PEI physician opposes regional licensing for doctors
CanAm perspective: Having four licensing colleges in Atlantic Canada with less than two million people makes absolutely no sense. You only have to look south of the border and around the world to see we really only need one licencing college for all of Canada. If anything, it is a major road block for recruitment. It takes a […]
PEI making changes to rules governing College of Physicians and Surgeons
CanAm perspective: In May 2015, Dr. Victoria Dawson, a bright young Anglo Canadian, US trained Family Physician was denied a medical license in PEI – because she refused to take an English Proficiency Test. CanAm immediately issued press releases to the Charlottetown Guardian newspaper and the Medical Post decrying PEI’s loss of a talented physician […]
PEI Medical College Denying Young Canadian Doctors License to Work on PEI
A Canadian medical student, due to the lack of Canadian medical school seats, chose to obtain her Medical Degree in an English program offered outside of Canada. Due to the medical school’s American affiliation, she was able to complete the final two years of medical school and three-year post-graduate training in Family Medicine in the USA. […]
