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Licensure Requirements for full registration as a Family Physician To be eligible for licensing as a family physician/general practitioner in BC, you must have a degree from an approved medical school in addition to two years accredited and approved postgraduate training. Postgraduate training requirement include: Rotations of eight weeks each in: Plus rotations of four weeks each in: - medicine - psychiatry - general surgery - accident and emergency - obstetrics/gynecology - family/general medicine - pediatrics For eligible family physicians who are not permanent residents of Canada or Canadian citizens, a formal job offer from an underserved community is required for provisional registration. Health Match BC has a list of current opportunities throughout the province on this website. Recognized Training and Certification outside Canada: Graduates of accredited US and Australian family medicine training programs who have qualified with their respective professional bodies may be eligible to apply to the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) to be awarded the CFPC without examinations.
Requirements for provisional registration as a specialist Foreign physicians frequently do not meet the requirements for full registration. However, they may be considered for provisional registration. Once working on a provisional license, physicians are expected to aspire to complete the requirements for a full license as outlined above if they plan to stay in British Columbia in the long term. Provisional licenses may be renewed annually. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia assesses the eligibility of foreign physicians for provisional registration based on the following criteria:
For candidates deemed eligible by the CPSBC for provisional licensure in BC, a job offer from an underserved community, which has been unable to attract a suitable Canadian candidate, is required for provisional registration. Health Match BC posts vacancies from underserved communities in the province on its website. Health Match BC's experienced recruitment consultants can assist physicians in matching their professional needs and lifestyle preferences with the various employment opportunities. The RCPSC assesses the postgraduate training credentials of physicians wishing to write their exams. Not all physicians are deemed eligible to write the exams. At the present time, assessment requests will be considered from candidates who have completed their specialty training in Canada or the United States. Request for assessments will also be considered for some specialties from Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. For detailed information, please visit the Royal College's website at www.rcpsc.medical.org to determine if your qualifications meet their criteria. Please note that the dates listed in the RCPSC website are the training commencement dates. The assessment generally takes 18-24 months. For most specialties, a minimum of five years of postgraduate training in an accredited and approved school of medicine is required. You must also have achieved certification as a specialist through completion of certifying examinations in the jurisdiction where your training was completed. United Kingdom: Specialists with postgraduate training from the UK or Ireland must hold the Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT/CCST), or equivalent, from the UK Higher Specialist Training Authority (Medicine or Surgery). United States: Specialists with postgraduate training from the US (of equal duration and content to the Specialty Training Requirements of the RCPSC must hold American Board Certification. Upon completion of 18 months of supervised practise and completion of an assessment of competency satisfactory to the CPSBC Registration Committee - provided you are a permanent resident of Canada or a Canadian citizen - then you may be advanced to the full register, without the requirement to complete any Canadian examinations. Examinations To be eligible for full licensure to practise medicine in British Columbia, physicians must attain the Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC). To become a licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada, physicians need to successfully complete three Canadian examinations administered by the Medical Council of Canada.
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