dingdong Posted January 16, 2016 Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 I go to an american medical school (Canadian citizen) and interviewed at both family medicine and internal medicine spots in the US. I ultimately want to come back to canada and trying to decide what residency to choose (our ranks lists will be due soon). If you do a 3 year internal medicine program in the US and then do a 2 year fellowship in lets say Rhem or nephro, are you easily able to get accredited in Canada? I understand that IM is 4 years in canada and you have to do equivalent number of years? Do you need to find a mentor in canada even after you do your fellowship in the US? or is 3 years IM and 2 years rheum equivalent to Canadian training lenght? im really confused if I should do family vs IM. I feel that with the falling canadian dollar, it might be better to stay in the US. On the other hand, the Canadian health system seems to have less headaches than the american one. Debating if its worth doing family medicine and then just coming back to canada to avoid the IM hassle. Any opinions would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted January 16, 2016 Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 You'll need a statement of need from health Canada if you want a j1...and you won't be able to do a subspec in IM until you first got licensed in Canada for GIM. Look into this on the health Canada website. Unless you're going to get h1b, then you can do whatever you want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingdong Posted January 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 I have 10+ H1B interviews for IM so I dont think I will need a J1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted January 16, 2016 Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 I have 10+ H1B interviews for IM so I dont think I will need a J1. Then you can do as you please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingdong Posted January 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 Then you can do as you please! I just want to understand the whole equal year of training business. If you do 3 years of IM and 2 years of fellowship, is that equivalent to becoming a nephrologist/rhem in Canada? and how big of a problem it is (find a mentor etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted January 16, 2016 Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 I just want to understand the whole equal year of training business. If you do 3 years of IM and 2 years of fellowship, is that equivalent to becoming a nephrologist/rhem in Canada? and how big of a problem it is (find a mentor etc) I'll leave that for someone with experience to comment Your best option still would be to contact the royal college and health canada, and they should be able to give you definitive answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hking03 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 In Canada for internal we have a few different streams... The 4 year GIM is the default. But many people in internal do a sub specialty match/fellowship after three years. Meaning they do 3 years of internal residency followed by a two year fellowship in a sub specialty, which sounds just like what you'd be doing. However, I don't know the specifics of equivalency between the programs in Canada vs the US... In terms of absolute number of years in residency and fellowship you would be on par with the majority of sub specialists. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benvito Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 No problems for accreditation or licensing. As for supervision you might need to depending on province and whether you write the LMCC exams in addition to the Royal college exams for IM + subspecialty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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