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Just to be clear, Canadian programs are either AP or GP, there's not an AP/CP combo like in the states. Occasionally you will have residents start out as AP and switch into GP or vice versa, but you will only be Royal College certified in AP or GP at the end of 5 years.

Agree with rmorelan, the SON was straightforward. Regarding the move, I read about the process a bit on some expat forums and the GOC website. Crossing into the US was extremely fast and straightforward. There was more inspection upon return to Canada - I was extremely organized, and I think that helped. The list of stuff is more to help you getting back into Canada, and most important for big ticket items (they would want you to pay taxes on things not owned for some minimum amount of time if the value exceeds your exemption limit - i can't remember the figures but I'm sure they're on the government website somewhere). If you have pets, also read up on the requirements for them. I moved all my own stuff in a Uhaul so it might be more complicated if you have movers, but I'm not sure.

It depends what a good lifestyle means to you. A full time pathologist will generally make less money than a full time radiologist. But, as a pathologist, my work hours are much more regular/reasonable compared to my friends who are radiologists (though i can't speak to how radiologist work varies between different practice settings).

So I am not a gen path, but I work with some GPs. The mix and how it's divvied up will vary depending on whether you're at a community hospital in a city, or at a hospital in a smaller community. From what I see, they truly do a bit of everything. Some surg path, some hemepath (blood films, the occasional marrow, and maybe marrow procurement depending on how that procedure is delegated), some transfusion... I assume potentially some micro and chemistry as well, but I have minimal exposure to that side of their skillset. You will likely have the ability to tailor your practice to your interests and competencies. A significant difference from AP will be that GPs have a huge lab oversight component. Especially in smaller communities, you will be the medical decision-making authority for your lab - you will help oversee operations, troubleshooting, and field technical questions. I'm always extremely impressed with the quality and lab management skills out GP residents have upon graduation. If you are interested in learning more from a direct source, feel free to DM me, and I can put you in touch with some wonderful general pathologists who I am proud to call my colleagues.

Hi there, I responded to your DM

Job postings are scattered around. But as iostream says the CAP-ACP provides one of the more comprehensive and up-to-date snapshots for Canadian path. Also agree that word-of-mouth is important, as often positions are not widely advertised.

You owe it to yourself and your sanity to have a life outside of medicine. To the OP: Plenty of medical students & residents juggle dating, weddings, and families during their training. Medicine is no reason to neglect that aspect of life. There were several relationships that formed between two people in my med classes, but even more met people outside of medicine. The most important thing is an understanding partner, who can cope with your schedule.

I've been thinking we should get some new specialty-specific Q&A type threads going and this seems like a great start for Rad Onc. I'm going to sticky this. Big thanks to DubZteR for all the insight. Hope you find the time to keep checking back!

Switcheroo is right. A-'s are a 4.0. B-'s are 3.0, same as B's. If your school gives out letter grades on your transcript, ignore the percentages listed in the bulletin (those are to demonstrate equivalents for schools that don't have letter grades). Don't use your schools grade point values to figure out your UManitoba aGPA. Use the the UManitoba grade point values associated the letter grades (counting A-s as 4.0) you got.

Yup! That's the beauty of the aGPA. Good luck

I don't recall what they were, but, for some reason, 4.05 and 11.25 come to mind. Since things vary year-to-year, I'd say anyone with both an aGPA ≥3.9 and an MCAT ≥11.0 wouldn't be losing much (other than $95, or whatever) by applying.

141 credit hours total (assuming these were all half-year courses), results in 30 hours dropped, or 10 courses. A+ 4.5*33hrs=148.5 A 4.0*75hrs=300 B+ 3.5*3hrs=10.5 148.5+300+10.5=459 459/111credit hours =4.135 aGPA Are your biochemistry prereqs included in these top grades? If not, things will change a bit. Your biochemistry marks have to be included in the aGPA calculation. Is that about what you got? Hopefully my math isn't off. I think the criteria used for granting interviews, especially for OOP applicants, has become a bit of a mystery in the past couple of years. In the past, there seemed to be OOP aGPA and MCAT cut-offs which changed each year, and were probably calculated based on the OOP applicant pool. If the applicant met both the aGPA and MCAT cut-offs, they'd get an interview. No weightings. You either met both cut-offs and got an interview, or you didn't. If you take a read through last years interview thread, though, it sure looks like the process for granting OOP interviews has changed. I'm just not sure how.

A- becomes A. When they're calculating your aGPA for interview purposes they will drop 15 credit hours (or whatever correlates with the number of credit hours you've completed at that point in the fall -- as stated in the Applicant Info Bulletin). In April, when your final course marks are submitted, they will drop the 30 credit hours (or, again, whatever correlates with credit hours completed at that point in the spring) in the final ranking process.

I'm a Manitoba resident in 3-year general science studies. My aGPA was 4.22 and my MCAT scores were: Physical Sciences: 11 Verbal: 11 Biological Sciences: 12 Written Sample: O I was accepted by Manitoba. This is my first time applying to this school. This was the only school I applied to, so the University of Manitoba is my first and only choice. Interview: Good ECs: Fairly good. Update: Received a letter offering an entrance scholarship of $5000.