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submitted 1 year ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

The country's medical schools turn away more than 1,000 Canadian doctors trained abroad annually, even though the country is facing a physician shortage. But they still manage to find residency spots for foreign nationals who are much less likely to stay and help chip away at the physician deficit.

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[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

Apparently training doctors in residency programs takes time from existing doctors. Meaning we don't have enough doctors to train new doctors and maintain our current level of services.

Oh the irony.

[-] Seigest@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Ah that makes sense. I was just reading about that same kind of issue affecting commercial pilots. Both jobs have extreamly high training/education cost then leave students in low paying jobs for a long stretch of their early careers. Both jobs also have foreign countries paying way better then what we are offering. (The documentary was about the US but I assume we are not better off)

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