HealthForceOntario strategy falling short, AG says
Ontario has not met its goal of having the right number, mix and distribution of health-care professionals to meet its needs, Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk said in her 2013 annual report released this week. This is despite $3.5 billion being spent on the government’s HealthForceOntario Strategy over the last six years. The lion’s share of […]
Specialist Physician Underemployment in Canada? Queen’s University Dean Advises Caution When Interpreting the Results.
This past week the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada published a report entitled What’s really behind Canada’s unemployed specialists? Too many, too few doctors? 1 The report discusses the growing concern that residents who finish training programs are having increasing difficulty in finding full time employment as specialists. The report surveyed graduating […]
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 Canada (RCPSC) confirms a troubling trend that has many new specialists searching for elusive job vacancies in specific sectors within the […]
