Complete a postgraduate training program

To complete a postgraduate training program in Quebec:

As an international medical graduate, you must have completed the step to obtain recognition of your Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree – Step 1.

If you have obtained recognition of the equivalence of your Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from the Collège, we will send your contact information to the Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire (BCI).

The BCI is responsible for the application of the postgraduate training programs admissions policy in Quebec. Applications for admission to these programs under the regular quota must be submitted to the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS). Applications for admission under the special quota must be submitted directly to the faculties.

The BCI will contact you by email in October to tell you what you have to do to submit an application for admission to a postgraduate training program in Quebec in family medicine (24 months) or in one of the 59 other specialties (48 to 96 months) recognized by the Collège and to determine which quota you will be eligible to apply under (regular or special). Therefore, it is important to notify the BCI of any change of address: dhceu@bci-qc.ca.

See the Specialties recognized in Quebec page.

Note from the BCI

To be eligible under the regular quota, the Government of Québec requires applicants to show that they meet the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur’s definition of "resident in Québec”.

For further information:

• Application for admission to a postgraduate medical training program
• Regulation respecting the definition of resident in Québec

Measures to promote professional integration

Integration period

• Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire (BCI) – (formerly CREPUQ)

Refresher period (CEDIS)

• Centre d'évaluation des diplômés internationaux en santé (CÉDIS)
• Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS)

Observation period

• Observation period

If you did some or all of your postgraduate training outside Canada and you obtained a residency position in Canada or the United States in the same discipline in a recognized training program, the faculty of medicine, not the Collège, will take your prior training into consideration and confirm your completion of the training program after a minimum period of 12 months in the program.

If you completed a postgraduate training program in Canada or the United States in a recognized training program, accredited by the Collège des médecins du Québec (Collège), the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (Royal College), the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) or the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), equivalent in duration and content to the program in Quebec, and you have a certificate of completion of training, you may go on to Step 3 to continue.

You will be granted full equivalence of training if you have passed the Royal College or CFPC certification examinations in a specialty that is recognized in Quebec. You may go on to Step 4 to continue.