Full Time Opportunity for a Medical School Student or Graduate who is between studies medskl.com – a worldwide FOAMed initiative that will be launched later this year – is looking for an strong medical school student to help with medical editing and writing. This is a full time opportunity; it is suitable for a student taking […]
A number of our members have had the need of legal advice for working in the USA. If you need an American immigration lawyer who is knowledgeable about immigration in the medical field, here is a contact: Sarah K. Peterson Stensrud Voice: 612/351.8100 Fax: 612/351.8101 web: spsimmigration.com Skype: callto://sstensrud twitter: @sstensrud email: sarah@spsimmigration.com Office: 4316 […]
Practice Ready Program. There has been some concern by our members that CSAs who have taken residency training in places recognized by the CPSBC, RCPSC, and CFPC would have another hurdle to overcome with the inception of this new program. That is not the case. Here is Health Match BC’s explanation of the program. The […]
Check out the latest on USA residencies and the Transitional Year and Preliminary Year on our Facebook page: Society for Canadians Studying Medicine Abroad. The Statements of Needs for 2015 are now available on the Health Canada website.
JOINING SOCASMA. You can join online or by mailing a cheque to SOCASMA. Your $20 membership fee entitles you and your family to membership and access to the MEMBERS ONLY part of our website. Online: Once you have paid your membership online, email us at socasma@outlook.com and give us (a) the names and email addresses […]
Members: Welcome new members who joined at the AGM! We have emailed to all our new members who joined SOCASMA at the AGM on November 20, 2014 authorizations to register on the website. THESE NEED TO BE ACTIVATED. Follow the link. Click to fill out your profile. Fill it in. Change your password. The next time […]
We are posting an invitation relating to the NAC OSCE that we received from our colleagues at the Association of International Medical Doctors of BC. Each year they host educational sessions for the upcoming NAC OSCE examination. Their website is aimdbc.org. Here is their invitation: “We are excited to announce that on September 2nd we are starting the educational […]
What does it cost to train and resident and what would it cost to replace the work that they do?
Members: Welcome new members! We have sent authorizations out to everyone who is a paid member to register on the website. THESE NEED TO BE ACTIVATED. Follow the link. Click to fill out your profile. Fill it in. Change your password. The next time you go to socasma.com, log in and all the MEMBERS ONLY sections […]
Listed below are questions frequently asked about SOCASMA. Read and learn about what we do, why we do it and how we work. If you have any additional questions, please send us an email so we can answer your questions and then post them here.
Full Time Opportunity for a Medical School Student or Graduate who is between studies
medskl.com – a worldwide FOAMed initiative that will be launched later this year – is looking for an strong medical school student to help with medical editing and writing. This is a full time opportunity; it is suitable for a student taking a break or a gap year who wanted to contribute something significant to an innovative medical education initiative that will have global impact.
Being a medical editor for medskl.com will allow you to:
If you are interested please submit a short note outlining why you are interested in the position, your strengths that you would bring to the team and previous experience that might be beneficial to the initiative. Please send expressions of interested directly to Dr Sanjay Sharma, the Editor-in-Chief of medskl.com at drsharma@insidermedicine.com
A number of our members have had the need of legal advice for working in the USA. If you need an American immigration lawyer who is knowledgeable about immigration in the medical field, here is a contact: Sarah K. Peterson Stensrud Voice: 612/351.8100 Fax: 612/351.8101 web: spsimmigration.com Skype: callto://sstensrud twitter: @sstensrud email: sarah@spsimmigration.com Office: 4316 Upton Ave S. #204 Minneapolis, MN 55410
Practice Ready Program. There has been some concern by our members that CSAs who have taken residency training in places recognized by the CPSBC, RCPSC, and CFPC would have another hurdle to overcome with the inception of this new program. That is not the case. Here is Health Match BC’s explanation of the program.
The Practice Ready Assessment BC program is similar to programs that have operated in other provinces for some years. It is a collaboration between the College of Physicians & Surgeons of British Columbia, the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues representing the Government of British Columbia and Doctors of BC, and the University of British Columbia in partnership with British Columbia’s health authorities and Health Match BC. It is modeled on the Saskatchewan International Physician Practice Assessment (SIPPA) program and meets or exceeds the National Assessment Collaboration (NAC) requirements of the Medical Council of Canada. However, each province is responsible for establishing its own requirements for entry to its program. The College of Physician and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC) establishes the requirements for licensure in this province, so the PRABC aligns its rotation requirements with the requirements of the CPSBC.
It is a competency assessment pathway to licensure for some internationally-trained family physicians who appear to meet the requirements for licensure in BC, but who obtained some or all of their medical training in countries where an applicant’s medical credentials cannot be assessed by our regulatory authorities through their normal processes. PRABC is not a training program. Participants must have completed all of their post-graduate training before applying.
Participants must pass a Therapeutics Exam, Objective Structured Competency Assessment (OSCE) and a Clinical Field Assessment (CFA) under the direct supervision of fully licensed physicians, who have received special assessor training, over a four month period. If successful, the PRABC participant will be granted a provisional license by the CPSBC. For the first three years of practice on a provisional license they must work in a designated rural community of need. They must then complete all their necessary examinations for full licensure, usually within five years.
