▲ 55 ▼ Interest from U.S. doctors looking to work in Canada has spiked but f… (archive.is) submitted 1 year ago by sbv@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca 11 comments fedilink hide all child comments It sounds like there are more doctors moving from the US to Canada, but not a huge number. The numbers are up from last year, but not by a lot. It would be interesting to know if Canadian healthcare workers are still moving to the US in a big way, but the article doesn't explore that. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-interest-from-us-doctors-looking-to-work-in-canada-has-spiked-but-few/
[+] Stamets@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (7 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] West_of_West@piefed.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) BC has put a big effort to lower barriers to US and other foreign doctors. Also increase doctor pay. Apparently there has been a decent uptick. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago Yep! The BC government also put through a major recruiting campaign in CA, OR, WA that directly targets doctors' gripes about not being able to treat well due to insurance and the overall chaos coming from the Trump admin. Many small communities on Vancouver Island are in desparate need of doctors, like Lake Cowichan was. (A nurse practitioner is for now preparing to keep the clinic open there, after some town council stumbling) The island is beautiful, with plenty of nature but has the trappings of civilization in Nanaimo and Victoria available when needed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Dentists are another example. If you are moving from another country, Canada requires you complete all course from scratch. There's no "certification test". This means qualified dentists need to go through all course from the beginning and pay all the fees. We then have qualified dentists in most cases working as hygenists or in unrelated fields as a result. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] vimes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago I can say that at least in the case of primary and specialty medical care, so long as you went to a licensed medical school, it doesn’t seem to be the case in Ontario or Nova Scotia. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vimes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago Actually, I’m a physician moving to Ontario. There’s certainly a lot of paperwork, and it isn’t cheap, but I can’t say it feels insurmountable. Nova Scotia had been a consideration as well and neither would have required and repeat of training. Just a lot of chasing down documentation to prove I hold a valid medical license in the states. permalink fedilink source parent [–] traceur201@piefed.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) How do people with money do it? I don't think there's a "golden visa" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago Wealth is a consideration for most immigration. It's not so much "golden" but that it can improve your application. Canada also considers your age and you're rated lower for being over 35. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] West_of_West@piefed.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) BC has put a big effort to lower barriers to US and other foreign doctors. Also increase doctor pay. Apparently there has been a decent uptick. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago Yep! The BC government also put through a major recruiting campaign in CA, OR, WA that directly targets doctors' gripes about not being able to treat well due to insurance and the overall chaos coming from the Trump admin. Many small communities on Vancouver Island are in desparate need of doctors, like Lake Cowichan was. (A nurse practitioner is for now preparing to keep the clinic open there, after some town council stumbling) The island is beautiful, with plenty of nature but has the trappings of civilization in Nanaimo and Victoria available when needed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago Yep! The BC government also put through a major recruiting campaign in CA, OR, WA that directly targets doctors' gripes about not being able to treat well due to insurance and the overall chaos coming from the Trump admin. Many small communities on Vancouver Island are in desparate need of doctors, like Lake Cowichan was. (A nurse practitioner is for now preparing to keep the clinic open there, after some town council stumbling) The island is beautiful, with plenty of nature but has the trappings of civilization in Nanaimo and Victoria available when needed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Dentists are another example. If you are moving from another country, Canada requires you complete all course from scratch. There's no "certification test". This means qualified dentists need to go through all course from the beginning and pay all the fees. We then have qualified dentists in most cases working as hygenists or in unrelated fields as a result. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] vimes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago I can say that at least in the case of primary and specialty medical care, so long as you went to a licensed medical school, it doesn’t seem to be the case in Ontario or Nova Scotia. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vimes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago I can say that at least in the case of primary and specialty medical care, so long as you went to a licensed medical school, it doesn’t seem to be the case in Ontario or Nova Scotia. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vimes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago Actually, I’m a physician moving to Ontario. There’s certainly a lot of paperwork, and it isn’t cheap, but I can’t say it feels insurmountable. Nova Scotia had been a consideration as well and neither would have required and repeat of training. Just a lot of chasing down documentation to prove I hold a valid medical license in the states. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] traceur201@piefed.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) How do people with money do it? I don't think there's a "golden visa" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago Wealth is a consideration for most immigration. It's not so much "golden" but that it can improve your application. Canada also considers your age and you're rated lower for being over 35. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago Wealth is a consideration for most immigration. It's not so much "golden" but that it can improve your application. Canada also considers your age and you're rated lower for being over 35. permalink fedilink source parent