Statement from the CFPC, CMA and the RCPSC on Government Drug Campaign
AUGUST 16, 2014 – The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada will not be participating in Health Canada’s upcoming anti-drug educational campaign targeted at young Canadians. As the largest national organizations representing Canada’s doctors, the CFPC, CMA and Royal College […]
CMA partners with CARP on Seniors Care
by Pat Rich 8/27/2014 The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has joined with the Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP) to urge provincial and territorial premiers to take the lead in establishing a seniors care strategy. The CMA and CARP recently wrote to the Council of the Federation to recommend that the future mandate of the Council’s […]
Doctor-assisted death appropriate only after all other choices exhausted, CMA president says
By Sharon Kirkey, Postmedia NewsAugust 27, 2014 Doctor-hastened death would only be appropriate after all other reasonable choices have been exhausted, says the head of the country’s largest doctors’ group. Dr. Chris Simpson, newly installed president of the Canadian Medical Association, made the comments in advance of a landmark Supreme Court of Canada hearing expected […]
Foreign doctors boost Ontario’s physician corps
Written by JERED STUFFCO on August 26, 2014 for The Medical Post Doctors trained abroad are bolstering Ontario’s ranks of physicians, the provincial college reports in it’s annual review. “1,793 certificates were for IMGs—a record” In 2013, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario registered 4,441 physicians. Of those, 1,793 were IMGs while 1,646 were from Ontario. […]
Is the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) Irrelevant?
Is the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) irrelevant? Written by Dr. Sarah Giles on August 27, 2014 for CanadianHealthcareNetwork.ca Point of Care: Where Life Meets Medicine by Dr. Sarah Giles Last week I went to the CMA annual meeting in Ottawa. As admission was “free” to members observing the event, I thought I’d take a peek and see what […]
10 reasons why USA #physicians are now choosing to move to Canada
As promised yesterday…. Top 10 Reasons why US Physicians Are choosing to move their family’s and #medical practices to Canada… 1. On average, physicians working in Canada earn at least $100K per annum more…. 2. Dissatisfaction with the current direction of American healthcare reform. 3. Canada has one of the lowest tax rates of the […]
New Research Indicates Dogs Can Detect Breast Cancer
New research suggests that dogs could soon be used to detect breast cancer in an extremely effective and reliable manner. Animals working for Medical Detection Dogs in Buckinghamshire, UK, have already had a 93 percent rate of accuracy when it comes to sniffing 6,000 urine samples to detect prostate cancer. The results of this prostate […]
Keeping Doctors in Rural Communities
The following article is a great read on the challenges rural communities are having keeping their doctors. http://healthydebate.ca/opinions/keeping-doctors-in-rural-communities CanAm Physician Recruiting has been stating these facts for almost 20yrs. The only real solution is to hire a professional firm, such as CanAm, who has the ability to screen physicians, both Canadians and IMGS, and match […]
Announcing Lisa Misener, CanAm VP of Business Development
Lisa Misener joins CanAm with more than 20 years experience in the business development world – working with global companies like Pfizer to enhance their strengths and gain exposure. Lisa studied marketing at Saint Mary’s University and went on to complete additional training in French and communications. She has held high-level sales and marketing positions with […]
Changes to Labour Market Opinion Process Costly and Potential Risk to Foreign Physician Employment for Canadian Communities in Need
Recently, the federal government announced sweeping changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program. Most significant are a 300% cost increase to employers and the deletion of the Labour Market Opinion (LMO) with the new Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) and Transition Plan. The purpose of the new LMIA application is essentially the same as […]
