US Medical Student and Canadian Residencies

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I'm a Canadian citizen studying at a US medical school. I would like to go back home to Canada for residency. Does anybody have any opinions as to how Canadian Program Directors view US medical students? Are we, in any way, considered inferior to CMG's?

My school also has grades and not P/F. How will this be taken into consideration during the preclinical years?

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[redribbon]

I'm a Canadian citizen studying at a US medical school. I would like to go back home to Canada for residency. Does anybody have any opinions as to how Canadian Program Directors view US medical students? Are we, in any way, considered inferior to CMG's?

My school also has grades and not P/F. How will this be taken into consideration during the preclinical years?

Giemsa, if you can help me out on this, that would be really great, thank you.

 

[Giemsa]

DISCLAIMER: Where I am working we do not have a residency program, and I'm not a program director (nor have I ever been one).

As far as CaRMS goes, a Canadian trained in a US allopathic program is entirely equivalent to a Canadian trained in a Canadian program. You match in the first round, don't have to write the EE, etc. etc.

My best guess is that the same rules that govern who matches among Canadian trained grads will apply to you, too. Canadian residency programs choose their residents based on having met them during elective and having good letters of reference. So if you're really interested in matching in Canada, make sure to do a few electives at your desired programs and get great LORs. Grades, awards, publications, etc. etc. tend to be discriminators at the highest level e.g. highly competitive specialities; electives and LORs are much more important.

 

[smilesss]

I just graduated from a US medical school and am starting residency in Canada.

Canadian students applying from a US medical school should not be at any disadvantage at all. However, students from a Canadian school may know more people.

So I agree that you need to do electives in Canada and do as much networking as possible if you are applying for something competitive.

Good luck!

 

[C5toC9]

When do you schedule the electives because there isn't much time between finishing the last of the core rotations and submitting the residency applications, right?

You almost have to know what you want to do by your first elective, schedule that as an away, and get an LOR just in time to submit the apps?

 

[eeyore spice]

Hrm. I just asked a similar question in the pharm forums, except I'm a U.S. citizen graduating from an American pharmacy school, looking for a Canadian residency. I intend to immigrate, but it seems the best course of action is to try for a residency, then apply for landed immigrant status.

Anyone know anything about pharmacy residencies? Specifically, in BC?