Postgraduate Training

All physicians take clinical training after the completion of undergraduate academic training.  The profile shows the location where the physician completed his or her postgraduate training and the year it was completed.  The profile system does not include all particulars of postgraduate training or of special training in specific procedures. 

Presently in Canada and the United States, the typical training of a physician includes completion of premedical education in a university, three or four years of medical school, and at least two years of postgraduate training under supervision, often referred to as an interneship or residency, which prepares a physician to practise independently. Postgraduate training for family practice is at least two years, and for a specialty, four or more years. Postgraduate training may be quite different in countries other than Canada and the United States.

In addition to postgraduate medical education in a residency, some physicians may have additional training that qualifies them to perform certain procedures. 

If there are questions or further information is required about a physician’s postgraduate training, inquiries should be made directly to the physician.