hp18 Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 After doing residency in Family Medicine in Canada, can one work in US (in California or PA)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hp18 Posted February 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 Any advise guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubZteR Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 After doing residency in Family Medicine in Canada, can one work in US (in California or PA)? depends .. by work .. do u mean getting a cali or PA med license or simply being able to get a job? You should be able to apply for a license in both of those states with ur Cad FM residency. However, if you strictly do just 2 yrs of FM, then more then likely you'll have to do an additional year as FM progs are 3 yrs in the US and it may be hard to find a job with this. Also, you can't be FM board certified in the US with the 2 yr cad FM programs. Don't quote me on this but this is what i've heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hp18 Posted February 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 depends .. by work .. do u mean getting a cali or PA med license or simply being able to get a job? You should be able to apply for a license in both of those states with ur Cad FM residency. However, if you strictly do just 2 yrs of FM, then more then likely you'll have to do an additional year as FM progs are 3 yrs in the US and it may be hard to find a job with this. Also, you can't be FM board certified in the US with the 2 yr cad FM programs. Don't quote me on this but this is what i've heard. I meant working as family physician. I do not mind doing an extra year but is it necessary that it should be done in US? If I do PGY-3 here, do you think I can then get FM board certified in US? It's not the most important thing...but how much family physicians earn in US, say in California/PA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubZteR Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 I meant working as family physician. I do not mind doing an extra year but is it necessary that it should be done in US? If I do PGY-3 here, do you think I can then get FM board certified in US? It's not the most important thing...but how much family physicians earn in US, say in California/PA? If you do your PGY-3 year, then there's no issue with becoming board certified in FM in the US. You may still be able to get a job in the US with a 2 yr residency but you'll be limited as they'll prefer 3 yr FM residencies. Salary wise, US FM docs earn ~210K. There will be some regional variation and in general, I'd expect a FM doc in CA to make less than a FM doc in PA when adjusted for all other factors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breeze Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 I believe you will have to meet the state specific licensing requirements. But in general all canadian residency programs are recognized in the United States and vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactic Folly Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 As stated above, some residencies differ in length between the two countries. Also: http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/170/9/1377 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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