See report: https://www.ratnaomidvar.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG-Report-Design-EN.pdf Voir le rapport: https://www.ratnaomidvar.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG-Report-Design-FR.pdf
Voici un excellent article du Collège des médecins du Québec décrivant les différentes façons que les médecins formés à l’étranger sont recrutés au Québec. (Article only available in French at this time.) https://www.cmq.org/fr/acceder-a-la-profession/international/venir-exercer-quebec
We wanted to share with you a documentary, BC’s Code Blue, which we were asked to participate in about the barriers that IMGs face accessing residency training. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oITmmQukjYI We are very much interested in more volunteers to help us better connect to CSAs studying overseas, CSAs studying in Canada, and to CSAs training in other […]
The following document outlines 8 key areas that SOCASMA is advocating for in order to improve the current medical residency recruitment and training system in Canada. Le document suivant (voir page 8) présente 8 domaines clés que SOCASMA préconise afin d’améliorer le système actuel de recrutement et de formation des résidents en médecine au Canada. […]
The Society for Canadians Studying Medicine Abroad (SOCASMA) has been fighting since 2010 against the roadblocks that Canadians who are graduates of international medical schools (IMGs) face in becoming licensed to practice medicine throughout Canada. In the early 1990s the provincial Ministries of Health determined that the best way to control healthcare spending was to […]
Depuis 2010 la Société des Canadiens qui étudient la médecine à l’étranger (SOCASMA) lutte contre les obstacles auxquels se heurtent les Canadiens diplômés d’écoles de médecine internationales (DIM) pour obtenir l’autorisation d’exercer la médecine partout au Canada. Au début des années 1990, les ministères provinciaux de la Santé ont déterminé que la meilleure façon de […]
Here is link for this morning’s AGM Time: Dec 16, 2023 09:00 AM Vancouver Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82883192702?pwd=cU92WGFIbTBGRWJaOWRRQXNiSllEUT09 Meeting ID: 828 8319 2702 Passcode: 806276 One tap mobile +13462487799,,82883192702#,,,,*806276# US (Houston) +13602095623,,82883192702#,,,,*806276# US Dial by your location +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 360 209 5623 US +1 386 347 5053 US […]
NOTICE of ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING for CANADIANS STUDYING MEDICINE ABROAD , IMGs, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. Date: Saturday, December 16, 2023 Time: 9:00 a.m. PACIFIC TIME (Vancouver) or noon Eastern time Place: Zoom: SEE LINK BELOW This is an opportunity to get the latest in what is happening with the structure of the Match. In addition, […]
Between December 2022 and February 2023 SOCASMA conducted a survey to gather information regarding the experiences of CSAs, IMGs and CMGs with RCPSC examinations. A summary of the results of this Survey are available here: RCPSC EXAM EXPERIENCES SURVEY SUMMARY We welcome comments regarding the Survey which may be posted on our Facebook page or […]
Have a look at SOCASMA’s commentary on the Nazerali-Maitland et al article titled Challenges with international medical graduate selection: finding positive attributes predictive of success in family medicine residency. Socasma’s commentary is now available in the journal BMC Primary Care and is freely available online at the below web page: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12875-023-02105-6 Here is a link […]