadian residency? Statistically second iteration match looks crappy. And can I take MCCQE1 without missing too much school? It seems hard to schedule.
2.Or do I do everything in the US, most likely a FP residency which is longer in the US (3 yrs), then try to transfer......which province is the best to go through to get licensed? NWT, Nunavat, and Yukon don't have their own licensing boards and require licensing by some province....all the Provincial websites state you must be a province resident to be licensed...this seems a bit like a catch 22. What about temporary licenses...is that a good route?
3.With a doctor shortage (up north especially) why does Canada make it such a pain to transfer from the US? Especially why make it a pain in the butt for Canadians educated in the US?