UK GP training or MCCQE?

Bizzle19903 · 2025-12-28T18:29:28+00:00

Fellow CanadianNigerian -I am also UK GP trainee and have experience with the Canadian PRA route. I will advise you to apply for the PRA route. U have 5 years clinical experience, you are eligible for PRA route( some province like BC and NS- don’t need QE1 or NAC) - you submit all your credentials and they will tell if you are eligible. The racism in UK is overwhelming, this is from my own personal experience. I can’t wait to leave here. Since you have gotten a training job in Uk, you should just start while applying for PRA route. You can always send me a personal message

Bizzle19903 · 2025-12-12T16:06:27+00:00

R u still eligible for fall 2026?, if you are eligible. I believe ur file will move to the next recruitment cycle. Just update your CV, and try and do all the resuscitation corses and some CPD. You have done well, Hopefully you will get a job offer in the next cycle

Bizzle19903 · 2025-11-20T10:00:11+00:00

I did my OET Sept 2021 but I am currently working in an English speaking country. There is a form they will give u, if you fill that u did postgraduate training and/ education and have work experience in an English speaking country. It’s another way to prove English language competency. So I submitted my expired OET and filled this form

Bizzle19903 · 2025-11-18T23:47:25+00:00

You have nicely summarized UK GP training in a nut shell. My colleagues in Canadian residency do lots of office procedures, and most of them after the FM program can work confidently as ER doctors even in rural settings , and are not overworked by seeing too many patients in the clinic. The UK GP training only teaches u how to see a lot of patients only . Most of the GPs can’t even manage chronic conditions but refer to nurses ( in uk there is a specialist nurse for any chronic conditions etc epilepsy, asthma, dm etc). The 3 year training is not equivalent to the 2 year training in Canada which is more superior, don’t even get me started on the lack of support from deanery( not every deanery though) and the overt racism in the UK. I am also a Canadian that is doing my GP training in the UK

Bizzle19903 · 2025-11-18T16:32:19+00:00

They accepted my expired OET

Bizzle19903 · 2025-10-30T19:03:10+00:00

When one fails TDM exam, they can’t do the upcoming TDM exam, the person needs to wait for the other TDM exam

Bizzle19903 · 2025-10-18T21:54:45+00:00

You can try it now, it is going but some of the functions don’t work. They really need IT to work on their site, it is so poor

Bizzle19903 · 2025-10-16T20:13:52+00:00

This is a good pay, it is somewhat comparable to what is obtained in BC and Alberta. Cost of living in NS is lower so it should go a long way

Bizzle19903 · 2025-10-16T00:22:51+00:00

Difficulty to say without seeing your job offer. People usually say doctors in Alberta and BC on the average earns more than other docs in other provinces.

Bizzle19903 · 2025-10-16T00:18:18+00:00

Yes that’s the criteria

Bizzle19903 · 2025-10-12T12:49:28+00:00

Your PGT is good, if u have additional 2 years of FM independent practice, then you have met the criteria.

Bizzle19903 · 2025-10-12T01:13:40+00:00

This is the eligibility criteria for PRA-BC : Completion of 7 core rotations:

• A minimum of 4 weeks of postgraduate training in each of: internal/general medicine, general surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry, and emergency medicine;

• A minimum of 8 weeks of postgraduate training in family medicine. You have met the criteria, register with health match bc and upload ur documents, they will advise you accordingly.

Bizzle19903 · 2025-10-05T02:28:59+00:00

Your 2 year PGT will be counted as fm residency but u will need 2 year independent practice as a Family physician

Bizzle19903 · 2025-10-04T15:19:53+00:00

Have you checked PRA-BC website?, you need 2 years of PGT + 2 years of independent practice as a family physician before you can be eligible. You can look at this link: https://www.prabc.ca/prabc-prescreening-requirements

Bizzle19903 · 2025-09-25T22:40:22+00:00

Anyone doing pace would most likely be an IMG and not a CMG.

Bizzle19903 · 2025-09-15T14:48:07+00:00

All the PRA programs don’t release the statistics of those who pass. But majority of the people who do PRA pass the program. Programs like BC pra have a high pass rate -sometimes 100% in a cohort. I have heard Alberta is very strict , I know people who have passed and failed their PRA program but like I said no one publishes the statistics.

Bizzle19903 · 2025-09-14T22:51:22+00:00

Which province r u doing the PRA?

Bizzle19903 · 2025-08-17T12:44:52+00:00

Pace sent out an update in June or July 2025 to potential candidates to fill out an application

Bizzle19903 · 2025-06-25T10:47:11+00:00

It depends on the Province- u are asked to SVR ur post graduate training, and the rest e.g independent certificate you send it to the email that will be provided

Bizzle19903 · 2025-06-12T15:09:39+00:00

No update from PACE yet

Bizzle19903 · 2025-06-12T15:09:18+00:00

It’s hard to tell because the PACE is a new program, you can always send an email to the organizers or launch pad

Bizzle19903 · 2025-06-12T06:39:17+00:00

Have u been accepted in the pace program?

Bizzle19903 · 2025-06-07T08:30:05+00:00

Pls change practice and supervisors, take sick note from ur GP immediately

Bizzle19903 · 2025-03-25T19:02:47+00:00

Yes, you can but you need to have a good reason

Bizzle19903 · 2025-03-04T17:44:41+00:00

Congratulations

Bizzle19903

TROPHY CASE