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21 Sep 2023

As Canada moves toward 3-year training for family doctors, some worry about worsening shortages

Author: admintech | Filed under: Finance/ Money
A doctor wears a lab coat and stethoscope in an exam room at a health clinic in Calgary, Friday, July 14, 2023.

The College of Family Physicians of Canada wants to increase the length of a family medicine residency from two years to three, as a way of preparing doctors for more complex patients. But the plan is raising concerns it will increase the shortage of doctors at a time when some six million Canadians don’t have access.