European Trained Urologist

[tqttong]

Hi,

I graduate from Leiden University (The Netherlands) medical school, after that I went to Germany to do my urological training there.
I got my full registration as a urologist and became a fellow in urology in Germany. At the moment I am the chief-attending urological surgeon (Leitender OA in German) in a hospital in Germany doing all urological surgery (except for pediatric and female incontinence) and train urological residents to do urological operations. Income is not bad in Germany and the social situation is stable and pleasant in Germany as well.
But after a vacation to Canada, I was so impressed about the lovely nature. I decided to immigrate to Canada and at the moment I am gathering information to get to Canada.

Can anyone tell me what my chances are to get a job in Canada as a fully trained urological surgeon in Germany with more than 10 years of clinical experience and 3 years as a chief-attending urological surgeon?

The procedures to get a license seems to be very difficult complicated and I am aware to have to sit the exams required for registration. But do I have to do the residency program again?

Could anyone enlighten me about the procedures to obtain license/registration to practice urology in Canada?
Any useful information is welcome...

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[jmdiaz86]

Hi,

I graduate from Leiden University (The Netherlands) medical school, after that I went to Germany to do my urological training there.
I got my full registration as a urologist and became a fellow in urology in Germany. At the moment I am the chief-attending urological surgeon (Leitender OA in German) in a hospital in Germany doing all urological surgery (except for pediatric and female incontinence) and train urological residents to do urological operations. Income is not bad in Germany and the social situation is stable and pleasant in Germany as well.
But after a vacation to Canada, I was so impressed about the lovely nature. I decided to immigrate to Canada and at the moment I am gathering information to get to Canada.

Can anyone tell me what my chances are to get a job in Canada as a fully trained urological surgeon in Germany with more than 10 years of clinical experience and 3 years as a chief-attending urological surgeon?

The procedures to get a license seems to be very difficult complicated and I am aware to have to sit the exams required for registration. But do I have to do the residency program again?

Could anyone enlighten me about the procedures to obtain license/registration to practice urology in Canada?
Any useful information is welcome...

Hello Tqttong!
Did you get any response? or did you do anything about this? i was looking the same things around.... pleas tell me if it worked! greetings

 

[UBC2014]

Very little chance, don't fall for the false immigration marketing for professionals. If you do come here, 95% chance you will be an underemployed taxi driver etc.

Please, please, do as much research as possible before coming here. It is extremely unlikely. Ensure you have a gauranteed position in rural Canada before you move here. Otherwise it will be a huge hardship.

Good luck.

 

[AStark]

Very little chance, don't fall for the false immigration marketing for professionals. If you do come here, 95% chance you will be an underemployed taxi driver etc.

Please, please, do as much research as possible before coming here. It is extremely unlikely. Ensure you have a gauranteed position in rural Canada before you move here. Otherwise it will be a huge hardship.

Good luck.

I don't know what you're basing this on at all.

There are, in fact, numerous German-trained specialists around, especially in anethesia/ICU. As for urology, the problem right now is that many larger centres probably aren't hiring. But if you're interested in somewhere smaller, it may be possible - especially if they're looking for people in which case they could expedite the process.

What part(s) of Canada did you visit?

 

[UBC2014]

I don't know what you're basing this on at all.

There are, in fact, numerous German-trained specialists around, especially in anethesia/ICU. As for urology, the problem right now is that many larger centres probably aren't hiring. But if you're interested in somewhere smaller, it may be possible - especially if they're looking for people in which case they could expedite the process.

What part(s) of Canada did you visit?

There are many UK, and european physicians in the Canadian healthcare system currently. The majority of them are all much older and were able to get into the system when it was much easier and more funding was available.

You have to have training evaluated and jump through lots of red tape before you come close to having a full-license to practice.

If you can provide examples or links of why you think it is a plausible path, then I am all ears. From my understanding of the system, some rural areas are able to expediate the process' for very underserved areas - but even then they have no problem of having their pick of FMGs jumping at the opportunity to sign on for a 3-5 year ROS.

 

[AStark]

These things tend to occur on a case-by-case basis. Here's an example of a German-trained anesthetist/intensivist recruited in 2007 (along with several others):

http://nsanesthesia.ca/people/display-profile?display=dietrich.henzler

(He is away on sabbatical currently.)