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Ottawa family doctor denied permanent residency over marital status, age. With two million people in Ontario without a family doctor the federal government should be bending over backwards to recruit more into Canada and not throw up roadblocks
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 1, 2023 Source:Ottawa family doctor denied permanent residency over marital status, age
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Sunday House Call, #894, September 24, 2023: If it’s broken, let’s break it some more. How the College of Family Physician’s edict extending family medicine residency training to three years will only make the family doctor shortage worse.
The College of Family Physician’s misguided academic exercise of changing the qualifications for a family medicine specialization to three years from two will beautifully exemplify the law of unintended consequences and drive many to seek other higher-income specialties that require four to five years of training. Amazing to me that those family doctors who have…
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Why Ontario is reducing doctors’ payments for one-off virtual appointments. And what it could mean for your health care. Dogma supersedes doctor shortage reality.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 19, 2022 Source:Why Ontario is reducing doctors’ payments for one-off virtual appointments. And what it could mean for your health care
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The myriad and litany of reasons why family doctors are burned out and retiring. In 32 years of practice, all governments have failed because they purport to know more about family practice than we do, enforcing dogmatic solutions; and all pay the price.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 7, 2022 Source:Burned out, closing practices: Family doctors warn health-care situation will likely get worse
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Dr Yoni Freedhoff on SHC talking "The Diet Fix" and yes we are accepting 3000 new Ottawa and Ontario residents into our family practice
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 21, 2014 We are accepting new patients into our practice. We have three new family doctors. THis is for UNATTACHED residents of Ottawa and environs but unfortunately not Quebec residents. We are NOT accepting patients who have a family doctor and who are looking to switch. Info at MFHC.ca
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Doctor specialist can't find work because of our centrally-planned health care system dogma and refusal to look to Europe for solutions
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 11, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: 1 in 6 new medical specialists say they can’t find work
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Study on patient acceptance into family practice misleading and poorly analyzed
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 26, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Looking for doctor? Well-off may do better than poor getting appointments: study Reference: The effect of socioeconomic status on access to primary care: an audit study
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Neurologist shortage in Ontario
Original broadcast date: March 2, 2008 Although much is made of the family doctor shortage, there are other areas where doctors are becoming scarce. The Association of Ontario Neurologists report that less than 200 neurologists are actively practicing in the province. By the year 2020, Ontario will need at least 100 more, as neurologists here…
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The Canadian contribution to the US physician workforce
A study, The Canadian contribution to the US physician workforce published in the April 10, 2007 edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) shows that one in nine trained-in-Canada physicians practices in the United States and clearly illustrates the hurdles faced by governments trying to stem the shortage of physicians in their provinces. Dr.…