The Canadian physician brain drain

April 10, 2007

More Canadian physicians are opting to work in the US:

As both sides of the border contend with nationwide doctor shortages, the flow of new doctors south of the border each year is equivalent to having two Canadian medical schools existing solely to produce medical graduates for the U.S.

(via White Coat Notes)



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{ 2 comments }

1 Anonymous April 10, 2007 at 11:09 pm

Like rats off of a sinking ship.

2 Andy April 11, 2007 at 8:33 pm

If you’d taken the time to READ the article, Kevin, you’d realize that the rate of flow across the border has not increased at all.

I don’t see how this is news; you post one of these things just about every week.

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