Job requirements Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation Specialist near Charlottetown (PE)

Find out what you typically need to work as a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist near Charlottetown (PE). These requirements are applicable to all Specialist physicians (NOC 31100).

Employment requirements

This is what you typically need for the job.

  • A bachelor's degree or in Quebec, completion of a college program and one year of pre-medicine university studies is usually required.
  • Graduation from an approved medical school and specific specialty training are required.
  • Completion of the certifying examinations of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and licensing by the provincial or territorial licensing authority are required.
  • Specialists in clinical medicine
  • Four to five years of specialty residency training are required.
  • Two years of subspecialty training may also be required.
  • Specialists in laboratory medicine
  • Four to five years of specialty residency training are required.

Source National Occupational Classification

Professional certification and licensing

Prince Edward Island

If this occupation is regulated, you may need to get a professional license from a regulatory authority before you can start working. Licensing can be compulsory or voluntary, depending on the occupation.

  • If the licence is compulsory, you must be certified before you can practise the occupation and use the professional designation.
  • If the licence is voluntary, you don’t need to be certified to practise this occupation.

Find out if this occupation is regulated and contact the regulatory authority to learn about the certification process.

Source Foreign Credential Recognition Program - ESDC

Find out where this occupation is regulated in Canada

List of Associations

Associations are organizations that may provide news to its members about networking events, professional development and other common issues for people working in the same industry.

List of Associations
Associations Contact information
Provincial level
Medical Society of PEI

2 Myrtle Street, Stratford PE, C1B 2W2

Phone number 902 - 3687303
Provincial level
College of Physicians and Surgeons of PEI

14 Paramount Drive, Charlottetown PE, C1E 0C7

Phone number 902 - 8942605
Provincial level
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Board, PEI Department of Health and Social Services

PO Box 2000, Charlottetown PE, C1A 7N8

Phone number 902 - 3684000

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