What is a medical resident? After medical school, graduates have to work in training positions called medical residencies before they can become fully licensed.  They are hired by the provincial Ministries of Health to work as resident physicians, ie, apprentice physicians.  Resident physicians are an important cog in the medical wheel.  They are not the […]

This is a list of the commonly used acronyms used by SOCASMA: CaRMS – Canadian Resident Matching Service CPSBC – College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC FOM – Faculty of Medicine LCME – Liaison Committee of Medical Education MCCEE – Medical Council of Canada Evaluating Examination NAC  – National Assessment Collaboration NBME – National […]

Objective 2.2 of the 2013-2015 Service Plan of the Ministry of Advanced Education is to develop a highly internationalized education system.  The plan requires that BC’s International Education Strategy: “expand opportunities for BC students to participate in study and work abroad experiences to gain knowledge and build relationships that will enable them to be successful in […]

What a Two Class System Looks Like 2013 BC Residency Competition Streams A.  The First Class Stream for Canadians who are CMGs (Canadian and American Medical School Graduates): 274 residency positions : 107 family medicine residencies 167 specialty positions (all 64 specialty disciplines available for competition)  256 UBC graduates Competition as of right to CMGs […]

First of all, read through the BC IMG website.  SOCASMA requested clarification of a few points found on that website, and here they are, courtesy of Dr Snadden in September 2013. 1.  Residency Requirements “…as well as requiring passing scores in the NAC OSCE and the MCCEE exams the selection process will be looking at […]

Definition of Discrimination “. . .discrimination may be described as a distinction, whether intentional or not, but based on grounds relating to personal characteristics of the individual or group, which has the effect of imposing burdens, obligations, or disadvantages on such individual or group not imposed upon others, or which withholds or limits access to […]

Listed below are the reasons Canadians study abroad from three different surveys: the 2010 CaRMS Survey of CSAs, the 2013 CMSPA (Canadian Medical Students in Poland Association) Survey of CSAs in Poland, and one given to SOCASMA by CSAs:

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