Requirements to work abroad

[McCoy]

Does anyone know if the CFPC's plus one program would qualify a Canadian doc to work abroad in emergency medicine? Or do we think that the RCPSC pathway would be required?

[blah1234]

That's going to depend on the specific country you're thinking about and their requirements. An adjacent issue would be also if you could get a work visa for those specific countries. Do you have specific places in mind?

[McCoy]

Agreed. Anywhere really, but the easy ones like the UK, Australia, New Zealand... I've gone down the rabbit hole of government websites and saw a few mentions about the RCPS but nothing about the CFPC plus one program.  I know it would be best to just contact people there, but I'm quite a few years away from that. Just thought I would ask here out of curiosity in case somebody knew. 

[icewine]

Short answer is: yes you can work in Australia as a FP plus one EM, work visas aside.

 

Long answer: In Australia there is no path for FP plus one EM to become a fellow of the Australasian College of EM, which is the Australian emergency medicine specialist title. The bare minimum requirement for recognition is 3 PGY training years in emergency medicine, which the FP +1 does not meet (the RC EM does meet this requirement). 

What does this mean? If you want to work in large hospitals and major cities in Australia as a FP +1 you will be working as a registrar (their analogue of a senior resident) rather than as a consultant (attending). There are plentiful numbers of Australasian College of EM fellows and fellowship would be the minimum requirement to get hired as a consultant at the large hospitals. The salary and benefits are very good as a registrar and practically a FP +1 would probably have a lot of leeway with the supervising consultants-but you are still under supervision.  

It is a different story in the rural and regional hospitals. Like Canada, rural Australia is plagued by doctor shortages and assuming a valid work visa I foresee no difficulties getting a job as a consultant in rural Australian emergency rooms with a FP +1.