Overview

Applicants can now apply directly to the Nova Scotia Practice Ready Assessment Program (NSPRAP) for a practice ready assessment. We accept applications only from internationally trained family physicians. Applications will be received by the NSPRAP on an ongoing basis. 

The NSPRAP conducts the initial prescreening of all applications. Please be advised that NSPRAP’s eligibility requirements are in addition to the eligibility requirements set out by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS) for registration and licensure: CPSNS Pathway to Licensure for IMGs via PRA. **Please note that the NSPRAP’s eligibility requirements can change without notice.

Meeting the minimum requirements at one stage does not guarantee an applicant advances to the next stage.

Applicants who meet the NSPRAP pre-screening eligibility criteria, and meet the CPSNS requirements for registration and licensure, may be invited to sit the TDM exam. Applicants may be invited to undergo a personal interview by the Program’s Selection Committee. The Committee determines which applicants will undergo a practice ready assessment (PRA) and be recommended to Nova Scotia Health for a contract offer.

Those candidates who successfully complete the PRA will be required to work in under-served areas of Nova Scotia on return of service contracts that will have been signed prior to commencing the PRA.

PRAs are offered two times per year - spring and fall, usually in March and September. There may also be more applicants than available program spots in any given year.

**Please note that the NSPRAP is not a clinical training program. Unsuccessful candidates will not receive training by the program. Candidates are limited to applying two times to this or any other Canadian practice ready assessment program.