The Best Questions and Cases For The MCCEE & MCCQE: Issue 09
The Best Questions and Cases For The MCCEE & MCCQE: Issue 09
The Best Questions and Cases For The MCCEE & MCCQE: Issue 09
02 O
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03 N
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04 O
pportunities for
International Medical
Graduates in Canada
06 P ost-Graduate Training
in the United States
Residency Match Statistics
07 Future Features
07 The Canadian Federation
of Medical Students
08 Appendix
12 Important Websites
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Opportunities for
International Medical
Graduates in Canada
NEWFOUNDLAND
NOVA SCOTIA
NEW BRUNSWICK
ALBERTA
QUBEC
Under current rules, doctors with a degree from outside
Canada or the United States can practice medicine in the
Canadian province of Qubec by obtaining a restrictive
permit.
For more information: http://www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/
sujets/organisation/medecine/rsq/index.php?home
ONTARIO
In Ontario, IMGs must go through the match with
CaRMS (www.carms.ca).
But the Centre for the Evaluation of Health Professionals
Educated Abroad (CEHPEA) offers examinations that
an IMG applicant can take that will help boost their
application with CaRMS.
For more information visit: http://www.cehpea.ca/
MANITOBA
MLPIMG: The Medical Licensure Program for
International Medical Graduates (MLPIMG) is a one-year
training program that will help foreign-trained physicians
obtain medical licensure to practice as primary care
physicians in Manitoba.
IMG-ACL: The International Medical Graduate
Assessment for Conditional Licensure (IMGACL) is a
three-month assessment process that will assess practiceready IMG physicians previous training in order to obtain
medical licensure to practice as primary care physicians
in Manitoba.
For more information: http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/
medicine/education/imgp/index.html
SASKATCHEWAN
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan
is developing a new Saskatchewan-based assessment
process designed to recruit more foreign-trained physicians
to the province.
The new program is currently being developed. Details
about the new program will be posted on the website as
they become available.
For more information and updates visit:
http://www.quadrant.net/cpss/index.html
http://www.quadrant.net/cpss/assessment.html
BRITISH COLUMBIA
The IMG-BC program expects candidates to have passed
standard Canadian medical entry-level examinations such
as the MCCEE and MCCQE Part 1, as well as having
the ability to communicate effectively in English. Further
evaluation will include a 16-station OSCE, followed by
an optional 1-week orientation and a 12-week clinical
assessment offered to the top 35 candidates.
There are 18 IMG first-iteration residency positions 12
in Family Medicine and 6 in Specialties.
The positions will be posted on the CaRMS website
and will be announced on a yearly basis.
For more information: http://www.imgbc.med.ubc.ca/
Home.htm
http://www.nrmp.org/data/2011Adv%20Data%20Tbl.pdf
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The Canadian
Federation of
Medical Students
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The Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS)
is the national representative body of medical students
in Canada. They have a membership of over 7000
medical students. The organization represents the voice
of Canadian medical students to the federal government,
public, and national medical organizations.
Visit their site to discover a wonderful collection of
useful resources and information. http://www.cfms.org/
Appendix
Steps to becoming a licensed practicing
physician in Canada:
Step 1:
Take the exams
Medical Licensing Exams of Canada
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Medical Council of Canada:
http://www.mcc.ca/
Step 2:
Learn as much as you can about how to
be a physician in Canada
IMG Support Groups and
Information resources
Association of International Medical Doctors of
British Columbia
c/o Coordinator, BCITP Net (British Columbia
Internationally Trained Professionals Network)
Surrey Delta Immigrant Services Society
1107-7330 137th Street
Surrey, BC V3W 1A3
Email: bcitp_net@sdiss.org
Tel: (604) 729-6598
Web: http://aimdbc.com/
Alberta International Medical
Graduates Association (AIMGA)
1409 Edmonton Trail NE, Suite 205
Calgary, Alberta T2G 3K8
Tel: (403) 520-7730 / (877) 520-7730
Email: aimga@shaw.ca
Web: http://www.aimga.ca
Kitchener-Waterloo
c/o Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre
46 Mount Hope Street, Kitchener, ON N2G2J3
Tel: (519) 745-2531 | Fax: (519) 745-5857
Email: kwmc@kwmc.on.ca
Web: http://www.kwmc.on.ca
London
c/o London Cross Cultural Learner Centre
505 Dundas Street, London, ON N6B 1W4
Tel: (519) 432-1133 | Fax: (519) 660-6168
Email: cclc@lcclc.org
Web: http://www.lcclc.org
Welland/Niagara-St. Catharines
c/o Welland Heritage Council and Multicultural Centre
26 East Main Street, Welland, ON L3B3W3
Tel: (905) 732-5337 (Welland)
Tel: (905) 685-1353 (St. Catharines)
Email: whc@on.aibn.com
Web: http://www.wellandheritagecouncil.com
Ottawa
c/o Catholic Immigration Centre
219 Argyle Avenue, Ottawa, ON K2P2H4
Tel: (613) 232-9634 | Fax: (613) 232-3660
Email: cic@cic.ca
Web: http://www.cic.ca
Windsor
c/o Windsor-Essex International Medical Graduates
P.O. Box 27056
7720 Tecumseh Road East
Windsor, ON N8T 3N5
Tel: (519) 991-0763
Email: windsor@aipso.ca
Guelph
c/o Guelph and District Multicultural Centre
214 Speedvale Avenue West, Unit 7
Guelph, ON N1H1C4
Tel: (519) 836 2222
Fax: (519) 837 2884
Email: mailbox@gdmc.org
Web: http://www.gdmc.org
Association of International
Physicians & Surgeons of
Nova Scotia (AIPSNS)
c/o Association of Intl Physicians
& Surgeons of Nova Scotia
One Research Drive
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 4M9
Tel: (902) 442-4655
Email: info@ietp-ns.ca
Web: http://www.ietp-ns.ca/association_phys.html
Immigrant Settlement &
Integration Services
Suite 2120 (second floor)
Mumford Professional Centre
6960 Mumford Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3L 4P1
Tel: (902) 423-3607
Toll free: 1-866-431-6472
Fax: (902) 423-3154
Email: info@isisns.ca
Web: http://www.isisns.ca/
Step 3:
Obtain a residency
(post-graduate training
position) in Canada
Specific Programs for International Medical Graduates
BRITISH COLUMBIA:
International Medical
Graduates of British
Columbia (IMG-BC) Program
661-1190 Hornby Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6Z 2K5
Tel: (604) 682-2344 local 62655
Fax: (604) 806-9902
Email: ehchan@providencehealth.bc.ca
Web: http://www.imgbc.med.
