Special Programs

Re-Entry Program

There are two residency training positions available through the Re-Entry Program. Applications for re-entry positions are only available to physicians who are Canadian citizens or Permanent Residents in Canada who have practiced in Nova Scotia for a minimum of two years. The individual must hold an unrestricted license for independent practice and must have a satisfactory "certificate of professional conduct" from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia. Applications will be considered for specialty training areas with a perceived projected resource need as determined by the Department of Health and the Postgraduate Medical Education Office. All successful applicants must sign a return for service contract for a rural community with the Department of Health.

Candidates interested in the Re-Entry Program must submit a written request by October 1st, to Denise Mitchell, Office of the Associate Dean of Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) for a residency to start the following July. Contact Denise.Mitchell@Dal.Ca (902) 494-2362. The PGME Office will consult the training program and confirm whether or not that program has the resources to take an additional resident. Upon approval from the training program to consider an application, the PGME Office will contact the Department of Health for approval as a specialty of need. Upon receipt of DOH approval, an application will be sent to the candidate by mid-October. The deadline for Postgraduate Medical Education to receive completed applications is November 15th.