While there are dozens of rural postings, more than 50 of the new positions are Edmonton based while nearly an additional 30 are split between Lethbridge, Alta., and Calgary
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The rural positions don’t set off any red flags for Aasman. That would change, for example, if the international doctors brought in no longer had to do the customary three to six months of training under another physician in Alberta before starting the jobs they were brought in for. Another red flag, Aasman said, is if the positions came with lower salaries than those offered to doctors who are currently working in the province.
Although Aasman hasn’t seen any doctors leave the province yet — that might take some time, he admits, because of the complications of moving during a global pandemic — he has already seen the effects of the confrontation between the United Conservative Party and the province’s doctors. Aasman knows of three doctors working in rural communities who retired early because of the changes made by the government.
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