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Auscandoc Apr 14, 2025

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/family-doctor-medical-school-1.7328500 “She said that students are selected for a commitment to family practice and are taught largely by #familyphysicians, then transition from their #MD program into guaranteed #familymedicine residency positions in Durham Region”

New medical school for family doctors aims to help solve the shortage | CBC Radio

The people behind a new medical school dedicated solely to turning out family doctors say the program is disrupting traditional medical education in a way that could help solve Canada’s shortage of family physicians. But critics say the effort is a drop in the bucket and that solutions to the primary care shortage lie elsewhere.

CBC

Auscandoc Feb 25, 2025

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/the-cure-solutions-for-canadian-doctor-shortage-1.7465633 “Walsh is one of an estimated 6.5 million Canadians left navigating a strained health-care system by themselves, as the country's family doctor shortage reaches a crisis point. According to a 2025 #HealthCanada report analyzing the health-care workforce, the country is currently short 22,823 #familyphysicians.”

Canadians need doctors. These strategies from around the country aim to find them | CBC News

An estimated 6.5 million Canadians don’t have access to a family doctor. This shortage of family physicians is reaching what some call a crisis point, but there are a number of strategies in place across the country as people within the health-care system work to find solutions.

CBC

Auscandoc Feb 6, 2025

Canada, Denmark and the Netherlands all have mixed systems of physician payment – some fee-for-service, some capitation, and some salaried.

Physicians in Denmark and the Netherlands, in general, take home markedly less than those in Canada, but have far more administrative support and, it seems, better work-life balance. Unlike Canada, family doctors are paid the same, or more, than other specialists.” #FamilyPhysicians #PrimaryCare https://med-mastodon.com/@picardonhealth/113956914412124948

André Picard (@[email protected])

The Dutch and Danes have demonstrated that every citizen can have a family doctor. Canada needs to learn from them to fix primary care. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-dutch-and-danes-have-much-to-teach-canada-about-better-health-care/?utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links

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Auscandoc Feb 4, 2025

There is currently a deficit of 22,823 between supply and demand for #familyphysicians in Canada, and only approximately 1,300 new graduates per year. At this rate, Canada will never solve the existing #physicianshortage” (2/2)

Auscandoc Aug 27, 2024

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321523001622 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321523001622#sec2 “Canadians' #HealthOutcomes are inextricably tied to #SocialInequities. #FamilyMedicine is uniquely situated to provide care that addresses social factors through longitudinal knowledge of patients and the contexts of their lives. However, #FamilyPhysicians have come under increased practice demands shaped by neoliberal ideological structuring of #healthcare, compounding difficulties in providing care”

“You are the only other person in the world that knows that about me”: Family physician stories of proximity to patients experiencing social inequity

Canadians' health outcomes are inextricably tied to social inequities. Family medicine is uniquely situated to provide care that addresses social fact…

Ms. Que Banh Aug 16, 2024

*Me, my Mom & my youngest brother are some of the many thousands of patients in #BritishColumbia who have been on the #WaitingList for a new family #doctor since our previous GPs retired.*

When the province introduced its #HealthConnectRegistry in 2021, we were told this would help #patients to find a #FamilyPhysician.

About 900,000 #BritishColumbians have no doctor, and while the #Health Ministry continues to announce the recruitment of new #physicians, that number has remained fairly constant for years.

Yet the #inability of the Registry to make meaningful progress is only one of its failings.

More troubling is that the Registry makes no attempt to place patients based on their age or #medical condition. This conflicts with one of the basic principles underlying medical practice, that faced with an inability to treat everyone who needs help, those with the most pressing requirements should come first.

https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/editorial-tell-us-where-we-stand-in-queue-for-a-doctor-9358753?utm_source=Times+Colonist+Headline+News&utm_campaign=b06b386dfc-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d22ba5c6e6-a978a9ba3c-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=b06b386dfc&mc_eid=48512ab3b3

#BCpoli #PublicHealth #WeNeedFamilyDoctors #FireBonnieHenry #HealthCareCrisis #BChealthCare #StopEugenics #BCPublicHealth #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #BCgovernment #HealthCareFailures #AdrianDix #BonnieHenry #EbyTheEnabler #DavidEby #FamilyPhysicians #WeNeedDoctors #OathbreakerBonnie #BootBonnieHenry #CDNpoli

Editorial: Tell us where we stand in queue for a doctor

Some residents who’ve been on the Registry since its inception have never received an update on their status and still have no family doctor.

Times Colonist

indianflash Dec 28, 2023

There is an urgent need for #familyphysicians in the interest of universal #healthcare. A separate #familyphysician cadre in #primaryhealthcentres/#communityHealthCentres (CHC) and district #hospitals is needed
https://indianf.com/need-for-family-physician-in-the-interest-of-universal-health-care/#:~:text=There%20is%20an%20urgent%20need%20for%20family%20physicians%20in%20the%20interest%20of%20universal%20healthcare.%20A%20separate%20family%20physician%20cadre%20in%20primary%20health%20centres/Community%20Health%20Centres%20(CHC)%20and%20district%20hospitals%20is%20needed

Need For Family Physician In The Interest Of Universal Health Care - Indian Flash News

With advancement in medical knowledge, only an MBBS degree is no longer considered enough for providing optimum care as a family physician.

Indian Flash News

Matt Willemsen Aug 4, 2023

Family Physicians Get Lowest Net Return for HPV Vaccine Shell - News
Family physicians receive less private insurer reimbursement for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine than do pediatricians, according to a new analysis in Family Medicine.
https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/995129?src=rss #HPV #FamilyPhysicians #NetReturn #HPVVaccine #HumanPapillomavirus

Family Physicians Get Lowest Net Return for HPV Vaccine

HPV is the most expensive of all routine pediatric vaccines and the reimbursement by third-party payers varies widely. The concerns about HPV reimbursement often appear on clinician surveys.

Medscape