It has always been the case that the College of Physician and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC), College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) recognized the licensure of physicians who obtain their medical education and post-graduate training from specific countries (most notably the UK, Ireland, Australia and the United States) as long as their post-graduate training included rotations in the same clinical areas required of a Canadian-trained physician. This has not changed. Before the PRABC pilot program existed, internationally-trained and licensed physicians who did not meet the basic CPSBC credential criteria would be denied a license.
Check out the latest on USA residencies and the Transitional Year and Preliminary Year on our Facebook page: Society for Canadians Studying Medicine Abroad. The Statements of Needs for 2015 are now available on the Health Canada website.
JOINING SOCASMA. You can join online or by mailing a cheque to SOCASMA. Your $20 membership fee entitles you and your family to membership and access to the MEMBERS ONLY part of our website. Online: Once you have paid your membership online, email us at socasma@outlook.com and give us (a) the names and email addresses of the people you would like on your membership, and tell us (c) the relationship of the people to you, and (d) if you are a student what school you are attending. Please take the time to fill out the personal profile online. The information is kept confidential and is only accessible by the administrators of our website. You can also join by mailing a cheque to 22879-29B Avenue, Langley, BC V2Z 3B1. Please provide the same information as above. If you have any questions or problems email us at socasma@outlook.com.
Members: Welcome new members who joined at the AGM! We have emailed to all our new members who joined SOCASMA at the AGM on November 20, 2014 authorizations to register on the website. THESE NEED TO BE ACTIVATED. Follow the link. Click to fill out your profile. Fill it in. Change your password. The next time you go to socasma.com, log in and all the MEMBERS ONLY sections will be open to you.
All information that you provide is confidential.
Your fee payment includes membership for your family and significant others. So we also sent out emails asking that you advise us of the family and friends you want us to add under your membership so they too have access to the MEMBERS ONLY sections of the website.
If you have not received these emails and you are a paid up member, there is a problem. Please contact us at socasma@outlook.com. Check your junk mail in the event the emails were directed there.
We are posting an invitation relating to the NAC OSCE that we received from our colleagues at the Association of International Medical Doctors of BC. Each year they host educational sessions for the upcoming NAC OSCE examination. Their website is aimdbc.org. Here is their invitation:
“We are excited to announce that on September 2nd we are starting the educational sessions for the upcoming OSCE exam with three exclusive speakers:
· On September 6th a really great presentation on Acute abdomen will be done by a resident from Montreal that has great reviews for the way he teaches other medical doctors and IMGs.
· On September 7th our ex-board member, Dr. Pedro Jara, who just recently graduated the residency in Family medicine, will give a lecture regarding MSK.
· On September 10th a tutor and OSCE examiner from UBC, Tricia Hughes will teach us Breaking bad news.
Also, the educational session series for this fall will have presentations for Neurology, Psychiatry and CVS by very knowledgeable residents from UBC. The final schedule with dates, time and location is below. All sessions will be in St. Paul’s Hospital.
We encourage everybody interested in the format of the examination, and especially the ones that are going to take NAC OSCE this coming month and QE2, to join us starting from September 2nd.
Members have free access. Nonmembers can join us on an annual membership that will provide you with access for all the upcoming sessions and other events. The annual membership fee is $ 25. If you wish to have access just for a presentation, the fee is $ 10.
We believe you will find it very useful for your upcoming exams. We hope you will be able to join us.
AIMD BC board.”
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Neurology |
Dr. H. Xu, R5 |
Small Lecture Theatre (Room 1477) |
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Cardiology |
Dr. A. Chou |
Small Lecture Theatre (Room 1477) |
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Acute Abdomen |
Dr. H. Elmansy, R4 |
Small Lecture Theatre (Room 1477) |
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MSK |
Dr. P. Jara, Family Doctor |
Small Lecture Theatre (Room 1477) |
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Breaking bad news |
Tricia Hughes UBC Faculty of Medicine Tutor and OSCE Examiner |
Small Lecture Theatre (Room 1477) |
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Psychiatry |
Dr. N. Grishin, R5
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Small Lecture Theatre (Room 1477) |
What does it cost to train and resident and what would it cost to replace the work that they do?
Members: Welcome new members! We have sent authorizations out to everyone who is a paid member to register on the website. THESE NEED TO BE ACTIVATED. Follow the link. Click to fill out your profile. Fill it in. Change your password. The next time you go to socasma.com, log in and all the MEMBERS ONLY sections will be open to you. All information that you provide is confidential. Your fee payment includes membership for your family and significant others. So we also sent out emails asking that you advise us of the family and friends you want us to add under your membership so they too have access to the MEMBERS ONLY sections of the website. If you have not received these emails and you are a paid up member, there is a problem. Please contact us at socasma@outlook.com. Check your junk mail in the event the emails were directed there.
Listed below are questions frequently asked about SOCASMA. Read and learn about what we do, why we do it and how we work. If you have any additional questions, please send us an email so we can answer your questions and then post them here. (more…)