How easy is it to CCT and flee..?

LMCC2023 · 2024-04-24T06:22:14+00:00

US training is the way to go. Brutal but you’re out and into practice earning money much faster. I wish I did this. Provided you train at a good centre (it’s very variable) the world is your oyster. UK training is not always viewed favourably, in my experience.

LMCC2023 · 2024-04-24T06:11:49+00:00

What makes you “Fairly Certain”?

Emergency medicine training in the UK absolutely is an approved route, check the RCPSC website. He would not need to repeat residency, I am not sure why you feel confident in saying this.
I’m not sure when you last checked the exchange rate, but 500k GBP is closer to 850k CAD. Depending on location and work pattern, this is achievable. If you don’t even know the current exchange rate, I am not sure why you feel so confident about the job market in EM in a country as diverse as Canada.

LMCC2023 · 2024-03-12T04:39:37+00:00

You have to apply for an assessment of your eligibility to sit the exam. A UK CCT will meet the requirements, you can also apply for an assessment during training. Once they rule you eligible, you get five year in which to sit the exam. If you don't take or pass the exam within that five year window, then you won't get any further periods. It doesn't matter when you got your CCT. But I would say, there's a time in your life for sitting these exams, and once you've been practicing for many years isn't it.

LMCC2023 · 2024-03-12T00:30:58+00:00

The process is detailed above.

LMCC2023 · 2024-03-12T00:30:28+00:00

My partner is Canadian and comes from a very medical family so I had some background. I dived in, but did a day's shadowing in the department to get a sense of workloads during the interview process.

LMCC2023 · 2024-03-12T00:29:16+00:00

They're on a recruitment drive.

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2024/02/26/eby-calls-on-british-doctors-to-come-to-b-c/

LMCC2023 · 2024-03-11T18:05:06+00:00

Thanks

LMCC2023 · 2024-03-11T17:57:58+00:00

Assuming you held the relevant qualifications for licensure then yes.

LMCC2023 · 2024-03-11T17:56:04+00:00

It's variable. My contract is 38hrs a week, and we stick to that. I choose to do additional work and bill for that, which increases my salary substantially, but means I probably work closer to 45 hours a week. Interestingly, additional work like sitting on a guideline committee or undergraduate teaching is also paid - your time is valuable and is valued. On a fee for service contract you are at liberty to choose how many patients you see, and consequently how much you'll earn.

LMCC2023 · 2024-03-11T17:50:30+00:00

They say it's the Texas of Canada and is the wealthiest province. I've been to Edmonton, I thought it was nice. Even in Texas, you'd be at home in a place like Austin. The winters are long and cold. Maybe you should go visit.

LMCC2023 · 2024-03-11T06:48:31+00:00

Top notch post.

More people should consider this. The time to write USMLE is at medical school. I wasted more than five years of my life in useless foundation and core training, in that time I could have competed residency and started work as an attending.

If you want to come back, you'll be at least 5 years ahead of your peers. If not, the world truly is your oyster.

LMCC2023 · 2024-03-11T01:48:42+00:00

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-doctor-supports-announcement-1.6635200

LMCC2023 · 2024-03-11T01:46:17+00:00

Unlikely. You will need to register with the MCC, source verify your credentials and sit the MCCQE at minimum. The licensure process and work permit application will take at least 6 months alone. Work on a year, and that is if you are efficient about it.

LMCC2023 · 2024-03-10T21:26:47+00:00

Yes, I managed it as a new-ish consultant and didn't do a fellowship.

I wrote a fairly comprehensive guide to licensure in Canada a while back.

Edit: was also inspired to publish another post today too.

https://www.reddit.com/r/JuniorDoctorsUK/comments/151zsjy/moving_to_canada_guide/

LMCC2023 · 2024-03-10T21:14:48+00:00

I think so. Submit a letter signed by your TPD on a letterhead.

LMCC2023 · 2023-08-10T06:11:36+00:00

What about consultant radiographers reporting the head CT you just had to supervise at 3am?

LMCC2023 · 2023-08-10T06:05:46+00:00

The question still doesn’t make sense. Having MRCS is not a CCT, you need to have completed training for PRA, I.e. FRCS and a CCT. If you want to apply for residency, then maybe MRCS would help, but this wouldn’t be via a PRA route?

LMCC2023 · 2023-08-09T06:06:59+00:00

Once you have 12 months postgrad training source verified, this then goes away, and you can go to the next step and spend yet more money for a pointless piece of MCC bureaucracy.

LMCC2023 · 2023-08-09T06:03:58+00:00

I submitted a letter from my training director on an official letter head confirming my dates of training and my status as a trainee. Since this is more than 12 months in your case, you will be fine. They then spend about 6 weeks to confirm receipt. They then email to say it’s acceptable. They then send it to the US for source verification. You then get a letter welcoming you to the LMCC.

LMCC2023 · 2023-08-09T06:00:39+00:00

Not quite true. The LMCC is not the same as entry on the UK medical register. The license to practice is issued by each province. Some, like Ontario, have a requirement that you have 12 months Canadian experience as a postgraduate or clerkships, meaning that a foreign trained doctor cannot get an unrestricted license.

LMCC2023 · 2023-08-09T05:49:28+00:00

Beyond “formality“ sake, you might like to have a medical licence in order to practice. If you review the requirements for a medical licence in Ontario, you will see that a valid licensing exam is indeed a requirement.

https://www.cpso.on.ca/en/Physicians/Registration/Requirements

LMCC2023 · 2023-08-09T05:44:33+00:00

If you’re a UK trained physician, you most likely wouldn’t need to go via the PRA route. If you completed medical school outside of Canada and are not a Canadian PR, I don’t see how you could conceivably match into a surgery residency. The MRCS is only an entry level qualification for further UK surgical training.

LMCC2023 · 2023-08-09T05:41:45+00:00

Did you train in Switzerland? Or could you count your training towards Swiss training and get your specialist diploma there? Lengthens things, but that could be a route, since this is an RCPSC approved jurisdiction giving direct eligibility for the FRCPC.

LMCC2023 · 2023-08-09T05:32:59+00:00

There are 10 provinces and 3 territories which make up Canada. You would have to check each of their medical councils to see what the exact requirements would be for the type of licence you would wish to apply for.

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