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having PAs, NPs, and clinical associates helps a ton. The amount of scut work I have to do on call with and without these folks around is really a night and day difference. If my team has a PA, I can go to the OR while I'm on call and see less urgent consults in between cases. I find that when my day isn't being bombarded with ward calls my night becomes a hell of a lot more bearable. I wouldn't argue for reducing hours but for making the hours you are present in the hospital more relevant to your training. even then, feeling as if you have mastered something often doesn't come until you are a staff and forced to troubleshoot on your own. the more hours you get in during residency, the quicker you will feel competent once you're staff.

That's correct

Your chances of being accepted at McGill as an American are considerably lower than someone from QC with in-province status. Almost all of the spots in the entering class are reserved for in-province students, with only a handful of very competitive applicants being accepted from other Canadian provinces and internationally each year. That being said, we had 3 Americans in our class - all of whom returned to the US for residency. One thing they may not tell you is that, if you are accepted to McGill med, you are only allowed to do your residency in QC or Newfoundland, or return to the US. for some reason the rest of Canada is off-limits.

French schools in QC require the mccqe1 to graduate. When i was looking into how important this exam was at McGill, I read their website and it does say that you must pass either the mccqe1 or the usmle step 2 ck to graduate. However, this is definitely not the case and they tell us so. They should probably update the website. i'm also pretty sure that in most programs you don't need your prescriptions signed off. mccqe1 is a requirement for full licensure, not for basic resident duties, in most scenarios.

I'm not an official ambassador, but I think it's roughly 10% of the med-p class that fails to be promoted. You can probably expect between 5-8 med-ps who don't meet criteria for promotion. However, they do have the opportunity to plead their case so the number who go officially un-promoted is not 100% clear.

OOP waitlist typically moves quite a bit once things settle down outside QC

when we were accepted they sent us a letter saying that we were set to matriculate with the mdcm program. that was good enough for the bank for the loc. we got a formal acceptance letter once all of our courses were complete and our grades were in.

I'm coming from geology. I've got lots of research in geochemistry but not much in terms of typical pre-med volunteering. I've never volunteered in a hospital in my life.

Mcgill will only consider your awesome second degree! I had a 3.55 in my first degree. i pursued a second degree and killed it (3.9+), and I was accepted to mcgill.