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Hello everyone,
I am currently a first-year medical student at McGill University in Montreal. As it stands now, I am pretty interested in Emergency Medicine.
As some of you may be aware, in Canada there is two streams to enter emergency medicine. Either follow the Royal College specialty program with is a 5 year residency or complete a family physician residency (2 years) with the possibility of a 3rd year giving you special competence in emergency. With the latter stream you end up with CCFP(EM) credentials. In Canada, there is not much of a distinction in terms of employment between the two streams.
I am quite interested in going the CCFP(EM) route as I like the diversity of practice a family physician can have with the added benefit of being a recognized emergency physician. The problem is this route is not quite recognized in the USA and won't lead to ABEM certification. However, because the extra year of emergency in Canada brings the total years spend in residency to 3, this means that a CCFP(EM) physician can sit for the family physician licensing exams in the USA and thus gain his certification.
My question is what is the current situation for family physicians with prominent ER experience? Are they very employable? How do you see this situation changing the in the future (next 10-15 years)?
I ask because, as stated, I would much prefer going the CCFP(EM) route but I don't really feel like cutting any bridges if I ever decide to relocate down south later in life.
Thanks in advance.
-WT-
Edit: I also heard it is possible for a practicing CCFP(EM) physician wishing to relocate to the USA to complete an extra 2 years in EM residency in the states to qualify for the ABEM exam(given he's already done a year in Canada). But I don't know how feasible that is?
I am currently a first-year medical student at McGill University in Montreal. As it stands now, I am pretty interested in Emergency Medicine.
As some of you may be aware, in Canada there is two streams to enter emergency medicine. Either follow the Royal College specialty program with is a 5 year residency or complete a family physician residency (2 years) with the possibility of a 3rd year giving you special competence in emergency. With the latter stream you end up with CCFP(EM) credentials. In Canada, there is not much of a distinction in terms of employment between the two streams.
I am quite interested in going the CCFP(EM) route as I like the diversity of practice a family physician can have with the added benefit of being a recognized emergency physician. The problem is this route is not quite recognized in the USA and won't lead to ABEM certification. However, because the extra year of emergency in Canada brings the total years spend in residency to 3, this means that a CCFP(EM) physician can sit for the family physician licensing exams in the USA and thus gain his certification.
My question is what is the current situation for family physicians with prominent ER experience? Are they very employable? How do you see this situation changing the in the future (next 10-15 years)?
I ask because, as stated, I would much prefer going the CCFP(EM) route but I don't really feel like cutting any bridges if I ever decide to relocate down south later in life.
Thanks in advance.
-WT-
Edit: I also heard it is possible for a practicing CCFP(EM) physician wishing to relocate to the USA to complete an extra 2 years in EM residency in the states to qualify for the ABEM exam(given he's already done a year in Canada). But I don't know how feasible that is?