Changes to Manitoba’s health-care system as province sets sights on more recruitment – Winnipeg | 24CA News
Changes are afoot with Manitoba’s health-care system, because the province hopes to welcome greater than 100 new physicians into its fold.
With a agency contracted to recruit 150 physicians, the province has additionally authorised regulatory modifications to permit internationally educated docs to begin working sooner. It’s all a part of the federal government’s aim to have health-care employees offering companies all through the province, with plans to recruit 50 physicians every for Winnipeg, northern Manitoba and rural communities.
Health Minister Audrey Gordon mentioned at a press convention Monday that household physicians play “an integral role” with the companies they supply.
“We are making the necessary moves to recruit 150 family physicians to work in our province, which will support better patient outcomes and bring care and services closer to home for Manitobans,” mentioned Gordon.
Alongside the recruitment efforts, the provincial PC authorities additionally authorised amendments to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba (CPSM) General Regulation to streamline registration necessities and the registration course of for internationally educated physicians. The modifications will come into impact on Sept. 1.
According to the province, internationally educated employees who meet their necessities throughout registration is not going to have to carry a Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada to work in Manitoba. Applicants who’ve already accomplished the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s Subspecialist Examination Affiliate Program will likely be eligible for a fast-track registration course of.
“We are pleased to eliminate barriers to assessment, without compromising quality and patient safety,” mentioned Dr. Anna Ziomek, registrar with the CPSM. “With these amendments, regulation will be more adaptable to current workforce challenges and CPSM can better streamline assessment processes and establish requirements for supervision and monitoring.”
Ziomek mentioned the province’s modifications will appeal to expert professionals and that specialists will be capable to work on their observe immediately via passing faculty exams.
The president of Doctors Manitoba, Dr. Michael Boroditsky, additionally added that eradicating “burdensome and unnecessary steps” will assist “well-qualified international medical graduates” observe sooner, addressing the province’s doctor scarcity.
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