Canadian anaesthetist - becoming us board certified

[deleted697535]

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I'll be finishing my anaesthesia training in Ontario in a couple of years and wondering about becoming US board certified. Is there much involved in it? I started my training in UK and then moved to Canada so slightly special case...
Is it worth it being dual qualified? How long does it last for? I dont have usmle yet but will take them if its worthwhile...
Thank you!

 

[ProRealDoc]

Contact the American Board of Anesthesiology @ www.theaba.org for more information.

 

[deleted697535]

They say not possible after Canadian training? I was sure I read differently elsewhere... Anyone got any other ideas?

 

[chocomorsel]

Why?

 

[IMGASMD]

Don't you have to do an American residency to qualify?

 

[deleted697535]

Aba says Canadians can't get it.

This page says differently http://www.abpsus.org/anesthesiology-eligibility

What is the difference btwn these societies?

 

[nimbus]

Aba says Canadians can't get it.

This page says differently Anesthesiology Eligibility

What is the difference btwn these societies?

What's ABPS? Never heard of it until today. I think FRCPC is more widely recognized and accepted than ABPS.

 

[IlDestriero]

Never heard of the ABPS.


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[Wiscoblue]

You have to do the residency in the USA all over again if you want to be board eligible in the US.


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[physicsnerd42]

There must be some way. I have a few Canada-trained attendings at my residency. One did a one year fellowship here but I don't think the rest did.


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[urge]

There must be some way. I have a few Canada-trained attendings at my residency. One did a one year fellowship here but I don't think the rest did.

Are they board certified in the US?

Anyone who can get a medical license in any given state can be hired by a hospital and credentialed for ANYTHING despite where they trained or even NOT trained at all. That's a hospital based decision, nothing to do with getting board certified which was the original question.

 

[deleted697535]

Ah ok. So I didn't know that. You can still work in the states without being us board certified. I wonder is it still difficult to cross the border and do that

 

[Mman]

Ah ok. So I didn't know that. You can still work in the states without being us board certified. I wonder is it still difficult to cross the border and do that

board certification isn't the main issue, it's getting a state medical license. Tends to be easier to do at an academic hospital. I'd suggest looking at a state you might want to work in and researching their requirements for a license.

 

[urge]

board certification isn't the main issue, it's getting a state medical license. Tends to be easier to do at an academic hospital. I'd suggest looking at a state you might want to work in and researching their requirements for a license.

It's not the license what is hard. Any FMG can get a license to practice medicine, after doing an internship and all the USMLEs.

What is hard is getting a hospital willing to credential you as an anesthesiologist and go to the state medical board to sponsor your license as a special case (without doing an internship). They would claim that they have a hard time recruiting someone with your skill set.

As an FMG you could do an internship and get a license but then you would need to find a hospital willing to credential you as an anesthesiologists anyway.

They tend to do it in academia to get some people to write papers for the chair.

Tit for tat.

Citizenship complicates everything.