Amid a chronic shortage, B.C. at risk of losing hundreds of internationally-trained doctors

Internationally-trained doctors are speaking out about B.C.’s particularly restrictive licensing qualifications. Some say they are leaving the province to practice medicine elsewhere as a result. To read the article, please…

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Sign the petition to prevent internationally trained physicians move from BC to other provinces

We have just started a petition calling upon the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia and others involved in Practice Ready Assessment-British Columbia (PRA-BC) to amend the eligibility…

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‘This is a crisis’: Head of medical association warns that the health-care system faces ‘collapse’

The new president of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) said Wednesday he fears the country's fragile health-care system will deteriorate further without an injection of cash — and a plan to…

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Access to Health Care: Free, but for all? Nearly nine million Canadians report chronic difficulty getting help

Canadians say they have less confidence and more difficulty accessing health care than Americans To read the complete article, please click on the link below: https://angusreid.org/canada-health-care-issues/

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Do you want to put an end to the continuous and expensive test-taking and CaRMS applications, once and for all? 

To move the needle in your favour, we need DATA that is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound to create concrete goals. For more details please click on the provided…

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Important Anonymous Survey for IMGs. Provide the evidence required for change and addressing the systemic barriers faced by IMGs by completing this anonymous survey.

ABOUT THE SURVEY MOSAIC has recently received a grant from the WES Mariam Assefa Fund to collect and analyze disaggregated data to identify barriers and any biases faced by graduates of international medical…

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Foreign-trained doctors in B.C. stuck ‘sitting on a shelf’ instead of closing shortage of family physicians

Lack of residency positions in B.C. — critical to getting final credentials — leaves international medical graduates in limbo To read the article, please click on the link below: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/foreign-trained-doctors-in-b-c-stuck-sitting-on-a-shelf-instead-of-closing-shortage-of-family-physicians

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The doctors crisis: The problem is, family doctors can make far more doing something else

Taking staff positions at hospitals and drop-in clinics can mean more money and a lower workload, experts say To read the article, please click on the link below: https://vancouversun.com/news/the-doctors-crisis-the-problem-is-family-doctors-can-make-far-more-doing-something-else

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Former head of cardiac surgery in N.S. details allegations of toxic workplace

Court documents filed by Dr. Edgar Chedrawy describe 'incivility and aggression' For more info and detail, please click on the link below: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/health-cardiac-surgery-harassment-discrimination-halifax-1.6480564

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