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Once you are accepted into medical school, it is very likely that you will graduate, match to a residency position and become a doctor.
Medical students are very supported and few fail out of this program. Your first 1 ˝ to 2 years as a medical student will be spent learning the “book” aspects of medicine. During this time, you will practice your clinical skills with either real patients or actors called standardised patients, to learn how to examine and speak to patients. This is followed by clerkship, where you will spend your time in the hospital as part of a health care team. This is an amazing time, you will stay up all night on call, often being the first person to meet a patient and find out their history. You will deliver your first baby and witness a patient die for the first time. You will meet families and children and learn how their health and perception of illness impact their sense of self.
During this time, you will also discover what type of doctor you want to be, and choose an area of specialty. Applications to residency take place through CaRMS (Canadian Residency Matching Service) You will have an opportunity to do elective rotations in this discipline in preparation for applying to residency. A residency is required to practice medicine in Canada, and applying to residency is very much like applying to medical school. At the end of medical school you write an exam called the LMCC part I, which is the first part of your medical licensing exam. You graduate from medical school as an MD ready to start residency.
Highschool (4yrs)
University (3-4ys)
Application Cycle (1yr)
Medical School (3-4yrs)
Residency (2-6yrs)
Fellowship (1-3 yrs)