Postgraduate Medical Education Information Booklet 2012-2013

University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine PGME 2012-2013
Assessment Verification Period (AVP)
INSTRUCTION SHEET
ASSESSMENT VERIFICATION PERIOD (AVP) FOR IMGs ENTERING
POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION IN ONTARIO
Purpose:
To obtain an unrestricted postgraduate medical education certificate of
registration (educational license) from the College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO), international medical graduates entering
from CaRMS or the Advanced Level Postgraduate Training Program, are
required to undergo an Assessment Verification Period (AVP). Successful
completion of the AVP is required before candidates can obtain an
educational license from the CPSO prior to full acceptance into an
Ontario residency.
Process:
The AVP is an assessment process that evaluates IMGs to determine if
they can function at their reported level of training. It is 12 weeks in
duration. Candidates will be evaluated in terms of their clinical skills in
the program to which they are seeking entry, as well as their basic skills
in internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry
and general surgery, appropriate for practice in the chosen discipline.
The AVP assesses candidates in a supervised clinical, multidisciplinary
environment where there is patient input on an ongoing basis.
Assessment also ensures that candidates are: mentally competent to
practice medicine; able to practice with decency, integrity and honesty
and in accordance with the law; have sufficient knowledge, skill and
judgment to engage in postgraduate medical training as authorized by
the educational license; can communicate effectively, and display an
appropriate professional attitude.
After a training program accepts an IMG candidate, the Postgraduate
Office sends a letter of Appointment to the CPSO. The CPSO will then
send an application package to the candidate. When the application is
complete the CPSO will issue a restricted educational license number to
the candidate for the AVP.
The prospective IMG resident is to be assessed by the department at the
end of the 2 nd week and at the mid-point using the Detailed Assessment
Form. At the end of the prescribed AVP period, the department/program
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