After scrapping a similar initiative in 2018, the province is looking to reboot the program, which could add hundreds of new doctors to the health care system by spring
A Globe and Mail investigation illustrated how Canada’s lack of capacity for assessing foreign-trained physicians means they are increasingly being lost to other countries, as the global competition for doctors heats up. Compounding the problem is a shortage of postgraduate residency positions for international medical graduates, including Canadians educated abroad, who are finding easier paths to work in the U.S., Australia, Britain and elsewhere.
He said the province would “develop and implement a Practice Ready Assessment process that would allow physicians with previous practice experience to undergo screening and assessment to determine if they are ready to enter practice in Ontario.” “I think we built a lot of bridges that day,” she said. “We do believe the government is exploring our recommendation.”
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