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> - Hospitals have to close because they no longer have any health personnel. All hospitals, not just rural hospitals. And the closures must be permanent. In C
by betaby 4y ago
> - Hospitals have to close because they no longer have any health personnel. All hospitals, not just rural hospitals. And the closures must be permanent.
In Canada admission to medical schools is not changing with the population growth.
Is it the same in California?
- nubinetwork 4y agoAFAIK, you can go to medical school, but the problem is what happens afterwards. Each province regulates how many graduates get assigned to hospitals (or allowed to open family doctor practices). If the openings "aren't there", you just wasted your time going to school, or you move somewhere that will accept you.
- nradov 4y agoThe issue is similar in the US. Every year we have some students who graduate from accredited medical schools but are unable to practice due to a shortage of residency program slots. Residencies are almost all funded by the federal government through the Medicare program and Congress hasn't significantly increased funding for years. It's an absurd situation given the current shortage.
- neaden 4y agoIn the US the real cap is on residency programs which are handled physicians. So there has been a slight increase in medical schools but not as much of an increase in residency programs which leaves some unfortunate graduates unmatched.
- bryanlarsen 4y agoMy sister teaches at a medical school in Canada that she graduated from ~15 years ago. Class sizes have approximately doubled in that period.
- nwmcsween 4y agoSo, the average wage of a nurse is ~$35/hr, the average price of a house in Canada is ~$680,000. As someone who has family working in hospitals the issue isn't a worker shortage, it's a CoL issue.