What We've Been Up To

Do Canadian Medical Licensing Exam Scores Correlate with Physicians’ Future Performance in Practice? A Response to the MCC by ITPO

We caution against reducing the competence of a doctor to an exam score or the extent to which that exam score surpasses accepted standard.

Canada needs doctors, but internationally trained physicians can’t land residencies here.

CBC News reports on physician shortages and barriers foreign-trained physicians face in securing residency training spots.

These doctors can help tackle Ontario's shortage. They just need a licence

ITPO is pushing for better licensing pathways and increased residency placements to utilize these skilled professionals.

Who We Are

Our Roots

We were founded in 2021, by a group of dedicated Internationally Trained Physicians and Canadian Trained Physicians working to bridge the gap between immigrant physicians' skillsets and expertise and available pathways to integration into the Canadian healthcare system. We were first brought together as a grassroots movement, born out of an overwhelming desire to help Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic, and now we have transformed into ITPO!

Find out more about us here; and how YOU can get involved, here.

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