Recent content by nauru

Just wondering if this is possible? Do 5 year residency in Canada, immediately go to practice in the US, do American specialty board exam, and practice in the US for a while. Would the American board certification be transferrable to Canada later on or would you need to write the Royal College...

I'm starting a diagnostic radiology residency Canada. I'm trying to map out what I need to do move to the southwest United States to practice when I finish training. I understand LMCC is accepted as equivalent to Step 1-3 in most states. And from reading here it seems having a strong network...

Chorda, what was forcing you to submit to a conference, did your program require it? I didn't need (or want) another presentation on my CV, but my medical school has a special requirement for the research part of the curriculum. You have to present your project at a conference; publishing it...

Thanks, never would have known about this one. Just got accepted.

Ok. So even if you go to a top level fellowship, if your residency wasn't from a top level place then some doors are closed post-fellowship?

I was also wondering this. What is the relationship between residency prestige and fellowship prestige? Is the fellowship more important in terms of determining where you end up in terms of practice? It seems to be already established that it's a primary determinant of practice location, but...

Thanks a lot for these suggestions.

Just trying to check a box for my school. Need to do a poster at a peer reviewed conference somewhere. The project is done, the paper is done. Doesn't matter where the conference is, could be regional national or international, small, medium or large, domestic or foreign. Is there any central...

"My school for fourth year had three required rotations, the rest electives." So how many weeks of electives was that in total?

In total. So 3rd year and 4th year combined.

Just curious, there seems to be some variation on the number of weeks of electives MD schools have.

That's really interesting, and does not sound equivalent at all if they don't trust your certification without a bunch of exams first. Family medicine sounds more like what I would expect: all exams waived, go ahead and get a full license. In BC would Canadian boards still be necessary...

Whoa, American MDs have to redo all the exams and boards in Canada to practice in Canada? I thought US and Canadian medical training were considered equivalent?

Thank you. And I agree, it's a good idea to be early for this. It helps know the actual dates and how the system works so I can plan accordingly.

So previously the exact date that you had to submit your application to have the earliest possible timestamp was September 15th. How has that now changed with the new schedule? Did this key date actually become earlier than before (September 1st) or later than before (October 21st)...