Can MD/MDS residency be counted as foreign work experience?

[canuck78]

Hi , I am going through the same issues regarding my PR application process. I wish to get ECA done for my MBBS and get my work experience for MD...I had a few questions.
I am not sure if the residency duration would suffice as work experience and I would get points for tht.. it is not mentioned anywhere
Is it possible to msg you or speak with you regarding it.
I would appreciate any help you can provide me.

Are you wanting to try and get relicensed? What specialty? Where did you do your training?

 

[canuck78]

True.... CRRi/Rresidency training is considered as work experience by the FED Government.. but NOT by the Royal College... if a Specialist physician is applying for eligibility to challenge the Royal college exams, and the training is NOT recognised ie is a part of jurisdiction-recognised training ( there is list of countries including, but not limited to UK, Singapore, SA etc), be prepared to slog it out... each province has a specific and low quota for IMGs in each specialty.... and the competition can be very intense...

Definitely only counts for immigration and not relicensing. People should look very carefully about how difficult it is to secure a residency. For some specialties there will never be an open residency spot left after Canadian students have matched. Many of the jobs will be in less popular locations. If you speak and write French your chances of securing a residency go up. Canada is one of the toughest countries for IMGs unless you come from a few select countries like the US, UK, Australia, Ireland, South Africa and I may be missing a few more. If you don’t plan on practice medicine I would make sure you have a concrete plan. Many seem to do a masters in public health but there aren’t enough jobs to employee all the PhD and masters students in public health.