IMG matching into Family

[grapz]

Hi,

 

I am asking this for a friend. She wanted to know how competitive it is to match into Family Medicine as a IMG. She will be graduating from a US medical school and she is also a permanent resident of Canada.

 

Will she be slightly advantaged from UK/Ireland/Carribean/other foreign medical graduates because she trained in the US?

What will make her competitive for CaRMs/ stand out?

[leviathan]

She will be at a big advantage as she is considered a CMG and can apply for all CMG family med spots. She is not considered an IMG.

[youngdad]

I thought US grads are considered IMG. No?

[ArchEnemy]

I thought US grads are considered IMG. No?

 

They are considered CMG as long as they graduate from LCME-accredited schools.

[grapz]

Thanks for the clarification. That definitely helps. I couldnt find where it said that CMGs are those who graduated from a LCME accredited school on the CaRMs website, does any one have a reference?

[leviathan]

Thanks for the clarification. That definitely helps. I couldnt find where it said that CMGs are those who graduated from a LCME accredited school on the CaRMs website, does any one have a reference?

 

http://www.carms.ca/eng/r1_eligibility_prov_e.shtml

 

Look under "Summary of intake criteria for United States Medical School Graduates", also look under each province's classification of what a CMG is, e.g. British Columbia: "CMG Stream

 

The CMG stream is limited to graduates of LCME/CACMS-accredited medical schools in Canada and the United States, and graduates of schools of osteopathic medicine in the United States and is restricted to those who have no previous postgraduate training."