I am intereste din applying for CaRMS, this year 2009, any advice about applying, or how to make program ranking etc will be really appreciated
CaRMS residency
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CaRMS match 2009 is over.
The next match, 2010, will open for applications in (likely) August 2010 (the timetable isn't up yet, but when it is it will be here).
Note the requirements & criteria. Specifically, you must be a Canadian citizen/PR to apply. These are the positions offered (note the list isn't complete yet; check in the spring). The left hand column is for graduates of Canadian medical schools; the right hand column is for graduates of elsewhere.
Advice: apply widely. Only a fraction of IMGs who are interviewed match in Canada (last year it was 21%). So if you're interested in IM, also apply in family (assuming you'd like doing it - switching between specialities is not easy and matches are legally binding).
Be advised that there is usually a ROS contract attached to all IMG positions. Read the CaRMS website thoroughly for all the gory details.
As for the match rank order list, the rules are simple: rank only what you are willing to undertake, in the order that you want them. Don't worry about what other people are ranking, or the order that the schools put you in. More details here.
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Hello Giemsa,
Do you know if there is any difference between Canadian Citizen Canadian Medical (M.D.) Students and Canadian Citizen U.S. Medical (M.D.) Students?
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Called CaRMS about this cause isn't not clear from the website but . . .
If you are a Canadian citizen who is at an allopathic US med school, you can apply for CaRMS and compete in the Canadian stream (the non-IMG stream).
But this is Canada. Residents get their residencies not because of great test scores or grades, but mostly because they did electives at the hospital and did a great job. The program director/other residents remember them as being a good med student. An another essential ingredient is the LOR - even if you can't get an elective at a University Program X, if you can get a LOR written by a program director that Program Director of X respects, that may get you a foot in the door.
So what I'm saying is that if you're a US allopathic grad who never sets foot in Canada, you will be at a disadvantage when competing against the Canadian students who spent months of elective time in the program (and beetled their little butts off).
