Certification Type

Definition

Voting Status

Pathologists’ Assistant

A PA that performs gross dissection and description of small/simple and large/complex surgical specimens including complex cases (L4E level 6, or MIS Complexity 5, or equivalent) AND can perform complete autopsies. (forensic and/or clinical [perinatal and/or pediatric and/or adult])

Yes

Subject PA Complete Autopsy

A PA that performs complete autopsies for a range of autopsy types. (forensic and/or clinical [perinatal and/or pediatric and/or adult])

Subject PA Complete Surgical

A PA that performs gross dissection and description of small and large/complex surgical specimens. (Large/complex specimens are defined as L4E level 6, or MIS Complexity 5, or equivalent)

Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Health Sciences

Graduate/International Medical Graduate (including Pathologists that graduated from a program that is not deemed equivalent to a program accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons).

BSc

BHSc

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

• Record of Employment as a Pathologists’ Assistant (supplied by the employer) OR
  Proof of completion of a Canadian pathology residency program (supplied by the Program Director)
• Applicable experience checklist(s). (Only one required for subject certification).
• Proof of completion of minimum required education

• CAP-ACP PA Section Membership Certificate - click link to view type of certificate
• Original application documents. If original application is not available, then must submit:
  • Record of Employment as a Pathologists’ Assistant (supplied by the employer)
  • Applicable experience checklist(s). (Only one required for subject certification).
  • Information Available here.

• CAP-ACP PA Section Membership Certificate-click link to view type of certificate
• Original application documents. If original application is not available, then must submit:
  • Record of Employment as a Pathologists’ Assistant (supplied by the employer)
  • Applicable experience checklist(s). (Only one required for subject certification).
  • *Proof of completion of minimum required education (*if applicable based on the route)
  • Information Available here.

REQUIRED DOCUMENT

• Proof of completion of minimum required education

REQUIRED DOCUMENT

• Proof of completion of minimum required education

• Record of Employment as a Pathologists’ Assistant (supplied by the employer) AND/OR 
  Record of # of hours completed during the program practicum (supplied by the Program Director)
• Applicable experience checklist(s). (Only one required for subject certification).
• Proof of completion of minimum required education

• Official transcript or copy of a degree/diploma certified or validated by a Canadian Power of attorney or Canadian Officials (e.g. Source verification by Medical Council of Canada, Education Credential Assessment organizations as specified on Government of Canada website ( http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=681&top=29)

• If you are an international medical graduate who has completed specialty training outside Canada or the United States in an approved jurisdiction, you can apply via this route.  This assessment ensures you have met specialty-specific training requirements in a recognized and approved program (not all specialties are approved in each jurisdiction). The training assessment is the first step on your route to CCCPA certification and it is required to determine if you are eligible to write the CCCPA exam. https://www.royalcollege.ca/rcsite/credentials-exams/assessment-international-medical-graduates-e#jur
  
  NOTE: If you DID NOT graduate from one of the approved jurisdictions, you must apply via another route