Clinical Field Assessment (CFA)
To be eligible to undergo a practice ready assessment which consists of 2 6-week clinical field assessments (CFAs) candidates must:
meet the NSPRAP & CPSNS eligibility requirements;
achieve a pass standing on the TDM.
The candidate will be placed in two zones for 6 weeks each. The CFAs will occur in zones other than the community to which the candidate is going to do his/her return of service. The CFA involves direct and indirect candidate supervision and evaluation of patient care by physician assessors approved by the Program and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS). The CFA will involve multiple clinical settings (for example, office, hospital, nursing home) and will involve multiple assessors. It is expected that candidates will be assessed in the typical practice settings that the physician assessor works in.
Candidates accepted to undergo the practice ready assessment will be provided with the following:
an accommodation allowance of $1000 per month and a stipend of $1000 per week while participating in the practice ready assessment
Next CFA Dates: March 25, 2024 to June 14, 2024
Prior to commencing a clinical field assessment, candidates will undergo a robust orientation to various aspects of the health care system, the practice of medicine in Nova Scotia, and professional and medical-legal expectations of physicians.
Once assigned to a clinical field assessment site, candidates will be oriented to the local and regional healthcare services and the specific practice in which they will be working and assessed. Candidate assessment will include an assessment of communication skills (both written and oral), information- gathering, clinical examination skills, critical thinking skills, knowledge and application of diagnostic and management skills, competent prescribing skills and overall a readiness for independent practice. Candidates are assessed at the level of a Canadian- trained family medicine resident entering practice.
Candidates will receive an accommodation allowance of $1000 and a stipend of $1000 while attending the orientation
Candidates will also receive reimbursement of their sitting fee of the MCC Therapeutics Decision Making Exam
Next Candidate Orientation Date: March 18 - 22nd, 2024
The NSPRAP provides no promise, warranty or condition that, as a result of the candidate’s participation in the Program, he/she will be able to meet the requirements of the CPSNS to receive a license to practice as a physician in Nova Scotia or elsewhere in Canada.