The Nova Scotia Practice Ready Assessment Program (NSPRAP) is an assessment program to ensure that foreign-trained family physicians who wish to practice family medicine in Nova Scotia possess appropriate clinical skills and knowledge to provide quality patient care. NSPRAP operates under the auspices of the Dalhousie Department of Family Medicine (DFM) with the financial support of the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness (DHW), in collaboration with the Nova Scotia Health (NSH) and the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS)

Program Staff
Dr. Fiona Bergin, Clinical Director
Gwen MacPherson, Program Coordinator

Trisha Heckbert, Program Assistant

ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR MARCH 2025