The curriculae used are similar to the training papers in the library . About 6 re-entry positions available for any specialty. The exact number varies annually. Medical Information Service. Designed to offset meagre hospital libraries I suppose.
Further details are on the regional shelf of the library .
My conversations with Alberta doctors also left me the impression that the province is not all that successful to date with Canadian graduates, and, has recruited over 70 MD's from overseas in 1998. In this instance it is the ever popular RSA that was targeted. These doctors get restricted licenses under section 5 of the provincial licensing statute until they can prove their competence by passing through the CFPC practice eligibility route, potentially after 2 years of practice in Canada. While ghettoization of South African doctors may be a necessary emergency measure, and an interesting geopolitical irony, it does not solve the domestic problem of being able to get Canadians to go out to do the job and, more significantly, retaining them. Of course, politically it does take the heat off for a while, although residents in training do grumble that the best positions were taken.