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  1. Nov 6, 2024 · The shortage of family doctors affects millions of Canadians. Of the 22 per cent of Canadians without a family doctor, 29 per cent say they have been looking for one but the effort has been ...

    • A Bias Built Into The System
    • A Shortage of Space in Med Schools
    • Number of International Residency Applicants Dwindling

    "The physicians running these departments want the best — but that's not allowed. They're not allowed to pick from the full pool of qualified applicants," said Pawliuk. About 90 per cent of all residencies are set aside each year for Canadian medical graduates. Internationally trained doctors get the rest. In some provinces, domestic medical school...

    Canada's residency placement rate compares poorly to what's been reported in other countries. In the U.S., for example, 61.6 per cent of American-born or naturalized citizens who go to school abroad are matched with a residency position, according to data from the U.S. National Resident Matching Program. Many medical students go abroad to train bec...

    Beyond adding more residency positions, Portnoff called for other creative solutions — such as an international exchange program so that students in Australia can go home to Canada to gain experience before diving into the cutthroat residency matching process. Portnoff co-founded the Canadian-American-Australian Medical Student Association, an advo...

  2. Feb 16, 2024 · While the supply of doctors in Canada grew two per cent in 2022 compared with 2021, the increase was just 1.6 per cent for family medicine doctors, versus 2.5 per cent for specialists, according ...

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  3. Feb 27, 2024 · The problem appears to be getting worse. In a 2019 Statistics Canada survey, 14.5 per cent of Canadians aged 12 and over reported not having regular access to primary care. The OurCare survey ...

  4. Jan 22, 2024 · More than 6.5 million Canadians do not have regular access to a family doctor. The number of medical residences has grown little over the last 10 years. (Eric Gay/AP Photo) Canada is going through ...

  5. Oct 24, 2024 · A new report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information says 83 per cent of adults in this country have a regular primary-care provider, but that still leaves 5.4 million adults without one.

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  7. Nov 26, 2022 · The most recent Statscan survey says 4.7 million Canadians 12 years and over did not have a family doctor in 2021 – 14.5 per cent of the population and slightly lower than 15.3 per cent 10 years ...

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