Our reading list

Resources

Things we actually use, and things we wish we had found sooner. Nothing here is sponsored. We take no payment for placement.

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For the CaRMS match

Start with CFMS, confirm everything on CaRMS.

CFMS Residency and Match Support The Canadian Federation of Medical Students keeps a curated hub for the whole R-1 match process. Their annual Matchbook guide covers timelines, electives planning, interviews, ranking, and costs, including a section on the unmatched scenario. If you read one thing before CaRMS, read this.
CaRMS The official source for fees, deadlines and match data. Always check the numbers here rather than trusting a blog, ours included.
OMSA CaRMS Interview Tour Planner A free template from the Ontario Medical Students Association for organising interview scheduling. Genuinely practical during the most chaotic month of medical school.
02

Canadian money writing worth reading

The Loonie Doctor (Physician Finance Canada) Written by Dr. Mark Soth, an ICU physician. The best independent Canadian physician finance writing there is, with real depth on incorporation, tax and investing. Aimed mostly at attendings rather than students, so some of it will be more useful to you later than now. His blogroll is a good map of the wider Canadian space, and his bookshelf is worth a browse. Note that his book links are Amazon affiliate links.
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Data and official sources

AFMC The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada publishes the tuition and student debt data that most Canadian debt figures trace back to. Also runs the electives portal.
Medical Council of Canada Examination fees and requirements, including for international medical graduates returning to Canada.
CFMS student discounts Worth five minutes of your time. The list includes textbooks, apps, travel and airline rebates during CaRMS season. Small savings, but you already qualify for them.
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For the US match

ECFMG for certification and fees, the NRMP for match rules and dates, and the AAMC for the ERAS timeline.

Check the numbers there, not on a blog.
ECFMG Certification and fees
NRMP Match rules and dates
AAMC The ERAS timeline
05

Books

We wrote up the ones that helped us most.

Best Investing Books for Medical Students Notes on what each book is good for and the order we would read them in.
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Sources we read with caution

A lot of the most visible writing about medical student money is published by banks, lenders and recruitment agencies. It is often accurate and it is never neutral. When we cite these, we say who published them.

That includes the big Canadian ones: bank healthcare programmes, lender comparison pages, and the financial information published by medical schools that recruit international students. Read them, but read them knowing what they want.

Not on this list

We do not link to anything we have not read.

We do not take payment for placement. If that ever changes, this page will say so.

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