alipeesha

Hi all,
Its been a long time since i posted... in the interm i have moved from scotland to calgary to fernie! and in the last 8 months have had a few bad days.. on the whole i love it! its different way of life and a life i would love to have the oppertunity to pass on...
my post- i am going to have to go back to uni here to convert my degree for two years.. and as we all know uni isnt cheap in canada! there was once a person on here who specialised in loans to dentists going back to college..are you still here or does anyone have any advice on how to go about it? its approx 200k... not cheap and i have no house and no real co lateral.. what should i do??

scrubbedexpat091

If your permanent resident or citizen of Canada, first place is to start with government financial aid and loans, and go from there. That is what most students do.

S052

Just wondered if you knew there had been a change so you don't necessarily need to go back to uni to work as a dentist in Canada -you can try and sit the nebd exams - I think they're really tough but we are going to try this year

alipeesha

Hi SO52. Have you done the first exam? The afk?

S052

Not yet but there is a practice one online that's free
Where did you train? I got 65 on that and you need 75 but I was watching ski Sunday while doing it with no revision and 5 years post qual

S052

Also what job are you doing- if we could do something that would let us move and earn a good living we would seriously consider it. We want to move to alberta and my other half would gladly never see a tooth again.

alipeesha

Hey
I'm working as a dental nurse/assistant... I thought that before moving over that I'd be happy to do something like assisting with less stress.. But I miss teeth...I miss being the one making decisions.!! Are you guys still in the ukor where in canada?

S052

Still in the UK, really frustrated with how difficult it all seems. i can't believe you're doing that with your BDS after all that time at uni seems really unfair. Since were both dentists we'd definitely need at least one of us to get through the exams to sort out our finances unless one of us got offered something else that paid well. There's some canadian dental students we currently teach that are planning on sitting their equivalency exams after VT so going to pick their brains. Could you have got onto any graduate entry schemes using your degree there?

alipeesha

hope to either pass the afk and continue on to do exams in june.. or get a high enough result that colleges will cosider me... i have gone through phases of thinking why did i move here hwen i cant do what i like and what will earn money.. and hten i have a weekend like i did last weekend.. the life style is just totally different to anything i have ever experienced..but i think in three weeks when the results come out my world will be turned upside down :-(
where are you guys working in the uk?have you got pr?

S052

What's pr? We're in yorkshire- I've (I think) worked out that we would need an employer to sponsor us in order to get over to Canada even if all exams were passed - how easy do you think this would be? Are there corporates like Oasis or IDH in Canada- while they have ruined British dentistry they may be good for this kind of thing? Good luck with the afk we will try to do it in London this year x