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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
Fact Sheets
 

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.

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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


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