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Do-able, friend of mine from medschool was 36 when he got in. Older people do get in.

1. Thats fine you dont have to do everything either. I dont do obs, never liked ER, never really liked hospital work, i mainly do clinic. This is the beauty of FM, you can pick to do exactly that which you want to do and wont be stuck to change if ever you decide to switch things up in the future. 2. Haha, maybe you just dont have the right perceptors :P. I guess this depends where you are doing your residency. Where i did mine everyone was loving their job/life. 3. I guess this might depend on your province. In quebec, family doctors seem to be the punching bag whenever they want to blame it on someone. People dont have enough access to doctors? family doctors are the one to blame!..... it is frustrating, but at the end of the day i just brush it off my shoulder and dont let it affect me. In terms of compensation... look you are not going to be making as much as a specialists, there is no hiding this, but most family doctors can make 300K minimum pretty easily (i feel) and live a very comfortable lifestyle without being overly busy. If you really want to make more you can also, you are free to choose how many days/week and how much vacation time you want. There are family doctors who make a lot more than the average too and can be competitive with a specialists salary if that is what you want. Basically the more you work, the more you earn. There is a lot of paperwork and admin, but its part of your everyday, eventually you will be able to incorporate this in your day to day well enough so it doesent stack up too much, it takes maybe 1-2 years of practice before you get there. 4. Not sure what you mean by clinical medecine? It is medecine, you have people come to you with problem X, you evaluate it with an appropriate history and physical, build a ddx, send for tests, treat however need be and refer PRN (this is medecine). 5. I have grouped up all your other questions into this section. You could switch for somewhere else, but the grass may not be greener on the other side. I was in a similar boat as well, i started my FM residency early 30s. Going into a speciality you are looking at a minimum of 5-7 years, those 5-7 years are not going to be easy by any means. Friend of mine is doing a residency in cardiologie, he's basically on call every other night for the past 5 years.... not sure I would want that lifestyle, regardless of the reward at the end of the tunnel. I may have a differing opinion then most peoples here, but i believe all jobs "suck", no job is "fun", you go to work to work. You do your duties and responsabilities, come home, rinse and repeat. The important thing here is that you want a job that when you are working it is somewhat enjoyable and the day flies by fast, and i do feel with FM i am getting that. Hearing people's stories, being a part of their lives, helping them during their good times and bad times is what family medecine is about. hope this helps

I dont think so.... unless im wrong? I have been a staff physician for 2 years now and have yet to incorporate. Speaking with my account and financial planner, it seems like the best moment to incorporate is after you have paid off any major debts and do not have any foreseeable major expenses upcoming (i.e down payment, car e.t.c). Basically you need to have a good chunk of extra money for it to be worth while.

i did cegep at champlain college in stlambert, not very competitive and great relax vibe (at the time when i was there at least), would recommend it.

i think it was around 6000-7000$? if i remember correctly.

prepare by not preparing. Enjoy the summer. Life starts getting complicated each year, responsibilities keep adding up, your work load gets more and more with each passing year from med school through residency and once you eventually become a staff. Take things one step at a time.

On the CFPC website theres a practice exam pdf that has like 40ish questions, i remember doing that practice exam when i was studying for the exams and found the practice to be very similar of the types of questions you would get on the actual exam. Furthermore i think 1-2 questions out of the 45 came straight from that practice exam as well.

I did this program too and got it. I cant compare in terms of easiness since i did not do any other bachelors degree. But the work you did and the effort you made showed up in the grades you got. A lot of people wanted med from this program when i was in it, i think maybe 2-3 of us actually got in eventually (for what its worth).

residents have already started receiving the vaccine, at least that seems to be the case for mcgill. I can confirm this as I have residents who work with me at my clinic.

You dont need an R3 as a hospitalist to work on the wards as a family doc. However some (not all but some) tertiary centers will prefer/require you to have an R3 in order to do FM wards in bigger hospitals that have residents for example (i.e JGH). I did a couple of weeks as a hospitalist without a problem and without an R3 but it was in a rural setting. hope this helps.

Look into exercise science at concordia. That's what I did. Im not sure how the program is anymore, but when I went through it ~6 years ago, it was pretty straightforward, you do the work and put in the effort and the grades reflect it.

It's program dependent I would say. I dont think concordia is necessarily easier or handing out grades easier than mcgill. I personally went to concordia and did a bsc in exercise science. At the time i had to choose between going to concordia for the aforementioned undergrad or going to mcgill in nursing. I ultimately chose concordia because i knew someone who went in that program and did well enough to get into medschool. They had told me that if i studied hard enough and put the work i would get the grades for medschool and surely enough they were right. Would I have been able to do the same thing had I been to mcgill? Who knows... hard to say. I would say the best thing would be to talk to people and find out information about what programs at which schools can offer you that option, where the amount of work you put in gets you the grades you deserve. Ideally also you want to pick a program where the grading is not subjective as well.

Ultimately it comes down to what your long term goals are. I went into family medicine for multiple reasons, some very similar to the ones you mentioned. 2 years of residency. The ability to do a +1 if i was interested. The ability to work in multiple area's (hospital, palliative care, rehab, walk in clinics, CHSLD e.t.c). I personally like having a "office job" type work environment, where i show up at 8:30 and am done by 5pm without too much stress. Another important point is the physical aspect of being a doctor. This probably doesn't apply to everyone but as someone who has a physical disability, i could not see myself working in surgery for example where i would have to be on my feet for hours. The salary in family medicine is not bad either (especially in qc compared to some other provinces), you will live a very comfortable life, you may not be as rich as a radiologist/cardiologist/ophthalmologist for example but it's still a good salary. As a recent residency grad currently working as a family doctor, I have to say i am pretty satisfied with my decision and could not see myself doing any other part of medicine. It's easy to get lost in all the downsides of family medicines (i.e PREM, media e.t.c) but it's important to keep in mind that family medicine still has a lot of very attractive points.

You could make an argument for both I suppose. Medicine will be a big part of your life for most, if not all of us...... so mentioning it might be a good thing, but I think you should probably add something along the lines of "work long hours but always willing to make time for the right person." you know so you dont look like someone who is just consumed by their work. Not mentioning it is also another strategy, you would avoid intimidating people off the bat with your profession.

Everyone is the hero of their own narrative. The OP found an opportunity and took it. These kind of loopholes exists everywhere, and to assume people dont know about them or take advantage of them is unreal. Something similar exists in quebec and you would be surprised of how many people took advantage of it and got in.