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Health Care in Nova
Scotia
Demographic Background:
Population: 936,510 (2004)
Source: Government
of Nova Scotia site.
Languages:
See Statistics Canada web site.
Health Care Facilities:
In 2002-2003, there were 2,853 hospital beds in Nova Scotia
(3.01 beds per 1,000 population). Source: The Canada Health Act Annual Report for Nova Scotia.
Nova
Scotia Hospitals >>
Directory of Nursing Homes for the Aged >>
Directory of Residential Care Facilities for Seniors >>
Physician Distribution:
In 2002-2003, 2,026 physicians actively provided insured
services under the Canada Health Act or provincial legislation.
Source:
The Canada
Health Act Annual Report for Nova Scotia.
How
Doctors are Paid in Nova Scotia >>
The CFPC National Family Physician Survey - Regional Report (Atlantic
Canada) >>
Government Links:
Nova
Scotia Department of Health >>
Overview of Health
Care in Nova Scotia >>
Medical Services Insurance
Plan >>
Pharmacare >>
For additional information on Nova Scotia’s Health Care System, see the Canada Health Act Annual
Report, Nova Scotia >>
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Medical Licensure
in Nova Scotia
IMG-Specific Program :
Clinician Assessment for Practice Program (CAPP) >>
Faculty of Medicine:
Dalhousie University Faculty of
Medicine >>
Medical Professional Organizations:
College
of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS) >>
Provincial Medical Regulatory Authority
Nova Scotia
College of Family Physicians >>
Doctors Nova Scotia >>
Provincial chapter of Canadian Medical Association
Society of Rural Physicians of Canada,
Atlantic Region >>
(click on Regions)
Key National Medical
Professional Organizations >>
Credentialing Service used by the College of Physicians
and Surgeons of Nova Scotia:
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) International
Credentials Services U.S. $150 (as per 2004)
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Physician
Recruitment and Health Care Employment
Physician
Recruitment, Nova Scotia Government site.
Physician
Employment Opportunities, Medical Society of Nova Scotia
See also the District
Health Authorities sites.
General Health Care Employment
Links>>
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Preparation for the
Exams/Assessment
Observership:
Information on Observerships in Nova Scotia
The Postgraduate Medical Education Office of Dalhousie University
Room C-234, Clinical Research Centre
5849 University Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4H7
PHONE: (902) 494-1850 / (902) 494-2154
FAX: (902) 494-3644
For a general discussion of study supports, see Preparation for the Exams/Assessment
in this web site.
IMG Support Group:
International Association of Physicians and Surgeons
of Nova Scotia (AIPSNS) >>
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