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TimingforAustralianGraduates
CaRMS - Timing for Australian Graduates
Apply to CaRMS Sep
Graduate Australian Medicine
Dec Canadian interview schedule
Jan Interviews Feb Match April MCCQE1 May Residency July
1
Start Internship January in
AUS
Apply for AUS Internship over early summer of
final year
= 6 month gap between graduation & the start of CDN residency
• LaunchedinMay2013• Centralizedportal• ApplyforMCCexamsandviewresults• Validatedocumentrequiredforlicensureandcer/fica/onofIMG’s
• Sharesrelevantdocumenta/onwithCaRMS
• MedicaldegreemustbefromamedicalschoollistedwithLCMEorWorldDirectoryofMedicalSchools
• Hasobtainedorinprocessofobtainingdegreeby
• MustbeaCanadianci/zenorholdPR• WriQenandpassedthe • WriQenandpassedthe
• Proofofproficiencyinoneof2officiallanguages(EnglishorFrench)
• Alberta– MustbedeemedeligiblebyAlbertaInterna/onalMedicalGraduateProgram( )topar/cipateinCaRMSmatchprocess• 6monthsAlbertaresidencyor2yearsAlbertaseniorhighschoolor2yearsfull-8meAlbertaundergraduatepostsecondarystudy
• Québec– CollègedesmédecinsduQuébecequivalencyprocessbyendofNovember
– MCCEE,MCCQEPartI,MCCQEPartIIorNAC-OSCE– Frenchuniversi/esrequireyoutotakethesametestinfrench
• CanadianResidentMatchingService• 2Itera/ons(rounds)• Documentsrequired– Schooltranscript– Examina/onresults– Dean’sleQer– ReferenceleQers– PersonalleQer
– Applica/onopensSeptember1st2016– Interviewperiod:January14th–February5th2017– MatchDay:March1st2017
– Applica/onopens:January5,2017– MatchDay:April11th,2017
• MedicalCouncilofCanadaEvalua/ngExamina/on• Four-hour,computer-basedexamina/on• 180mul/ple-choiceques/ons• Child,Maternal,Adult,Mental,andPopula/onHealthand
Ethics• NotCanadianspecific• MustbewriQeninfinal20monthsofmedicalprogram• OfferedviaPrometric• Fees2016:$1,695 • PassRates
– CSA96%,AustralianCSA99%
• Na/onalAssessmentCollabora/onObjec/veClinicalExamina/on
• ComprisedofClinicalsta/ons• OfferedinonlyinCanadaonceayearseptember• Fee:$2,230
• TheMedicalCouncilofCanadaQualifyingExamina/on
• PartI– MorningsessionMCQ– Canadiancontent(legal,Canadiancontext)– AiernoonsessionClinicaldecisionmakingcomponent– Fee:$980
• Passrates– CSA80%,IMG70%
• PartII– Comprisedofclinicalsta/ons– Mustbecompletedaier12monthsofpostgraduatemedicaltraining
– Don’tworryaboutthisun/laierstar/ngresidency
Returnofservice FirstItera>on SecondItera>on
Ontario Yes Parallel Compe//ve
BC Yes Parallel Compe//ve
Quebec No Compe//ve Compe//ve
Alberta No Parallel Compe//ve
Saskatchewan Yes Parallel Compe//ve
NovaSco>a Yes Parallel Compe//ve
Newfoundland Yes Parallel Compe//ve
ReturnofService
• IMGsmatchedthroughCaRMScommittoROS• 2-5years,dependingonprovince
– Registerwithphysiciansapply.ca– WriteMCCEE(Sept3rdyearorMarch4thyear)
– WriteNACOSCE(MarchorSeptember)– StudyandtakeMCCQEPart1(Ifwanttostrengthen)– RegisterwithCarMSandsubmitapplica/on(September)
– Interview(JanuarytoFebruary),Marchresults(March)
• OverallIMGsMatchrate:23%(1,900applicants)• 1445IMG’sUnmatched(2015)
• 346IMG’sMatched– FamilyMedicine(180)– InternalMedicine(52)– Psychiatry(23)– Paediatrics(19)
• Ofthe73Oceania/PacificIslandIMGgraduates,46Matched
2016CaRMSSta/s/cs
• AustralianMedicalGraduates– 2016,64%– 2015,63%– 2014,52%– 2013,65%– 2012,72%
• AllotherCanadiansstudyingabroadis~30%• OverallIMGmatchrate23%
• hQp://physiciansapply.ca• hQp://www.carms.ca/en/applicants/csa/• hQp://mcc.ca/home/• Studyresources– MCCEEonlineprac/cetest– CanadaQbank– TorontoNotes– USMLEStep2CK