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I moonlighted/locumed a lot during PGY5 and PGY6 with my IM then ID license. Quite. Lucrative.

Je vous suggère de contacter la DARSSS https://www.darsss.ca/ C'est cet organisme qui assure les étudiants et résidents au Québec.

The VIARAIL discount does not work anymore unfortunately. The Telus phone plan seems to be gone as well. I won't be renewing my CMA membership then.

I highly suggest to get a copy of Evidence-based Physical diagnosis https://www.elsevier.com/books/evidence-based-physical-diagnosis/9780323392761 and to read the JAMA series on the Rational of Clinical exam on pertinent topics.

I highly suggest to register for the Toronto IM Review Course https://internalmedicinereview.ca/ I attended in 2019, quite satisfied overall. I studied for about 6 months for the written component and 6-8 weeks for the oral. Met with my study group 1-2x/week. It is still nowhere near as hard as Medical Microbiology, but it is a challenge by itself.

Pocket medicine helped me a lot as a med student and also as a IM resident.

No PEM needed for outpatient medicine in a private office and occasional moonlighting

I charge QC IM billing codes. Quite lucrative.

I've been moonlighting in an STI clinic + covering weeks of ID service in a community hospital for many months. Great learning. Great money.

Bonne chance à tous

Ca te prendrait 2 sessions avec des cote R de 38. Donc, peu probable.

NM is rather "big" in Quebec. Nucleists got their hands on PET/CT and for historical reasons, a lot of nuclear tests are being done where a non-nuclear test would be done outside of Quebec. For example, a lot of Quebc trained clinicians order Bone & Gallium scans for bone infections where an MRI would be ordered elsewhere....

All students, residents, fellows and attendings should deserve at least 15 minutes to take some time off and/or eat something every 4 to 6 hours. Even on ICU or a busy consultation service or surgical service, there is no excuse.

In the vast majority of the cases, no, it changes nothing. Research background can be obtained during the MD degree and extra training can be done (M.Sc) during or after residency.

Public or private, it doesn't matter. I suggest you chose a CEGEP based on proximity of your home . Maisonneuve, Bois-De-Boulogne, Marianopolis, Bréboeuf will all give you the chance you need to succeed. Good luck.

You need to be certified in the specialty you moonlight in. PGY4-5-6 in Internal Medicine subspecialties hold a specialty certification in Internal Medicine.

Depends of the province. In Quebec, most make more than $400k mostly because of dual ID - Medical Microbiology certification and additional lab stipend income.

We all get 4% (suppose to be retroactive from March I believe). If you work on a COVID unit, you should get an additional 4%. Got an extra 100$ this week. ; it's about 25$ every week.

After all taxes/deductions, you get an extra 100$ / 2 weeks every year.

Any will do.

I agree with the job market being quite good at the moment. You can PM me your questions if you want.

Je recois mes pages sur mon cell par messages texte. La sonnerie de mes textos est moins aggressante que celle de ma pagette.

Feels good to add a few letters to my name Congrats to all !

Results should be out this Monday AM. Fingers crossed.

I have seen the best and the worst during clerkship. Attendings/senior residents with best and worst bedside manners. I have become way more cynical than I was when I was at your stage. I have been seeing old people being hit by horrible diseases, young people causing themselves harm and innocent young people that die from a disease we had no way to treat. People will die under your care and you will save a good majority of them. Patients under my charge remain a the top of my priorities even if I am overworked/tired/drinking coffee more than I should. I still believe my work makes a difference in the life of the sick ones and their relatives. Sometimes, all it takes is 15 minutes to chat and answer questions to reassure and "heal" (yeah, all the stuff they teach in physicianship curing versus healing) well we do a lot of curing (or we try to) but maybe we should try to heal a bit more.