jawad12ca Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 just got a question for you guys. I was looking into CCFPEM accreditation and it stated the following as the requirement for sitting for the EM competency exam. - Successfully completed an approved residency training program in emergency medicine - Met the criteria for practice eligible candidates as determined by the National Board as set out in the regulations. Now i understand the first condition, but Im confused about the second. Is it trying to say that there are ways of getting CCFP EM accreditation without doing the 1 year fellowship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactic Folly Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Yes, you can challenge the exam based on your experience working in emergency medicine. http://www.cfpc.ca/EligibilityandApplication/ 1. The candidate must be engaged in emergency practice at a rate of 400 hours per year for the four-year period immediately prior to the date of application. 2. Candidates must have competencies in procedural skills related to emergency medicine, including cardiac and trauma life support, and have this documented by the director of their hospital emergency department or their medical staff superior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawad12ca Posted January 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 past four year period?? This part is confusing. Do I have to be practising for four years or does this count as in residency as well. I'm planning on doing my family medicine residency from the U.S and planning on putting emergency medicine for all of my electives. Would those hours count? In addition to that, if I dont have CCFP EM certification, which hospital will hire me for me to get those hours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactic Folly Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 You can get hired as a family physician to cover ER, especially in underserviced areas. I don't know the answers to your other questions - best to check with the certifying body or someone else familiar with the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preppy038 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 past four year period?? This part is confusing. Do I have to be practising for four years or does this count as in residency as well. I'm planning on doing my family medicine residency from the U.S and planning on putting emergency medicine for all of my electives. Would those hours count? In addition to that, if I dont have CCFP EM certification, which hospital will hire me for me to get those hours? from reading a lot about the CCFP EM and grandfathering in, I think you need to have worked in an ER for the past 4 years with 400 hours each (excluding your electives or whatever that went towards completion of a residency program). Most typically this happens for a family doc who works in a rural hospital at the EM after receiving CCFP who wants to get the extra designation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangos Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 how do you go about finding more info with regards to the insitutions that offer the extra 1 yr EM fellowship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviathan Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 how do you go about finding more info with regards to the insitutions that offer the extra 1 yr EM fellowship? http://www.carms.ca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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