I took the U of Virginia questionnaire....again...and this is what I got for top results:
Gah! EM continues to haunt me everywhere I turn! Aghhhhhhhhhhh! Damn youuuuuu! *shakes scalpel at the sky*
I also perused the Ontario Ministry of Health website to see what was cooking in the IMG residency world these days. It's a province that typically takes the greatest number of IMGs. Plus it is close to Tobie's family in Quebec (and a pretty kick-ass part of the country, turns out).
In Ontario if you match as an IMG you owe them a 5 year return of service agreement in a designated under serviced area. I read out all of the towns that were on the list for specialist services and Tobie had only vaguely heard of a couple of places, which he quickly dismissed as "hockey towns" or the "places they mine nickel".
Probably a low demand for professional violists.
|Main St. in Wawa, Ontario (one of the return-of-service options).|
He observed that it's not as simple as "graduating and hanging your shingle". No, and the road to fulfilling work seems to be lined with a lot of broken glass, burned out cars, and rusty nails.
No one said it was going to be easy! So far, the USA still seems to be the most likely destination for post-grad. Now...how am I going to get some clerkships in the US....and a work visa for my musician partner?