In response to the pandemic, I have started providing gyne coverage in NWO (which required licensing in a second Canadian province). I've also been scheduled to provide locum coverage in Yukon this summer and have just completed the application process for licensing there. 1/...
The process for obtaining a license to practice medicine is long, onerous and expensive. The provinces and territories require the same documents proving the applicant is qualified to practice in Canada. For a Canadian citizen who completed training in Canada, this includes 2/...
med school transcripts, diplomas (Medical Doctorate), certification from the Medical Council of Canada (completion of med school and Canadian qualifying exams), and successful completion of residency training and fellowship with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons 3/...
of Canada (obtained after passing the Canadian exam for your specialty) or equivalent for family physicians. AND, if one is currently licensed and practicing in a Canadian province/territory, letters of recommendation are also required, add: CV, proof of immunization, 4/...
FIT testing, a certificate of professional conduct from current licensing bodies and so on.
Today, I received communication from @CMA_Docs asking for docs to participate in discussion about how to reduce the strain on our workforce/how to support Canadian docs. 5/...
Today, I received communication from @CMA_Docs asking for docs to participate in discussion about how to reduce the strain on our workforce/how to support Canadian docs. 5/...
My suggestion would be for the provinces and territories of our country to start behaving like we all belong to the same country. I wrote Canadian exams and trained in Canadian medical schools accredited by the MCC and the RCPSC (of Canada!). 6/...
Why can't there be a Canadian license? Or a streamlined process for licensed Canadian physicians to practice or locum in other areas of Canada?
I get that each College wants to justify their existence and the fees they charge somehow, but honestly, I'd rather they charge 7/...
I get that each College wants to justify their existence and the fees they charge somehow, but honestly, I'd rather they charge 7/...
what they need to charge to provide services without creating busy work for me.
Oh, and if Manitoba could get its shit together and stop denying care to the good people of NWO, that would be just super. #CanadaHealthAct #UniversalHealthCare #Portability #Accessibility
Oh, and if Manitoba could get its shit together and stop denying care to the good people of NWO, that would be just super. #CanadaHealthAct #UniversalHealthCare #Portability #Accessibility
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