Vet degree abroad and returning home?

[TristanB]

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Hey guys im new fairly new to the rules concerning foreign vet graduates returning to Canada. I was wondering how hard it would be to go to the UK and then return to Canada to practice? I know if you go and get your medical degree theres a million hoops to jump through to practice back in Canada.

Any tips or hints to keep in mind about returning to Canada will be hugely appreciated

 

[CanadianDVM]

Hey guys im new fairly new to the rules concerning foreign vet graduates returning to Canada. I was wondering how hard it would be to go to the UK and then return to Canada to practice? I know if you go and get your medical degree theres a million hoops to jump through to practice back in Canada.

Any tips or hints to keep in mind about returning to Canada will be hugely appreciated

This depends on which school you're studying at in the UK. If you are at one of the colleges that are AVMA accredited, then you only need to write the NAVLE and the associated provincial exam, and youre licensed. If you are graduating from a non-AVMA accredited school, you need to sit the clinical exam before you're elligable to write the NAVLE, after which you would be licensed. Beware that there is a 2-3 year waiting list to write the CPE (clinical exam).

 

[TristanB]

Ok awesome so I just have to make sure it is AVMA certified to come home and practice more promptly than if it is not.

 

[camcam]

Ok awesome so I just have to make sure it is AVMA certified to come home and practice more promptly than if it is not.

Ross University said that candians would have to write the NAVLE exam, but my own fam vet recommended I go with guelph first then Ross as my second choice.

but I like what Ross has to offer over what Guelph offers. its nice that guelph is one of the first vet schools in Canada, butI am looking at it as I need to get it with the least amount of time as possible.

 

[Bill59]

Ok awesome so I just have to make sure it is AVMA certified ...

Not certified, AVMA accredited.

 

[shortnsweet]

Not certified, AVMA accredited.

Of which there are 4: Glasgow, Edinburgh, RVC (London), and Dublin (not actually UK, but close enough).

There are plenty of Canadians here--and none of them have any trouble returning that I am aware of!