Physicians
These diagrams show the Pathways to Licensure for International Medical Graduates (IMGs) with education, training and experience in Family and Specialty Medicine. These documents have been reviewed and approved by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia.
Download the Family Physician Pathway to Licensure PDF
Download the Specialist Physician Pathway to Licensure PDF
International Medical Graduates (IMG) Bridging Program
There are a number of supports, resources and courses which make up the IMG Bridging Program at ISIS:
- Employment counselling and coaching
- English for Healthcare Professionals - see course description below for more information
- Study groups – evening study groups include IMGs as well as Canadian medical students and residents
- Orientation sessions - for working in research, medical law and ethics
- Professional Mentors – in collaboration with Doctors Nova Scotia and the Dalhousie Academy of Medicine
- Learning resources – ISIS has a collection of medical resources and helps IMGs to access hospital and university libraries
- Pathways to Licensure – see above
- IMG Newsletter and Fact Sheets
IMG Newsletter
- IMG Bridging Program – December 2011 Newsletter
- IMG Bridging Program – November 2011 Newsletter
- IMG Bridging Program – June 2011 Newsletter
- IMG Bridging Program – May 2011 Newsletter
- IMG Bridging Program – March 2011 Newsletter
- IMG Bridging Program – February 2011 Newsletter
- IMG Bridging Program – January 2011 Newsletter
- IMG Bridging Program – December 2010 Newsletter
- IMG Bridging Program – September 2010 Newsletter
- IMG Bridging Program – August 2010 Newsletter
- IMG Bridging Program – July 2010 Newsletter
- IMG Bridging Program – June 2010 Newsletter
- IMG Bridging Program – May 2010 Newsletter
- IMG Bridging Program – April 2010 Newsletter
Fact Sheets
- Alternative Healthcare Careers Fact Sheet
- Library Resources in the Halifax Regional Municipality
- Multiple Choice Fact Sheet – Overview and Tips
- Organizational Chart of Candian Healthcare System
- OSCE: Objective Structured Clinical Examination – Overview and Tips
- Volunteer Opportunities in Healthcare
For further resources, please check our IMG e-Library page.
For more information contact:(902) 423-3607
employment_services@isisns.ca
TRAINING
English for Healthcare Professionals
November 14, 2011 –
March 16, 2012
This program is an inter-disciplinary communication course for health-care professionals. This intensive course focuses on the language skills needed to practice effectively in a Canadian health-care work environment.
Dr. Ryve Loshaj
I am from Kosovo. I’ve been in Canada since August 1999, and my position is family physician.
Back home I was a family physician. I was going to become a pediatrician, but the situation deteriorated and the war broke out in Kosovo and I have to leave.
In order to find my current job I had to face so many challenges. It took me almost six years to bring me where I am today, to get license as a physician and initially it was very difficult actually to find any job in healthcare system.
The difference that I find, working in Canada, are not so much from the clinical point of view. The practice is the same, but I noticed some changes in the legal point. I have now better understanding of the legal system in Canada and ethical issues here. The cultural differences also influenced the way how I practice here.
The suggestion that I have for other newcomers in my profession are that they should believe in themselves, first, always, no matter what they are told and no matter what kind of barriers they face. Eventually, they will become physician if they are persistent, and to request help. There is help available always. To contact agencies such as ISIS and ask for support and guidance.
The good things of working here are that you are always welcomed, in a community, in a workplace. People around you are courteous and they make you feel as part of a team, part of the community. So, I’m very happy to be living and working here.
- Dr. Ryve Loshaj
IMG e-Library
Resources
Sample Questions
- 20 Medico-Legal cases
- ER Practice Scenarios
- MED II Psychiatry cases/Dal University
- Online Dermatology Quiz
- FREE MCCEE QUESTIONS
- Free Quiz Questions And Answers
- MCCQE Sample Questions
- 100 Free MCQE1 Questions
Physical Exam and Procedural Skills
- Bate’s Physical Examination
- St George’s University of London, Clinical Skills Online
- Procedural Skills- Dal
- Listen to Respiratory Sounds
- Doctors video (with search capability)
Case Scenarios
- Paediatric Radiology New!
- Trauma Interactive Moulage Scenarios
- Numbness Weakness case
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Pediatric emergency cases
- Morbidity and Mortality Rounds on the Web
- Clinical Vignettes in Neurology
- ECG Quiz
- Some cases for candidates undertaking clinical examinations (Based on “Advanced Clinical Evaluation System for Practical Assessment of Clinical Examination Skills” Dr. Ajith Jayasekera.) Please scroll down to the bottom of the page to find the links to the cases and scenarios. The cases will help you to understand and learn clinical methods and thereby help you to develop your clinical skills.
- Cases on Ethics (American Medical Association’s online ethics journal)
- Free sample videos and language for clinical exam
Communication Skills
- Communication Skills in Clinical Practice, The Basics by Dr. Robert Buckman
- Dealing with Feelings by Dr.Robert Buckman
- How to Break Bad News By Dr. Robert Buckman
- GENETIC TESTING, PAEDIATRICS & END-OF-LIFE
- Communication Skills in Clinical Practice, Hidden Agendas & Special Situations
- Dealing with Feelings by Dr.Robert Buckman
Clinical Learning Reference
- EKG Learning Centre
- Medscape’s continually updated Clinical Reference
- Interactive Respiratory Physiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Dermatology Atlas- Loyola University Chicago
- Writing Prescriptions
- The Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine (CDEM), Learning material and cases for medical students
- Continuing Medical Education Grand Rounds
- Online Medical Journals search
- Audio Quick Review – Pediatrics (studywithsubstancep)



