Canada’s brain drain is wearing a stethoscope

If Canada continues to rely heavily on international recruitment without also investing in domestic training capacity and fair integration pathways, workforce pressures will persist. A more balanced approach begins with faster assessment of clinicians already in Canada.
Brain drain is a policy choice, and so is fixing it, writes Dr. Viren Naik, CEO of the Medical Council of Canada.

Somewhere in Canada today, a trained physician is not seeing patients. Not because there is no need, and not because they lack the skills to provide care, but because the path to licensure can take time to navigate.

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