Canadian Medical Schools

[outwestmom]

<p>What can people tell me about Canadian schools? Are they a viable option for US citizens and is it possible to obtain a residency in the US afterwards? What is the quality and type of instruction? Thanks</p>

[Bigredmed]

<p>The AAMC actually represents the Canadian schools as well, so I’m sure the quality of the instruction is satisfactory…</p>

<p>Just a brief look through some of the admissions websites made it clear that at most schools you do need to be a Canadian citizen with preference made for residents of the appropriate province. I didn’t look through all the schools though.</p>

<p>I know there is a section in the MSAR that talks about Canadian medical schools, but I have no idea where my copy is. Perhaps BluedevilMike can look at his.</p>

[my_0.02]

<p>Canadian medical school graduates applying to US residency programs enter the match as “independent” applicants.</p>

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Each year, approximately 16,000 U.S. medical school students participate in the residency match. In addition, another 17,000 “independent” applicants compete for the approximately 24,000 available residency positions. Independent applicants include former graduates of U.S. medical schools, U.S. osteopathic students, Canadian students, and graduates of foreign medical schools.

See the 2005 match report:
<a href=“http://www.aamc.org/newsroom/pressrel/2005/matchcharts.pdf[/url]”>http://www.aamc.org/newsroom/pressrel/2005/matchcharts.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[bluedevilmike]

<p>The MSAR doesn’t tell you much. A couple of the schools are only three years long. A couple of them give instruction completely in French. A couple of them reserve spots explicitly for US citizens. US kids usually pay a lot more in tuition than Canadian citizens.</p>

[umardarr]

<p>arg…why are the education costs in this country such a burden?</p>

[bluedevilmike]

<p>There’s supposed to be some kind of really basic economic intuition behind this, which all Duke econ majors are taught within the first couple days. I ended up majoring in the subject and never figured it out. I’ve always felt a little guilty about this, actually.</p>

[CDN_dancer]

<p>As other people have pointed out, the majority of Canadian medical schools are only open to Canadians residents/citizens. There are a few that consider internationals, although there are limited seats available for internationals. University of Toronto and McGill University are two that I can think of right now. </p>

<p>I don’t know if University of Calgary accepts US students; on their website, it says “We do not accept applications from individual international students. Presently, seats for international students are limited to those students who come from institutions/countries with whom the Faculty of Medicine has a formal, contractual agreement.”</p>