Eligibility Criteria
Applicants to the Ontario IMG Program must be Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents of Canada on or before the application deadline (October 15th, 2001).
All applicants must have lived in the Province of Ontario for a minimum of 12 consecutive months immediately prior to the commencement date of the International Medical graduate Program. (i.e., since May of 2001).
Applicants must have graduated from an acceptable medical school which is not in Canada or the United States, but which is listed in the World Health Organization Directory of Medical Schools at the time of their graduation, and which has provided a course in medical studies of at least four years’ duration for a period of at least ten years.
Applicants must have passed the Medical Council of Canada Evaluating Examination prior to the application deadline. (Note: American examinations will not be considered as an acceptable alternative. Applicants who take the September, 2001 MCCEE will not be permitted to sit the written IMG exam without a pass result.)
Applicants whose mother tongue is not English must submit evidence of completion of the following:
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum score of 580 (paper based test) or 237 (computer based test), AND
Test of Spoken English (TSE) with a minimum score of 50.