Author: CanAm Recruiting

More doctors without jobs as Canadians face long wait times

Published: February 17, 2014, 4:32 pm OTTAWA — More than 100 stakeholders in the medical profession are gathering in Ottawa this week to discuss a paradoxical issue affecting health care in Canada: a growing number of doctors without jobs. The National Summit on Physician Employment, to be held Tuesday and Wednesday, was organized by the Royal […]

Quebec’s ‘dying with dignity’ law would set new standards

Bill 52 follows European, not U.S. models for end of life, unbearable suffering criteria By Janet Davison, CBC News Posted: Feb 17, 2014 5:00 AM ET Should Quebec’s national assembly pass — as early as this week — the proposed legislation to allow medical aid in dying, it will be setting in place a law that appears to take much of its […]

Opinion: Shoddy Canadian research is putting women’s lives at risk

Regular mammography screenings detect cancer, despite what flawed study reported… BY PAULA GORDON, SPECIAL TO THE VANCOUVER SUN FEBRUARY 13, 2014 Regular screening mammograms find cancers earlier and save lives. For many women, this is conventional wisdom, as well it should be; every credible scientific study supports screening. All, that is, except one, a poorly designed, […]

A doctor planning a move to Canada? Planning to hire a foreign doctor? BEWARE!!!

Employers recruiting foreign physicians are finding that ignorance of changing Canadian government regulations can be a very costly mistake – and a heartbreaker for foreign doctors and their families….  The increasing complexity associated with the pathways that foreign physicians must follow to legally start work in Canada is now littered with veritable regulatory landmines. Stringent […]

CMA acts on Canadian physician employment worries

The following is a reprint of an article on this subject discussed in an earlier edition of the  CanAm newsletter…. by Pat Rich January 17, 2014 The CMA has adopted a comprehensive 10-point plan to address all facets of physician health human resources (HHR), including education, training and employment. The move comes amid growing concern […]

MDs avoiding social media in droves: poll

The majority of Canadian physicians are avoiding the use of social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook for professional purposes because they anticipate too many pitfalls and too few benefits, a new CMA poll shows. The results, from a recent survey involving the CMA’s ePanel, offer a detailed assessment of MDs’ use of social […]

How much do you make? Nova Scotia doctors want to know

Pilot project hopes to help patients with their finances Healthcare workers in Nova Scotia may soon be asking patients how much money they earn so doctors can point low-income patients towards support. The practice of linking poverty and health is already happening in Ontario and Manitoba. “Patients tell us really personal things all the time. […]

Have scalpel, will travel: Alberta surgeons operate abroad to bypass wait times

Patient pays $40,000 to get knee replacement in Turks and Caicos. Retired nurse Marlene Driscoll spent the holiday season celebrating a different kind of gift: a brand new knee, delivered by her Calgary surgeon at a private hospital in the Caribbean. The December surgery came with a hefty price tag of about $40,000 for the […]

MDs Fear Pressure to OK Pot Use

Use of medical marijuana expected to explode with rule changes The organization that regulates physicians in Manitoba is worried recent federal rule changes governing medical marijuana will place more pressure on doctors to authorize its use. The province’s MDs have generally been resistant to helping patients become registered to legally use a drug most see […]