Every training system produces a different-looking file, and being understood is half the battle. These pages set out how postgraduate training from each system tends to be read in Canadian assessment — what helps, and where files like yours usually get stuck.
MD, DM and DNB training assessed on documented depth rather than on which body awarded it.
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FCPS and equivalent training assessed on documented depth and duration, with strong precedent in Canadian practice.
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Fellowship training through the National Postgraduate Medical College or the West African College of Physicians, assessed on documented substance.
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University-based MSc and MD training assessed on documented duration and clinical content.
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The most established route into Canadian practice, with recognised training structures and generally faster progression.
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Arab Board training, and training completed elsewhere but practised in the Gulf, each read differently.
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Canadian assessment is interested in the substance of your postgraduate training — how long it lasted, what it contained, and who supervised it — rather than in which body issued your certificate. Two physicians with the same training and different qualifications on paper are in more similar positions than either usually believes.
These are simply the systems we see most often — not a list of who qualifies. If you trained elsewhere, the eligibility check works exactly the same way, and your assessment is built from your own record rather than from a country template.
The eligibility check is free and takes a few minutes. You see part of your assessment — your situation and the main obstacle in your file — before deciding whether to go further.
Check my eligibility — freeThis page describes how training systems are generally structured and how that structure tends to be read. It is not a statement that any particular qualification is recognised, and it is not a prediction about your application. Eligibility decisions rest with the Royal College and the provincial Colleges, and turn on your individual documented record.