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Canadian studying medicine in the US want to come back to canada


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  • 1 month later...

Coming back to Canada from the US, you are considered a CMG (canadian medical graduate). You have to do exactly the same things and tests as the Canadian students do. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

Thus, CMG's need to write the MCCQ1 and 2 before finishing residency to get an independent license to practice - so do you.

 

The only caveat is that since you are in an American school, you most likely have to write the USMLE Step 1 and 2. Those tests are insanely hard and suck, but every american writes them, so it is what it is - means you get some extra knowledge from studying.

 

The only way those tests can be used in Canada for practice is some pain in the butt alternate path where you don't need to write the MCCQ1&2 but instead need 12 months supervision etc etc after finishing residency to get an independent licence to practice in Canada.

 

You don't want to deal with that path so moral of the story is - as an American medical student coming back to Canada you get to write the USMLE step 1 & 2 AND the MCCQ1 & 2.

 

That is it. There is nothing else different, nothing else to deal with. Good Luck.

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Are Canadian medical graduates applying to CARMS at a disadvantage in competition with Canadians? Or is it mostly dependent on how well you do on the MCCQ1&2? 

You write the two exams after you match.

 

MCCQ1: End of 4th year

MCCQ2: October of the second year of residency.

 

Matching in Canada is much less based on hard numbers like an exam score than the US. Most med schools are pass/fail so you don't even have grades to go off of. A huge amount of the rank list submitted by the program is determined by how you perform on elective at that program. It's uncommon for people to match to a place in which they haven't done an elective (at least for Canadians in Canadian school anyway).

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