Article Foretelling Dark Future for Canadians Who Study Medicine Abroad Reprehensible
According to a recent article entitled “False Hope for Canadians Who Study Medicine Abroad” from the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research by Barer, Evans and Hedden, – Canadians that choose to study Medicine abroad should not expect any special consideration, and can expect an unpleasant outcome in their efforts to re-enter Canada to practice medicine. http://www.cmaj.ca/content/186/7/552.extract?cited-by=yes&legid=cmaj;186/7/552 Much of the article’s […]
Prediction of Hospital Closures due to new LMO regulations!
Recently the Nova Scotia Commission on Building Our New Economy released its final report, “Now or Never”: An Urgent Call to Action for Nova Scotians, or what is now referred to as the “Ivany Report”. The report proposes a national project to address current economic and population challenges. Although focused on Nova Scotia, the report […]
Mobilizing national efforts to improve health workforce planning
Reprinted from Vol. 14, No. 3 — March 2014, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada The Royal College is mobilizing national efforts to improve health workforce planning and address the growing employment challenges facing Canadian physicians. This work took a considerable step forward at the first National Physician Employment Summit, which was hosted […]
Short of recruits, not patients: geriatric medicine strives for “critical mass”
by Patrick Sullivan March 19, 2014 As Canada deals with a sharp increase in the number of frail, elderly patients, the medical subspecialty that was created to care for these patients is proving a hard sell with new physicians. “There are only 242 certified geriatricians in Canada,” says Dr. Frank Molnar, who represents the Canadian […]
Aging doctors to be put under the microscope in Nova Scotia
College of Physicians wants to monitor doctors working after retirement age The Nova Scotia College of Physicians and Surgeons is moving ahead with plans to assess the competency of aging doctors. Recently, a 75-year-old doctor in northern Cape Breton voluntarily gave up her licence after she started to lose her hearing. In response, Dr. Gus […]
New Temporary Foreign Worker Rules “an Impediment to Business”
Written by Jennifer Brown Posted Date: January 13, 2014 Stephen Green says there should be more transparency from government on compliance inspections. Inspections without warrants and further delays to Labour Market Opinions make recent changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker program bad for Canadian business, say immigration lawyers. On Dec. 31, a new set of […]
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 […]
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 […]
International Physician Job Market Changes Hitting Home in Canada
Starting in 2013, some graduating Canadian Sub-Specialists found themselves competing for jobs in an apparent decreasing job market, particularly in Canada’s major urban centres of Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto. Consequently, some are now seeking jobs, both permanent and locum, in Canadian tertiary hospitals in smaller urban centres, the USA and overseas. At the same time, […]
