maroofkhan

Hello All,
Well I am applying in the category of General Practitioner and Family Physician Code 3112, I am a doctor and have work experience of 1 Year as Medical Officer in a Hospital Emergency, Wards and ICU. But now my current work experience since last two years is working in a cardiac hospital as Resident Medical Officer. I also have 6 Months of House Job in gynae and obstetrics and 6 Months in General Surgery. My question is that Am I eligible in this category (3112) or just I need experience in Local Clinic or General Practice?.

crazy72

In order to claim NOC 3112 you must be able to prove at least 1 year of experience in past 10 years performing at least 8 out of 14 main duties listed in the NOC 3112 description.

But even if you can prove the above I wouldn't hold my breath - without Canadian license to practice medicine officer will likely refuse your case on substitute evaluation. It is not simple to get licensed in Canada to practice medicine by foreign trained doctors... it is next to impossible, very expensive (years of additional study) and taking several years (if lucky to find residency spot in the first place) to complete.

There is also a rumor that NOC 3112 will be removed with few other occupations from the eligiblity list any day now.

Unless you have few hundreds of thousands of $$$ and several years to invest into your future as doctor in Canada you'll be better off better forgeting about the whole thing...

Northernlass1

The NOC code also requires
'Two to three years of family medicine residency training are required.'
I would imagine they may also expect MRCGP. My hubby has been a GP for the last 25 years but knows it is unlikely he will find work in Canada. Is there another route you could take?

Bibendum

There was me thinking canada had a severe shortage of doctors?!

PMM

Hi

Mostly family physicians.

Bibendum

Could the original poster not apply under specialist physicians, this is also on the list?! I think its 3111 NOC off the top of my head.

bib

manitobain

best way might be to get in contact with the Regional Health Authorities in the different regions and Provinces or (2nd choice in my eyes) with the College of Physician and Surgeons of the different Provinces. RHA are more willing to help than the college and if they want to they can point you in the right direction and some of them help fund some of the cost as well.
Yeah, still a big physician shortage.., but previous posters are right, it is not easy and costly to redo all the exams.
Try the webpage of Assiniboine Regional Health Autority, I would hope if you sent them a resume and a question as to how it is handled in their region, they will explain (and if nothing changed since I last checked, they do have funding set asside to help qualified candidates to a certain extend). If NOT, let me know... as they are presenting our region..and I KNOW that we are short on physicians...I expect them to work on things.

dejah

Really? We've been in Canada on a TWP with my husband working as a GP for about 18 months now. He is considered fully qualified here in NB after a year of working under a provisional license. We've also been accepted in the NB PNP and are waiting for word on our PR application (having hopefully completed all the hoop jumping etc.) He was a GP in the UK for about 15 years prior to us emigrating to Canada. It does very much depend on which province you go to though. Some of the other provinces are not nearly as welcoming.
And yes, there is still a shortage of GPs in Canada.

crazy72

UK trained and experienced physicians have it somehow easier to get licensed in Canada, especially if they go through PNP route. But it also varies from Province to Province.

Kynn

My understanding is that NB is different than other provinces for non-Canadian doctors. I know when friends were looking at moving here (he's Canadian and not a doctor whereas she's Romanian and IS a doctor) NB was the "easier" place to go. They ditched the idea and decided just to stay in the USA (where she was easily able to work in her field as an Internal Medicine Specialist).

dejah

Yes, I agree. NB is one of the easiest Provinces for a foreign doctor to get licensed. Newfoundland is the other that we know of.
Interesting that you say your friend had a much easier time of it in the USA. We were under the impression that getting licensed there is a rather long drawn out process, but maybe that varies from State to State too.
On the other hand, once you're fully licensed in NB or NF (a commitment of 1-2 years with pay and very little hassle) it's pretty easy to head off to the other Provinces IIRC.

fornost

Hello if you are still looking I came accross this today":-
Gander Medical Clinic is seeking One Family Physicians


In response to Physician Shortage in Gander, Central Health Board may offer a bonus package.

Gander offers all of the ammenities and conveniences of large town living.
In addition, the great Newfoundland out-of-doors and unspoiled nature are at your door step.


The Central Health Board may offer a signing bonus in the amount of $40,000.00 for two years of service

Other personal and professional cost can also be negotiated.
The positions are to fill vacancies left by other doctors and would mean a full practice within a very short time frame
The physician's earning potential is very good and the expense factor is very competitive.
The Gander Medical Clinic is a group of fee-for-service family practitioners in what is probably the largest group practice in Newfoundland and Labrador.
We offer care to a catchment population for 47,000
Physician have access to hospital privileges, emergency shifts, OR assisting, obstetrics and geriatrics at the James Paton Memorial Hospital


Gander is the service area for a large part of Central Newfoundland and Bonavista Bay and is the home of the Air Traffic Control center for the North Atlantic. It offers all of the conveniences you would expect to find in a thriving community.

How to apply: If you think that this is something that may be of interest,
we can arrange a meeting (at no cost to you) to discuss the matter further.



Hope it helps