Strategies for Success in CaRMS Webinar

Navigating entry into Canada’s health workforce is particularly challenging if you are an Internationally Educated Health Professional. Just one of the many challenges that IEHPs face is understanding the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) which matches medical students to postgraduate medical training programs in Canada. And, in fact, 80% of international medical graduates do not...

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Increasing access of health professionals from underrepresented groups

The Community of Support (CoS) program was established at the University of Toronto in March 2015 and supports under-represented students who aspire to study medicine, health professions, rehabilitation and basic sciences – particularly those who are Indigenous, Black, Filipino or economically disadvantaged who, and identify as having a disability. CoS has now grown to reach...

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Six Principles of the Brocher Declaration

Short-term global health engagements can be an incredibly rewarding experience for the volunteer. It provides a learning and enrichment opportunity, can help recovery from burnout at home, and provide a way for health professionals to realize their philanthropic goals. And while volunteers can help meet some of the challenges of healthcare delivery in lower income...

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Support CMF

Aspiring physicians from under-resourced and underrepresented communities often face barriers that make it more difficult for them to not just get into medical school, or get back into medical school, but along the entire path to becoming an MD. CMF works with partners here in Canada and outside of Canada to reduce some of those...

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