A house, a car & $350,000 salary
...That is what is being offered by a town in Alberta province in Canada to attract General Practitioner Physicians as mentioned in a Feb 2008 letter by a Doctor Recruiting Committee in Clearwater, British Columbia. Provinces in Canada have been competing with each other for the scarce physicians to work in rural areas.
$350,000 in Canadian Dollars = $348,386 in U.S. Dollars (Feb 2008 Rates)
Read the letter here
According to a 2004 study by Canadian Institute of Health Information only 9% of Canada's physicians worked in the Rural areas. More recently :
"A 2007 poll by the College of Family Physicians of Canada showed that as many as five million Canadians may have no family doctor; the Canadian Medical Association estimates Canada may be short up to 5,000 family doctors."
Various solutions have been suggested such as:
1. Channelizing UK's surplus of physicians into Canada - I discussed about UK doc surplus on UK Bans IMGs from Post Graduate Training Programs
2. Making it easier for IMGs in Canada to get into the system ..since IMGs are more likely to serve in rural areas and in primary care
3. One amusing suggestion was to raise Canadian medical school fees to as high as U.S. Medical school fee levels and then using loan repayment incentives in return of contractual rural service.
4. Reduce Medical School training from four years to three years
$350,000 in Canadian Dollars = $348,386 in U.S. Dollars (Feb 2008 Rates)
Read the letter here
According to a 2004 study by Canadian Institute of Health Information only 9% of Canada's physicians worked in the Rural areas. More recently :
"A 2007 poll by the College of Family Physicians of Canada showed that as many as five million Canadians may have no family doctor; the Canadian Medical Association estimates Canada may be short up to 5,000 family doctors."
Various solutions have been suggested such as:
1. Channelizing UK's surplus of physicians into Canada - I discussed about UK doc surplus on UK Bans IMGs from Post Graduate Training Programs
2. Making it easier for IMGs in Canada to get into the system ..since IMGs are more likely to serve in rural areas and in primary care
3. One amusing suggestion was to raise Canadian medical school fees to as high as U.S. Medical school fee levels and then using loan repayment incentives in return of contractual rural service.
4. Reduce Medical School training from four years to three years
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posted by Digitaldoc, MD at 3:27 AM
Comments on "A house, a car & $350,000 salary"
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Anonymous said ... (9/25/2008) :
Post Your Comment !Clearwater is a beautiful place ,I ahve been there but living there in a small town mm that is the difficult part... but wat about the xperience do they need somebody out of recidency or they need a xperienced peroson? U didnt mentioned any other thing?
I do not agree at all with the last solution. I want to go to a doctor who has learnt well the art of medicine and has as broad an experience as possible. As it all countries in the world have longer years of medical school for same purpose. The solution adopted by USA to reduce years of schooling to make the option of becoming a doctor attracting to students is not a good idea. We all know that the older the doctor in terms of expeience, the better it is . as clinical judgement comes only if you are exposed enough to the diverse cases.
it takes 4 year of Bs
4 years of medschool
how is it easier in US?
UK Family doc says,
4am here, watching NASN Sox vs Twins. Surfing net & can't help but comment..
Basic med degree in UK 5yrs + extra year for additional degree (if you want a decent job), follwed by (now) 2yr internship just to get registered. This then followed by a minimum of 3yrs residency in specialties followed by further year as GP registrar with further exams before you qualify as GP (Family Practioner) 11years!. Significant number of group practices insist on you buying-in.
Now see why the salaries have to be good in UK... Now 9yrs as a GP - still paying off debt.
Is the grass really greener over there??