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submitted 11 months 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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[-] je_suis_un_ananas@lemmy.ca 15 points 11 months ago

The answer is money. These foreign grads come from countries that are flush with oil money and their governments pay Canadian hospitals to train them, and get more for doing so then the government pays for domestic residents. The result is a win-win for hospitals here. They get labour of extra residents and make a profit. These residents typically go back to their home countries afterwards.

At the same time, they do use training capacity that could be used for domestic grads. However the government is reluctant to fund additional spots because they cost money. The government would also have to open more med school spots which also costs money. The losers are Canadian grads and the public since we train less doctors that stay in the country.

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