Table 1.

Description of alternatively licenced physician (ALP) subgroups

Out-of-province ALPs	Physicians who obtained a licence in another Canadian province and thus were given an equivalent licence in Ontario despite missing one or more traditional licencing requirements* or who gained eligibility to write the CFPC examinations by gaining 2 years of practice experience in another Canadian province and were thus eligible for a provisional licence in Ontario.†
US-trained ALPs	Physicians who completed postgraduate training in the USA but had not successfully completed the Canadian certification examinations at the time of licensure.†‡
Canadian-trained ALPs	Physicians who completed postgraduate training in Canada but had not successfully completed the Canadian certification examinations at the time of licensure.†

*The Agreement on Internal Trade is an interprovincial agreement that was incorporated into Ontario legislation enabling physicians migrating from other Canadian provinces be granted equivalent licences to practice without assessment or examination.

†Physicians are granted restricted (provisional) licences and have up to 3 years to write the Canadian certification examinations.

‡Physicians may be granted restricted (provisional) licences due to successful completion of a practice assessment.

CFPC, College of Family Physicians of Canada.