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 […]

From the IMGBC Office: To applicants of UBC’s 2022 IMG Clinical Assessment Program: We would like to inform you of an employment opportunity as an Associate Physician in British Columbia, open to international medicine graduates who have specialist and general practitioner postgraduate training. If you have not obtained a residency position and are interested in […]

CPSO REMOVES BARRIERS FOR INTERNATIONALLY EDUCATED PHYSICIANS: CLARIFICATIONS PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST OF THE SOCIETY FOR CANADIANS STUDYING MEDICINE ABROAD (SOCASMA) SOCASMA met with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) about the changes the CPSO has made to bring down barriers for certain internationally trained physicians. https://www.cpso.on.ca/News/News-Articles/CPSO-Removes-Barriers-for-Internationally-Educated The following clarifications […]

L’ORDRE DES MÉDECINS ET CHIRURGIENS DE L’ONTARIO (OMCO) ÉLIMINE DES OBSTACLES POUR LES MÉDECINS QUI ÉTUDIENT À L’ÉTRANGER : CLARIFICATIONS FOURNIES EN REPONSE A UNE DEMANDE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ DES CANADIENS QUI ÉTUDIENT MÉDECINE À L’ÉTRANGER (SOCASMA) (N.B. En cas de doute, la version anglaise a préséance sur la version française.) La SOCASMA a rencontré l’Ordre […]

NEWS RELEASE SOCIETY FOR CANADIANS STUDYING MEDICINE ABROAD (SOCASMA) (Le français suit.) The Society for Canadians Studying Medicine Abroad is applauding the recent announcements* made by the Government of Ontario and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) with regards to the funding of additional medical residency positions and the removal of barriers […]

April 1, 2023 The Honourable Sylvia Jones Deputy Premier and Minister of Health of Ontario E-Mail: sylvia.jones@ontario.ca Dear Ms. Jones: More than 2.2 million Ontarians are without a Family Physician and deferred medical care is putting Ontarians at serious risk (Ref: Ontario College of Family Physicians, Feb 2023; Waiting list deaths reach 4 year high, […]

MedsHousing.com, a partner of the Canadian Federation of Medical Students is a global platform founded by a team of medical community members seeking to alleviate the stress of searching for housing during medical training. The service is free for medical learners and caters exclusively to the medical community. It is an important resource dedicated to […]

SOCASMA is looking for IMGs who are qualified and prepared to work in the Associate Physician categories that have been enacted in BC. HPA-Bylaws.pdf (cpsbc.ca) sections 2-25, 2-26, and 2-27. The associate physician enactment of 2020 has only resulted in one registrant to January 2023. More and more licensed physicians are coming to realize that […]

RCPSC Exams?  Please complete this survey. Just 5 minutes of your time! The quality, effectiveness, and efficacy of the process and the RCPSC exams themselves is an issue that needs to be considered, not just by those who design them, but through the experience of those who take them. We need the input of CMGs, CSAs, […]

STUDENT INFORMATION MEETING FOR CANADIAN AND AMERICAN MATCHES. December 28, 2022 at 9 a.m. Pacific; 10 a.m. Mountain; noon Eastern Via Zoom SOCASMA will be hosting an information/strategy meeting for IMGs looking to get and share information and strategies for the Canadian and American Matches. Before the meeting we will send you information which you […]