Stats Can under-represents rural shortage

Can training reduce the rural workforce shortage?

Drug shortage registry under discussion.

ciation is negotiating with drug manufacturers, hospital pharmacists and the Canadian Medical Association to create a national reporting system that would track drug shortages. “We still have a long way to go, but the discussions have started,” says Jeff Morrison, director of government relations and public affairs for the Canadian Pharmacists Association. Recent shortages of cancer drugs such ...

Can international medical graduates help solve Canada's shortage of rural physicians?

© 2009 Society of Rural Physicians of Canada 120 T he shortage of health care professionals providing services to rural and remote regions has long been recognized as a significant problem in the delivery of Canadian health care. Rural Canada encompasses 99.8% of Canada’s land mass and about 21% of the population, yet is served by only 16% of its general practitioners (GPs) and 2% of specialist...

Stats Can: 14% of Canadians have no family doctor.

A Strategic Approach to Addressing the Rural Wisconsin Physician Shortage.

WMJ • AUGUST 2016 nity-based training opportunities for health professions students, professional development programs for providers, and health promotion for Wisconsin residents. In 2015, 1,276 health professions students participated in AHEC-sponsored programs. Examples include the signature Community Health Internship Program (CHIP), which placed 85 students in local public health department...