COVID 19 : You are currently in Canada and you are wondering what to do next? Go and offer your services to your local hospital, residency program, health authority, or other decision makers. You don’t get any positive response? Go and see your Provincial Member of Parliament and get him or her to help you […]

SOCASMA made a submission to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario in which we submit that they need to take control of access to residency training because the current system is not only discriminatory but also compromises the public interest by not being competence based. CMGs can fail the MCCQE1 and practice as […]

We need more 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 training […]

We published Interview Advice and Strategies in the Resources for members only section.  Includes: Links and Videos General Advice Popular Questions Interview Pitfalls What to ask Interviewer After the Interview

NOTICE of MEETING for CANADIANS STUDYING MEDICINE ABROAD and THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.   Tues. Nov. 12, 2019 Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 Time:  6:45 PM Place:  Arbutus Club, 2001 Nanton Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia. Want to practice Medicine back home in Canada? If you are or have a loved one studying medicine abroad, you should […]

For all of you in swing ridings or near swing ridings, candidates are focusing their last days here.  And health care is at the top of the charts for issues that concern Canadians. This is an important opportunity to get out and speak to the need for:  Transferring funds to provinces for more residency positions; […]

SAMPLE PETITION   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 […]

“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 […]

URGENT! – FEDERAL ELECTION ACTION REQUIRED – YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE INVITED YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN A VIDEO CONFERENCE being organized by the Society for Canadians Studying Medicine Abroad. Key issues are outlined further down. OCTOBER 7, 2019 7 PM EST (Ontario time); 4 PM PST (British Columbia time) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/396546062 […]

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 […]