A new survey says more than 10 per cent of doctors who moved to the United States after graduating from a Canadian medical school would seriously consider returning home to Canada to practise.
The April survey found that more than half of the almost 1,540 respondents would be willing to hear about practice opportunities in Canada.
(CBC) The Canadian Medical Association conducted the survey in April. It shows 13 per cent of respondents would be "likely" or "very likely" to return home while more than half of the almost 1,540 respondents would be willing to hear about practice opportunities in Canada.
The April survey found that more than half of the almost 1,540 respondents would be willing to hear about practice opportunities in Canada.
(CBC) The association representing most of Canada's doctors mailed the survey to more than 5,000 Canadian-trained physicians under age 55 who now live and work south of the border.
Almost 60 per cent of those who responded left Canada during the 1990s, when funding cuts had a major impact on health-care services and physician morale.
The CMA estimates that Canada lost 4,014 more physicians to the U.S. than it gained between 1991 and 2004.
Respondents cited four main reasons for leaving Canada: income, availability of medical facilities and services, availability of positions and clinical autonomy.
When asked what incentives might entice them to return to Canada, respondents cited better remuneration and practice opportunities, proximity to family and workplace flexibility.
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The April survey found that more than half of the almost 1,540 respondents would be willing to hear about practice opportunities in Canada.
(CBC) The association representing most of Canada's doctors mailed the survey to more than 5,000 Canadian-trained physicians under age 55 who now live and work south of the border.
Almost 60 per cent of those who responded left Canada during the 1990s, when funding cuts had a major impact on health-care services and physician morale.
The CMA estimates that Canada lost 4,014 more physicians to the U.S. than it gained between 1991 and 2004.
Respondents cited four main reasons for leaving Canada: income, availability of medical facilities and services, availability of positions and clinical autonomy.
When asked what incentives might entice them to return to Canada, respondents cited better remuneration and practice opportunities, proximity to family and workplace flexibility.
Full Story
Should we as a country be trying to entice these doctors back home?
More...