Hi all,
I'm a Canadian citizen attending a US medical school. Ideally, I'd like to go back to Canada to practice since my family is there. I'm considering emergency medicine as a career and have a couple of options. I can do the 3 year program in emergency medicine here in the states and come back afterwards or I can do family medicine in Canada and do the one year fellowhip upon completion. My questions if anyone knows:
1. Are CCFP-EM docs limited in terms of what they can do in the ER compared to people that did the 5 year emergency medicine residency? Do they bill at a lesser rate?
2. If I do a 3 year emergency medicine program in the US and want to practice in Canada where do I fit in? Am I considered a CCFP-EM? Am I considered more inline with Canadians that finished the 5 year emergency training?
Any info would help! Feel free to throw in your 2 cents
I'm a Canadian citizen attending a US medical school. Ideally, I'd like to go back to Canada to practice since my family is there. I'm considering emergency medicine as a career and have a couple of options. I can do the 3 year program in emergency medicine here in the states and come back afterwards or I can do family medicine in Canada and do the one year fellowhip upon completion. My questions if anyone knows:
1. Are CCFP-EM docs limited in terms of what they can do in the ER compared to people that did the 5 year emergency medicine residency? Do they bill at a lesser rate?
2. If I do a 3 year emergency medicine program in the US and want to practice in Canada where do I fit in? Am I considered a CCFP-EM? Am I considered more inline with Canadians that finished the 5 year emergency training?
Any info would help! Feel free to throw in your 2 cents