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CanAm Quarterly

  • October 2023 — In this edition … more talks about healthcare priorities and improving licensing … plus information on a new Indigenous Health Education Workshop.
  • April 2023  — This edition of the CanAm newsletter features a collection of announcements over the past few months about removing barriers for internationally education physicians to be licensed in Canada. 
  • December 2022 —  First of our quarterlies in this format.

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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

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Saskatchewan ED docs get new contract

The emergency department at Regina’s Pasqua Hospital is staying open around the clock. The health region had announced that the ED would be closed as of last Thursday during the overnight hours due to

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Patient off-loading ER waits in Manitoba

In the Manitoba legislature on Monday, Progressive Conservative Health Critic Cameron Friesen said the problem of lengthy patient off-load wait times at Winnipeg hospitals is getting steadily worse. The city, which runs the ambulance

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ER overcrowding in Saskatchewan

In the Saskatchewan legislature the government has been questioned about the emergency department overcrowding situation in Regina. ER physician staffing levels at the two city hospitals are about a third lower than they should

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Canadian Emergency physicians call for action

The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) has released a position paper listing recommended national wait-time benchmarks for various stages of an emergency department visit. It also says hospital wait times for these benchmarks

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Canadian Specialist Physician Resource Planning – There’s an App for That!

A case for choosing predictive statistical analytics over conventional physician planning wisdom. The recent report “What’s really behind Canada’s unemployed specialists?” – http://www.royalcollege.ca/portal/page/portal/rc/advocacy/policy/hrh/examining_specialist_physician_employment  – published by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of

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Canadian Doctor Total at Record High

Canada had a record 75,142 doctors last year and they earned $328,000 gross on average, according to two new reports. The annual reports on physician supply and payments for both general practitioners and specialists were

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When the Patient is Racist

White Coat Black Art looks at one of medicine’s most uncomfortable secrets: the patients who discriminate against the growing ranks of health professionals who belong to visible minorities and the system that lets those

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CanAm Quarterly

April 2023  — This edition of the CanAm newsletter features a collection of announcements over the past few months about removing barriers for internationally education physicians to be licensed in Canada. 
December 2022 —