Continuing Professional Development

Re-Entry Program

The Department of Health is supportive of Nova Scotia physicians who are interested in opportunities to further pursue their formal residency training.

We fund positions for family physicians who have practiced in Nova Scotia for at least two years to complete specialty residency training at Dalhousie University with the support of the respective DHA. All positions are associated with return-of-service obligations.

There are two residency training positions available through the Re-Entry Program. Applications will be considered for specialty training areas with a perceived projected resource need as determined by the Department of Health and Post Graduate Medical Education Office.

Candidates interested in the Re-Entry Program must submit written request by October 1st, to Denise Mitchell, Office of the Associate Dean of Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) for a residency to start the following July.

Contact Denise.Mitchell@dal.ca, (902) 494.2362. The PGME Office will consult the training program and confirm whether or not that program has the resources to take an additional resident.

Upon approval from the training program to consider an application, the PGME Office will contact the Department of Health for approval as a specialty of need. Upon receipt of Department of Health approval, an application will be sent to the candidate by mid-October.

The deadline for Postgraduate Medical Education to receive completed applications is November 15th.

For more information on re-entry residency positions, please visit Dalhousie University or contact Denise.Mitchell@Dal.Ca or (902) 494-2362 for more information.

Continuing Medical Education

Under the new Master Agreement, the Department of Health provides funding for Continuing Medical Education (CME) for General Practitioners who are non-AFP. This program has replaced the APP CME allowance. Eligible General Practitioners are entitled to $2000 for CME Support. For more information please contact:

Patrick Riley
Manager, Master Agreement
Joseph Howe Building
Halifax, NS
e-mail: masteragreement@gov.ns.ca
Phone: (902) 424-2155
Fax: (902) 424-1740