Important meeting for CSAs and their families.  Please make an effort to attend.  Encourage everyone you know who is concerned about CSAs getting into residency training.  Video conference available for members of Private Facebook Group for CSAs and their Families Only. Date:   June 24, 2019 Time:   6:30 P.M. Place:  St. Michael’s College School Lecture Hall (enter […]

Attention all Canadians who study medicine abroad, family members and friends! Now is the time to write, call and/or meet your provincial MPP, MLA or Minister of Health seeking their support to establish for 2020 onward a level playing field for all qualified Canadians applying for residency training in Canada. It is also an opportunity […]

This document outlines 7 key areas that SOCASMA is advocating for in order to improve the current medical residency recruitment and training system in Canada. SOCASMA SEVEN 19.07.02

GUIDE AND TIMELINE for CSAs in medical school. This guide and proposed timeline are for CSAs who are working their way through medical school. CSAs need direction and organization to succeed. This Guide and Timeline are a work-in-progress. In the future we will be attaching links to documents and websites as we work our way through our Information for CSAs Initiative. The documents will be posted on our website in the Resources section. We are just beginning this initiative. Your feedback and suggestions are important. They will make these documents better and more relevant. So please help us by providing input from your experience and knowledge.

THE SOCASMA SEVEN

December Information Meeting for CSAs. Date: December 30, 2018 Time: 3-5 pm Place: West Point Grey United Church 4595 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver, BC We will be providing information about the challenges that CSAs face and strategies that should be considered. CSAs who have navigated the system will be there to answer questions. For those […]

NOTICE of ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING for CANADIANS STUDYING MEDICINE ABROAD and THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. Date: Thursday, November 22, 2018 Time:  6:45 PM Place:  Arbutus Club, 2001 Nanton Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia. If you are or have a loved one studying medicine abroad, you should attend this meeting.  Canadians who chose to study medicine abroad […]

The Society of Canadians Studying Medicine Abroad (SOCASMA), Dr. Oliver Kostanski, and Harris Falconer have filed a petition in the Supreme Court of BC challenging rules which exclude Canadians who graduated from medical schools outside of Canada or the USA from competing on the basis of individual merit for residency positions in British Columbia. The […]

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On September 24, 2018 CSAs filed a Petition in BC Supreme Court challenging the residency matching system which excludes international medical graduates (IMGs) including Canadians who study medicine abroad (CSAs) from competing for residency positions on the basis of individual merit, i.e., knowledge, skills, and other attributes relevant to the practice of medicine.  We are […]