The push continues to get more doctors into our province, and Doctors Manitoba is looking into what it calls an untapped market for recruitment — the United States of America.
Data from the College of Physicians and Surgeons shows Manitoba recruits only one to two U.S.-trained physicians per year, compared to about 90 internationally-trained doctors from other countries.
Doctors Manitoba CEO Theresa Oswald says this push stems from something they’ve seen in the past after changes in U.S. government, where physicians have felt the government was getting in between their patients and providing care.
And with issues surrounding abortion rights and gender-affirming care in certain states, Oswald says they’re trying to pounce on doctor dissatisfaction.
“Physicians want to be able to have that relationship with their patients, whatever it is they need,” Oswald said.
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“If it’s about reproductive care, if its about gender-affirming care, they want that relationship to between …