La Présidente de Socasma, Rosemary Pawliuk, a fait parvenir une lettre aux élus et décideurs du domaine médical les enjoignant d’augmenter le financement des résidences médicales et de réduire les obstacles à l’octroi des licences médicales pour faire face à la pandémie du COVID 19 au Canada. Cliquez sur le lien qui suit pour accéder […]

La pandémie du corona virus est sans précédent! En tant que Canadiens qui ont étudié la médecine à l’étranger, signalons à nos élus que nous sommes prêts à relever le défi COVID 19. Voir le modèle de lettre suivant que vous pouvez utiliser et modifier lorsque vous écrivez au Premier Ministre Trudeau, au ministre fédéral […]

These are unprecedented times! As Canadians who have studied medicine abroad, let’s tell decision makers that we are willing and ready to help address the COVID 19 challenge. See following template letter that you can use and modify when writing to Prime Minister Trudeau, the federal Minister of Health and your provincial Minister of Health. […]

We need more medical residency positions. More residency positions can be created if we press the federal government to replace foreigners with Canadian citizens and permanent residents by enforcing the provisions of the Immigration Act which requires Canadians to come first. If we stop allowing foreigners to use up our training resources and taking our […]

Some study resources for studying for the MCCQE Part 1 include: Toronto Notes; Canada Q-Bank; CK for Step 2 of the USMLEs MCC’s website practice exams  mcc.ca/examinations/mccqe-part-i/preparation-resources/ MTB (Master the Boards) U World Question Bank, Kaplan notes/Q bank There are also commercial courses which some people find very helpful.   Canada specific that you should […]

SOCASMA has made a submission to the Steering Committee on Modernizing Health Professional Regulation of British Columbia. We believe that the discrimination international medical graduates face is a function of the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons in failing in their duty to ensure that access to the medical profession is fair. Here is our submission. […]

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Click below to access submission: ESDC Report 19.07.30_000102 (1)

“To Member of Parliament candidates of [name of riding] I will be voting in the next election. I believe all Canadians deserve to have access to a family doctor and to see specialists in a reasonable time.  Long waiting lists are hurting Canadians.  I support the federal government funding more residency training for doctors, and […]

OCTOBER 21, 2019 FEDERAL ELECTION.  ACTION REQUIRED. We write seeking your help.  To address the physician and waiting list shortage, a number of the political parties have promised funding to hire more doctors and to shorten waiting lists.  Our goal is to press the government to direct these funds to residency training positions for Canadian […]