NEWS RELEASE SOCIETY FOR CANADIANS STUDYING MEDICINE ABROAD (SOCASMA) (Le français suit.) The Society for Canadians Studying Medicine Abroad is applauding the recent announcements* made by the Government of Ontario and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) with regards to the funding of additional medical residency positions and the removal of barriers […]

MedsHousing.com, a partner of the Canadian Federation of Medical Students is a global platform founded by a team of medical community members seeking to alleviate the stress of searching for housing during medical training. The service is free for medical learners and caters exclusively to the medical community. It is an important resource dedicated to […]

SOCASMA is looking for IMGs who are qualified and prepared to work in the Associate Physician categories that have been enacted in BC. HPA-Bylaws.pdf (cpsbc.ca) sections 2-25, 2-26, and 2-27. The associate physician enactment of 2020 has only resulted in one registrant to January 2023. More and more licensed physicians are coming to realize that […]

RCPSC Exams?  Please complete this survey. Just 5 minutes of your time! The quality, effectiveness, and efficacy of the process and the RCPSC exams themselves is an issue that needs to be considered, not just by those who design them, but through the experience of those who take them. We need the input of CMGs, CSAs, […]

STUDENT INFORMATION MEETING FOR CANADIAN AND AMERICAN MATCHES. December 28, 2022 at 9 a.m. Pacific; 10 a.m. Mountain; noon Eastern Via Zoom SOCASMA will be hosting an information/strategy meeting for IMGs looking to get and share information and strategies for the Canadian and American Matches. Before the meeting we will send you information which you […]

A big part of SOCASMA’s work is advocating for equality for IMGs. We advocate in the public sphere, in the political sphere, in administrative fairness organizations, and in the courts. There is increasing awareness and concern about the inequality IMGs face in Canada in accessing the medical profession. MOSAIC, BC’s largest immigrant services organization and […]

Ontarians desperately need doctors. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath recently promised 300 new physicians for Northern Ontario and the Liberals promised to hire more healthcare workers. Given how long it takes to train a physician, how can we get full fledged physicians that are ready to deliver medical care now and within the next couple of […]

Les Ontariens ont désespérément besoin de médecins. La chef du NPD, Andrea Horwath, a récemment promis 300 nouveaux médecins pour le Nord de l’Ontario et les Libéraux ont promis d’embaucher plus de travailleurs de la santé. Étant donné le temps qu’il faut pour former un médecin, comment pouvons-nous avoir des médecins qui sont prêts à […]

Each year, between 50 to 100 family medicine residency positions are unfilled in Quebec. Currently, nearly 1,000,000 Quebecers do not have a family doctor. If each of these doctors would take on average 1000 patients, that means that 50,000 to 100,000 Quebecers will have access to a family doctor. The Society for Canadians Studying Medicine […]

À chaque année, entre 50 à 100 places de résidence en médecine familiale ne sont pas comblés au Québec. Présentement, près de 1 000 000 de québécois n’ont pas de médecin de famille. Si chacun de ces médecin prenait en moyenne 1000 patients, ça veut dire que 50 000 à 100 000 additionels québécois auraient […]