Accelerated Pathway to Primary Care Medicine & Hospitalist

LaunchPad is pleased to be partnering with PACE for recruitment.

PACE is unique, with a hybrid mission to assess internationally trained physicians for licensure in Nova Scotia while also providing high quality primary care.

The purpose of PACE is to offer work-place based assessments in office-based primary care in a centralized location for internationally trained physicians.

What is Pace?

  • A pathway to Canada to practice primary care medicine.
  • A partnership between the Medical Council of Canada, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia, and the Nova Scotia government.
  • A competency-based program, not time based.
  • PACE will assess your skills in 12 weeks or less in a clinical setting.
  • No entry exams required (LMCC).
  • Accelerated path to full licensure in Canada.
  • 2 outcomes – Hospitalist Role or Community based Primary Care Physician.
  • Return of service required.
PACE website

PACE Referral Program

Connect Launchpad to a candidate

Email Launchpad! Give a very brief intro, copy the candidate on the email.

If you refer a qualified physician candidate for the PACE Assessment Pathway to Launchpad AND

  1. they officially start taking the pathway in Halifax, and
  2. were not already in our database

You will be eligible to receive $1000 as referral fee.

* This referral program is specific to the PACE pathway.

Get Started with PACE by sharing some information:
PACE Application form
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