Nouvelles du Québec / Quebec News

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(ENGLISH FOLLOWS.) Socasma a récemment reçu une correspondance du Dr. Lucie Opartrny, sous-ministre adjoint du ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec, nous indiquant que les Canadiens hors Québec qui sont diplômés des programmes internationaux de médecine pourront dorénavant présenter leur demande d’admission en résidence au Québec. Le site web de CARMS […]

KEY WEB SITES FOR JOB SEARCH IN THE HEALTH FIELD FOR UNMATCHED PHYSICIANS

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Click on the link below to access key web sites for job search in the health field for unmatched physicians. Should you have other web sites to recommend, please send us an e-mail at: socasma.working@gmail.com Click here to access document: JOBS

RECRUITING TO FIGHT COVID 19 IN QUEBEC / RECRUTEMENT POUR FAIRE FACE À LA COVID 19 AU QUÉBEC

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FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE APPLIED TO QUEBEC FOR A JOB TO FIGHT COVID 19 / POUR CEUX QUI ONT POSTULÉ POUR UN EMPLOI AU QUÉBEC POUR FAIRE FACE À LA COVID 19 (le français suit) Ms. Lucie Opatrny, Assistant Depuy Minister, Quebec’s Ministry of Health has written to us with some recommendations in […]

RED CROSS IS HIRING TO FIGHT COVID 19 / LA CROIX ROUGE EMBAUCHE

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The Canadian Red Cross is urgently seeking health care workers in Montreal (preference for bilingual candidates), but is also looking for health care workers elsewhere across the country.  You may want to apply. Message from Ayham Alomari: Dear IMGs, I am working with the Canadian Red Cross as a Senior Health Manager. We are recruiting […]

2020 CARMS RESIDENCY MATCH RESULTS

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418 international medical graduates matched this year. At the end of the match 56 residency positions were unfilled, 49 of which were in Family Medicine. It is important for anyone planning to eventually apply for residency in Canada to have a good grasp of the odds of matching into residency as an IMG. See the […]

COVID 19 : Ontario Launches Online Portal to Match Available Health Care Workers with Employers \ L’Ontario lance un portail en ligne pour jumeler les travailleurs de la santé avec les employeurs

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Click the following link to access the news release and link to portal: https://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2020/04/ontario-calls-on-all-health-care-workers-to-help-fight-covid-19.html Cliquez le lien qui suit pour avoir accès au communiqué de presse et au lien pour le portail: https://news.ontario.ca/opo/fr/2020/04/lontario-appelle-tous-les-professionnels-de-la-sante-a-participer-a-la-lutte-contre-la-covid-19.html

National COVID 19 Volunteer Recruitment Campaign / Campagne nationale de recrutement pour répondre à la COVID 19.

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Click on the following link For more information about this federal government program : https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/national-covid-19-recruitment-campaign-we-need-you.html Cliquez sur le lien qui suit pour de plus amples renseignements au sujet de ce programme fédéral: https://www.canada.ca/fr/commission-fonction-publique/campagne-nationale-recrutement-repondre-covid-19-nous-avons-besoin-vous.html

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Here is the link to SOCASMA’S Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/socasma/?eid=ARA8Pa3iqbGJMnUP-o2kiW7oR1ki_omV5NLu2Km_axTnbc9gpYrZln99qcMl-6fV6CE0D1KGmKMJ8zF8 If you are a Canadian who is studying medicine abroad, you may also want to join the following Facebook group that is private. Being a private group, you need to provide us with some basic information in order to be able to join. Here’s the link: […]

Study resources for MCCQE Part 1

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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 […]

Electives: Canadian universities restrict 8 weeks of electives in the same specialty

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Graduating class of 2021 and future are no longer allowed by Canadian universities to take more than 8 weeks electives in a particular specialty. See: https://afmc.ca/news/2019-03-25 Posted October 4, 2019