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🎉 Immediately After Match Day

  • Confirm your match
  • Read your program’s communication
  • Contact PGME if you haven’t received instructions
  • Review your program’s onboarding deadlines

🪪 Registration & Credentials

  • Apply for provincial/territorial registration
  • Confirm LMCC status
  • Complete physiciansapply.ca requirements
  • Submit medical degree, transcript, and MSPR
  • Complete criminal record check
  • Complete any required credential verification

🩺 Health & Safety

  • Submit immunization records
  • Complete occupational health requirements
  • Complete mask‑fit testing
  • Confirm BLS/ACLS requirements
  • Arrange professional liability coverage

💰 Money

  • Set up payroll
  • Review residency salary
  • Review benefits
  • Update student loans
  • Review line of credit (LOC)
  • Build a residency budget
  • Plan moving expenses

🏠 Moving

  • Find housing
  • Arrange transportation/parking
  • Plan relocation
  • Update address
  • Arrange utilities/insurance

📚 Prepare for Residency

  • Review program curriculum
  • Review rotation schedule
  • Learn about EPAs
  • Review CanMEDS
  • Find resident orientation information
  • Identify your resident association/union
  • Identify wellness supports

🚀 First Week

  • Attend orientation
  • Get ID/access cards
  • Set up EMR/access
  • Set up email
  • Confirm call schedule
  • Meet program leadership
  • Meet your resident team
  • Know where to go for help
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