GM1-12

In reply to Metasphere http://cmatalks.blogspot.com/2010/12/gm1-10.html

I don't believe that physicians do not want to see more physicians trained. However, there are gluts in some specialties and shortages in others. We are short of family doctors and so there should be family medicine programs whereby the entrants become family doctors. The University of Calgary is piloting just such a program.

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GM1-11

In reply to Metasphere http://cmatalks.blogspot.com/2010/12/gm1-10.html

I would agree with that but there has to be a certain acceptance criteria that a percentage of those new applicants will move to reomote, or rural areas that are sorely lacking in family doctors. Most new docs want to stay in heavily populated urban areas.

There's a doctor shortage crisis in non-urban areas of Canada.

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