🎉 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