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b) Recognition of equivalence in order to obtain a regular permit to practice
International medical graduate who holds a medical degree (M.D. diploma) from a medical school or a university outside of Canada and the United States, will have to overcome the following steps in order to obtain a permit to practice medicine in Québec.
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Step 1: Obtain the recognition of the equivalence of your medical degree (M.D. Diploma)
Step 2: Obtain a residency position in one of the four faculties of medicine in Québec and complete a
postgraduate training
Step 3: Succeed to Final exam in family medicine or in specialty
Step 4: Ask for a permit to practice and register on the Roll of the CMQ
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Step 1 - Recognition of equivalence of the medical degree
In order to obtain the equivalence of your medical degree (M.D.diploma), you must overcome the steps of the recognition of the equivalence of the medical degree (M.D. Diploma), including the credentials verification of certain of the documents, and the success to the required exams. You will have to:
Hold a medical degree (M.D. Diploma) awarded by a medical school listed in the International Medical Education (FAIMER/IMED) Directory;
Apply to the CMQ for recognition of equivalence of the medical degree (request form) and submit the required documents;
Submit also the required documents to the Physician Credentials Registry of Canada (PCRC). Register directly to PCRC and select the CMQ as one of the organisms to whom you want to show your documents, in order that we can have access to your file;
Successfully pass the Medical Council of Canada Evaluation Examination (MCCEE);
Successfully pass the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination, Part I (MCCQE I);
Successfully pass the National Assessment Collaboration Objective Structured Clinical Examination (NAC - OSCE) - registration with the CMQ or the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination, Part II (MCCQE II);
Successfully pass the knowledge of the French language Examination (examen de français) of the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF)or be exempted;
Confirmation of the PCRC verification.
Step 2 - Postgraduate training (residency position)
Once you have obtained the recognition of the equivalence of your medical degree (step 1), you must apply for admission to one of Québec's four faculties of medicine, and obtain a residency position in order to complete a postgraduate training in family medicine or in specialty. A list of recognized specialites in Québec is available on the CMQ Website: Regulation - Schedule I.
Your name and contact information will be transmitted to the Québec faculties of medicine Conférence des vice-doyens aux études médicales postdoctorales (CVDFM). The CVDFM will contact you to explain the steps to follow in order to deposit an admission application in one of the Québec postgraduate training program.
If you can demonstrate that you already have completed postgraduate training in family medicine or in a specialty, equivalent in duration and content to half or more of that required in Québec and wish to ask for the recognition of the equivalence of your training, you may send a request to CMQ. In order that CMQ may rule on your application of recognition of the equivalence of your postgraduate training...
a. First, you will have to get a residency position in the discipline in which you already have completed a postgraduate training and serve a minimum of 12 months of postgraduate training (classification training period). Take note that the faculties of medicine are under no obligation to offer the classification training period.
b. Only at the end of this classification training period, that the CMQ may take a decision regarding your request of recognition of the equivalence of your postgraduate training completed outside Canada and the United-States. At this purpose, a written request must be sent to CMQ with the required documents. Some of these documents must be submitted to the Physician Credentials Registry of Canada (
www.pcrc.org) for credentials verification.
c. Decision will be based upon your file and the in-training evaluation reports forwarded to the CMQ by the involved faculty of medicine. CMQ can not recognize the equivalence of a training period if the duration of the training is less then that required from Québec residents.
If, after the classification training period, CMQ allows a partial recognition of the equivalence of your postgraduate training, you will have to complete this training until confirmation of completion by the faculty of medicine and until CMQ may recognize that you have the professional abilities required to practice medicine in solo and that you have achieved the goals of the training program. You could then apply to the Final exam in family medicine or in your specialty.
However, if at the end of the classification training period, CMQ recognizes the equivalence of your postgraduate training, you could register to the Final exam in family medicine or in your specialty without any other prerequisite training.
If you can not demonstrate that you have completed postgraduate training, equivalent in duration and content to half or more of that required in Québec, you could not apply for recognition of the equivalence of this training. If you are recruited by a Québec faculty of medicine, you will have to complete a full postgraduate training in family medicine or in a specialty.
Take note that the faculties of medicine in Québec are responsible for assigning residents’ positions to complete any postgraduate training in family medicine or in a specialty, including the 12-month classification period. As the number of places is limited, obtaining a position can not be guaranteed in any manner.
Given that no International medical graduate (IMG) can be sure of obtaining a resident’s position to complete a classification period or any other postgraduate training, it will be up to you to decide when to submit an application for recognition of equivalence of your postgraduate training. You may choose to apply as soon as you obtain recognition of equivalence of your medical degree (M.D.). You may also decide not to submit an application for recognition of equivalence of your postgraduate training before having obtained a resident’s position in the specialty for which you have already been trained, aimed by the classification training period.
Step 3 - Final examination in family medicine or in specialty
When you will have completed all the required postgraduate training in Québec, you will have to succeed the Final examination determined by CMQ in your discipline (family medicine or specialty) and participate to an ALDO-Québec educational activity. You may also notice specific requirements regarding prerequisites for certain specialty examinations.
Step 4 - Request for a permit to practice and registration on the Roll of the CMQ
CMQ will issue a permit to practice medicine and an attestation in family medicine or a specialist’s certificate when you will have successfully completed step 1, 2 and 3 and filled in the application for a permit to practice medicine and paid the prescribed fees.
c) Applying for admittance to medical school
An International Medical Graduate who holds a medical degree from outside of Canada and the United States may also apply to the Québec's faculties of medicine for admittance to medical studies. In that case, you may contact directly the faculties of medicine to inquire about the applicable conditions.