ubc.ca/Home.htm
ALBERTA:
SASKATCHEWAN:
University of Calgary,
Faculty of Medicine
Room G212,
Health Sciences Centre
3330 Hospital Drive N.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1
Tel: (403) 210-8184
Fax: (403) 210-8166
Email: aimg@ucalgary.ca
Web: http://www.aimg.ca
Calgary Clinical Assistants
Program
Southport Tower
10301 Southport Lane SW, #5122
Calgary, Alberta T2W 1S7
Tel: 403 943 0764
Fax: 403 943 0916
Clinical Opportunities for
International Medical
Graduates in Alberta
IMGCP - International Medical
Graduate Clinical Preceptorship
IMGSP - International Medical
Graduate Surgical Preceptorship
Capital Health, Medical
Affairs Physician Preceptorship
Programs
Suite 500, North Tower,
Capital Health Center
10030 107 Street
Edmonton, AB T5J 3E4
Tel: (780) 735-0702
Fax (780) 735-0756
Email: PhysicianPreceptorship@capitalhealth.ca
Web: http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/services.
asp?pid=service&rid=1040103
QUBEC:
NEWFOUNDLAND:
Reconnaissance dquivalence
du Diplme universitaire en
mdecine et de la formation
postdoctorale
Step 4:
Obtain a license to practice
medicine in Canada
Provincial/Territorial
Licensure Authorities
College of Physicians and
Surgeons of British Columbia
Suite 400, 858 Beatty Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 1C1
Tel: (604) 733-7758 or
1-800-461-3008
Fax: (604) 733-3503 (general)
(604) 694-6104 (registration)
Email: q uestions@cpsbc.ca or
registration@cpsbc.ca
Web: http://www.cpsbc.ca
College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Alberta
900 Manulife Place
10180 - 101 Street
Edmonton, AB T5J 4P8
Tel: (780) 423-4764
Physicians-only line:
1-800-320-8624
Fax: (780) 420-0651
Email: registration@cpsa.ab.ca
Web: http://www.cpsa.ab.ca/
Homepage.aspx
College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Saskatchewan
211 Fourth Avenue South
Saskatoon, SK S7K 1N1
Tel: (306) 244-7355 or
1-800-667-1668
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Step 5:
Find a job as a physician
Physician Recruitment
BRITISH COLUMBIA:
http://www.healthmatchbc.org/
hmbc_physicians.asp?pageid=634
ALBERTA:
http://www.albertaphysicianlink.ab.ca/
CALGARY, ALBERTA:
http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/
SASKATCHEWAN:
http://www.healthcareersinsask.ca/
MANITOBA:
http://www.wrha.mb.ca/careers
ONTARIO:
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/
english/providers/program/uap/
about/recruit.html
QUBEC:
http://www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/sujets/organisation/medecine/rsq/index.php?home
NEW BRUNSWICK:
http://www.gnb.ca/0396/index-e.asp
NOVA SCOTIA:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/health/employment.asp
PEI:
http://www.gov.pe.ca/health/
jobopp/job_opportunities.php
NEWFOUNDLAND:
http://www.nlphysicianjobs.ca/
YUKON:
http://www.hss.gov.yk.ca/
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES:
http://www.practicenorth.ca/
NANAVUT:
http://www.gov.nu.ca/health/
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http://www.img-canada.ca
http://dc.med.utoronto.ca/index.php
Association of Faculties of
Medicine of Canada:
http://www.afmc.ca/
Canadian Association of
Interns and Residents:
http://www.caper.ca/
http://www.cma.ca/
Federation of Medical
Regulatory Authorities of Canada:
http://www.fmrac.ca/
Health Canada:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/
http://www.cair.ca/
Canadian Federation of
Medical Students:
http://www.oma.org/
http://www.cfms.org/
http://www.srpc.ca/
Going to Canada:
http://www.cfpc.ca/
http://www.directioncanada.gc.ca/
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