ORIENTATION AND ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW

PRA-BC candidates are required to attend a Centralized Orientation in Vancouver. The Centralized Orientation is designed to prepare candidates for their 12-week Clinical Field Assessment (CFA) and is held immediately prior to their CFA.

Click here for the UBC CPD PRA-BC Candidate Centralized Orientation overview.

The CFA is designed to evaluate a candidate's readiness for independent medical practice as a most responsible physician (MRP) and subsequent career as a family physician in British Columbia. Candidates will spend 12 weeks in a specified community, under the direct supervision of trained physician assessors, where their clinical skills will be observed and assessed.

Please note that candidates will undergo their CFA in a site that differs from the community or clinic where they will fulfill their three-year Return of Service (ROS).