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re: Chat for and with Canadian Family Practitioners/ex UK General Practitioners
I have just been looking into the hoops that need to be jumped through in order to get permanent residency in Canada. Am I mistaken or do people with english as their 1st language( ie they are british) seriously need to sit an english exam? Please help
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re: Chat for and with Canadian Family Practitioners/ex UK General Practitioners
Yes
I think you still need to sit an English exam. Its just a formality... |
re: Chat for and with Canadian Family Practitioners/ex UK General Practitioners
Originally Posted by cecilehenderson
(Post 11606952)
I have just been looking into the hoops that need to be jumped through in order to get permanent residency in Canada. Am I mistaken or do people with english as their 1st language( ie they are british) seriously need to sit an english exam? Please help
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re: Chat for and with Canadian Family Practitioners/ex UK General Practitioners
Any ideas where you might be thinking about heading?
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re: Chat for and with Canadian Family Practitioners/ex UK General Practitioners
I have my letter of eligibility for Alberta and am just waiting for physicians apply to certify previous SHO posts etc. I can't wait- hopefully I'll be over by September. I think that's pretty crazy about having to sit an english exam - obviously it's a money maker for them
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re: Chat for and with Canadian Family Practitioners/ex UK General Practitioners
Originally Posted by cecilehenderson
(Post 11606968)
I have my letter of eligibility for Alberta and am just waiting for physicians apply to certify previous SHO posts etc. I can't wait- hopefully I'll be over by September. I think that's pretty crazy about having to sit an english exam - obviously it's a money maker for them
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re: Chat for and with Canadian Family Practitioners/ex UK General Practitioners
actually being British born of generations of British born doesn't mean that one is necessarily fluent in English
Personally, as a long-time Canadian, I am comforted by the fact that Brits are treated more or less on an equal footing with other applicants. You will have to learn another language when you get over here ........ ....... it's called Canadian English, and in some areas it might be more like American English names and terms for all manner of things, professionally and in real life, can be quite different Our medical practice is at a clinic at the university where Family Practitioners do their 2 year residencies ............... the residents I've seen over the last 15 years have come from all over the world, and I've had to educate some of them in Canadianisms, including at least one of the English trained ones mind you, this clinic believes that patients are part of the educating process :lol: |
re: Chat for and with Canadian Family Practitioners/ex UK General Practitioners
Originally Posted by scilly
(Post 11607002)
actually being British born of generations of British born doesn't mean that one is necessarily fluent in English
Personally, as a long-time Canadian, I am comforted by the fact that Brits are treated more or less on an equal footing with other applicants. You will have to learn another language when you get over here ........ ....... it's called Canadian English, and in some areas it might be more like American English names and terms for all manner of things, professionally and in real life, can be quite different Our medical practice is at a clinic at the university where Family Practitioners do their 2 year residencies ............... the residents I've seen over the last 15 years have come from all over the world, and I've had to educate some of them in Canadianisms, including at least one of the English trained ones mind you, this clinic believes that patients are part of the educating process :lol: It's not that bad.. You do need to modify your words sometimes, diapers, etc- nothing tricky, you will get mistaken for Ozzies, Kiwis, South Africans- accents clearly are in the ears of the beholder! I think that the OP would agree that a large part of the key to being a good GP is good communication. Whether the buggers are actually listening to exactly what you are saying is another matter!;) |
re: Chat for and with Canadian Family Practitioners/ex UK General Practitioners
Originally Posted by cecilehenderson
(Post 11606968)
I have my letter of eligibility for Alberta and am just waiting for physicians apply to certify previous SHO posts etc. I can't wait- hopefully I'll be over by September. I think that's pretty crazy about having to sit an english exam - obviously it's a money maker for them
Seems fair enough to me, you'd be amazed at the number of British citizens that barely speak a word of English, so they have the same rule for all applicants to make it equal. As the others have said, that's a very minor hoop to jump in the whole hoop jumping scheme of things! Canadians love their pieces of paper. :lol: |
re: Chat for and with Canadian Family Practitioners/ex UK General Practitioners
Originally Posted by Stinkypup
(Post 11607375)
You cheeky monkey!!:lol:
It's not that bad.. You do need to modify your words sometimes, diapers, etc- nothing tricky, you will get mistaken for Ozzies, Kiwis, South Africans- accents clearly are in the ears of the beholder! I think that the OP would agree that a large part of the key to being a good GP is good communication. Whether the buggers are actually listening to exactly what you are saying is another matter!;) |
re: Chat for and with Canadian Family Practitioners/ex UK General Practitioners
Link from Healthmatch bc which to my mind says I won't have to do an English exam as my medical education at uni was in English
https://www.healthmatchbc.org/Physicians/Family-Physicians-GPs/Licensing.aspx Which is great. One less hoop to jump. Still about another 50 mind you... |
re: Chat for and with Canadian Family Practitioners/ex UK General Practitioners
Originally Posted by Gowest
(Post 11608557)
Link from Healthmatch bc which to my mind says I won't have to do an English exam as my medical education at uni was in English
https://www.healthmatchbc.org/Physic...Licensing.aspx Which is great. One less hoop to jump. Still about another 50 mind you... |
re: Chat for and with Canadian Family Practitioners/ex UK General Practitioners
Unfortunately Gowest I wish you were right. You have pointed out exactly what I have found so ridiculous; that to get licensure you are exempt from having to do ielts if your medical eduction was in english. Most people I'm sure would then think it would normally follow that to get permanent residency that this fact should also exempt you from sitting ielts but it doesn't. Maybe not a money maker for CIC but pointless bureaucracy all the same and a waste of money for english speakers who have previously been told that they are exempt from sitting ielts for licensure.
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re: Chat for and with Canadian Family Practitioners/ex UK General Practitioners
Originally Posted by cecilehenderson
(Post 11608590)
Unfortunately Gowest I wish you were right. You have pointed out exactly what I have found so ridiculous; that to get licensure you are exempt from having to do ielts if your medical eduction was in english. Most people I'm sure would then think it would normally follow that to get permanent residency that this fact should also exempt you from sitting ielts but it doesn't. Maybe not a money maker for CIC but pointless bureaucracy all the same and a waste of money for english speakers who have previously been told that they are exempt from sitting ielts for licensure.
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re: Chat for and with Canadian Family Practitioners/ex UK General Practitioners
Originally Posted by Tirytory
(Post 11608639)
Nobody is forcing your arm to live or work here... If you think it's all so beaurocratic don't do it...
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