Canada | Residency Database

Section A. Residency System

1. Does this country accept international physicians for specialization in its hospitals?:

Yes

2. Specialties offered (name duration)::

Anesthesiology 5
Cardiology 6
Dermatology 5
Family Practice 2
Hemato-oncology 5
Internal Medicine 5
Neurology 5
Neurological Surgery 7
Nuclear Medicine 5
Obstetrics and Gynecology 5
Ophthalmology 5
Orthopaedic Surgery 5
Otorhinolaryngology 5
Anatomo-pathology 5
Pediatrics 5
Pediatric Specialties 6
Plastic Surgery 5
Radio-oncology 5
Public health and Prefentive health 5
Psychiatry 5
Radiology 5
Rheumatology 5
Surgery General 5
Urology 5
Vascular Surgery 6
Cardiac Surgery 7
Immuno-allergology 5
Pneumonology 5
Gastro-enterology 5
Nephrology 5
Endocrinology 5
Geriatrics 5
Microbio-infectiology 5
Emergency Medicine 5
Intensive Care Medicine 5
Genetics 5

3. Are there examinations during the residency? How are the residents’ evaluated?:

Yes, Evaluation after each rotation. Oral presentations to present in many rotations. Oral exams periodically. Written exams periodically.

4. How many hours of work per week are there?:

Average 70 hours per week - including 24 hours shifts per week,totally 4-6 24h shifts per month. (Correction by Anastassia Abatzoglou)

5. What is the ratio between this country’s doctors and its population?:

2,1 for a thousand people

6. Which languages are necessary for the medical residency?:

English (in 14 universities) or French (in 3 universities)

7. References:

http://www.carms.ca/jsp/main.jsp

Section B. Finance

1. A. Is there a tuition fee for the residency? If so, how much (in euro or usd)?:

Yes,
In Quebec, it costs us approx. 500$ USD per year

2. What is the annual salary (in euro or u.s.d)?:

It starts at 30,000$ USD per year

3. How expensive are the costs of living (average annual expenditure in euro or u.s.d)?:

10,000$ USD

Section C. Application Procedure

1. Accreditation procedure:

They need to do the Canadian exam, the LMCC part I in order to do a residency.

2. Other requirements:

You have to succeed in doing the LMCC part I and prove in some way that you speak English or French sufficiently. And then you can apply through the CaRMS system (Canadian Residents’ Matching Service) to apply for the specialties you want.

3. Differences in application procedure depending on country of origin:

No, we all do the LMCC and we all do the same residency.

4. Ratio between applicants and physicians who finally obtain a residency position:

Approx. 1:1 but it is not the same for foreign students as they sometimes fail the LMCC... They can’t get any residency position until they pass the test.

5. Does everyone who passes the medical license examinations gain a residency position in a hospital?:

Yes, but it is not necessarily in the specialty you wanted...

6. Specialties in which it is most difficult to obtain a position:

Most surgical specialties: cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, ENT, ophtalmology, obstetrics-gynecology. Pediatrics, radiology, anesthesia.

7. Is there a waiting list for medical graduates who want to begin a residency?:

Yes, there is a waiting list. People don’t always get what they want .

8. Countries, except this one, in which the medical residency title is recognized:

None

9. Requirements for international physicians to be able to work in this country after completing their specialization there:

They need to succeed the final exams for the specialty and get their canadian citizenship.
Resident Requirements in order to work further references

For those doing family medicine or want to do a fellowship they need to fulfill the LMCC II, see http://www.mcc.ca/

For the other specialties, you need to do the specific exam for your specialty, according to the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada: http://rcpsc.medical.org/index.php?pass=1

10. References:

See the Medical Council of Canada website http://www.mcc.ca/

Section E. Other References

Other references:

Canadian Resident Matching Service http://www.carms.ca/jsp/main.jsp

Health Canada http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index_e.html

Canadian Association of Interns and Residents http://www.cair.ca/

Federation des Medecins Residents du Quebec (Quebec residents federation): http://www.fmrq.qc.ca

College of Family Physicians of Canada http://www.cfpc.ca/global/splash/default.asp?s=1

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada: http://rcpsc.medical.org/index.php?pass=1

Section F. Participant's Information

Name:

Genevieve Auclair

Country:

Canada

Contact info:

genauclair@yahoo.com

SPONSOR

Submitted by bismark on Sat, 05/01/2010 - 15:43.

To whom or may concern

I have read in Toronto Medical Faculty website that if you are an IMG without being Canadian you cannot start your residency unless you have a Sponsor.That means that you cannot be paid by the Hospital where you will work.
I would like to know if this information is valid or i have misunderstood.
Yours sincerely
Chris

recognition doubt

Submitted by Rosana Rouco Marques on Wed, 01/27/2010 - 17:16.

I was just reading and it was strange to understand that there is no recognition, out of canada, of the residency done in there? maybe is my wrong way of understantding...

Surgery

Submitted by Oleg on Mon, 12/14/2009 - 14:00.

Hi, I'm the last year medical student from EU (Latvia), what do I have to do to pass all the exams? Are there any training courses or literature to prepare my self? How long does it takes to pass the exams? My Canadian ambessy says they cannot help until I'll get the place in Canadian hospital.Do I have enought time to get through this? Thank you!

Pediatric Specialties

Submitted by gonzuki on Tue, 04/28/2009 - 01:43.

hi, i want to know what does include pediatric specialties?
thanks

pediatric specialties

Submitted by RDb coordinator on Sun, 05/10/2009 - 16:09.

Pediatrics is a CaRMS entry specialty. What that means is, out of medical school you enter a pediatrics residency, which is 4 years (general pediatrics).
If you choose to specialize, you do a fellowship after 3 years of your pediatrics residency, in for example pediatric gastroenterology, endocrinology, cardiology (these programs last between 2-3 years I believe). So, if you do a pediatric specialty, your residency will last from 5-6 years in total.

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recognition doubt

Surgery

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