Atlantic Provinces

Residency- Maritimes

• All Maritimes IMG Residency positions through Dalhousie University

• Application through CaRMs – 2 parallel streams- first iteration

• 10 total positions reserved for IMGs- 2nd year in existence

• 5 family, 5 specialty (Anesthesiology, General Surgery, Internal Medicine and Urology)

• Sites: Halifax, Sydney, Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton (2 at each site, 1 specialty, 1 family)

• All unfilled positions committed to 2nd iteration, open to all candidates including Canadian Medical schools

• Must meet eligibility requirements such as legal status, proof of MD degree, language

• MCCEE and MCCQE parts 1 and 2 or the USMLE parts 1, 2 and 3 may be considered

• Preference given to those who are living in the Atlantic Provinces working in an area of health care

• Return of Service commitment – equal to the number of years of residency training program

• Repayment rate of $5000 per month of residency completed, plus interest 2% above prime

Clinical Rotations

• Officially electives only available for students in their final year

• Unofficially, applicants have been accepted to cores and/or electives in their 3rd year at SJRH

• Dalhousie website states maximum 4 weeks per calendar year, SJRH 12 weeks per calendar year

Procedure

• Contact Medical Education at the hospital you are interested in

• Evaluate if any clinical rotations are available to you at that facility. Usually first come first serve

• Medical education will then contact Dalhousie and give you a contact at Dalhousie as well (SJRH).

• Application fee $300

Considerations

• Variability of policies between facilities. If one isn’t receptive, others may be.

• Moncton and Saint John (2010) medical schools will be taking up more positions.

• Reduction in the number of available positions already occurring in anticipation of this increased demand