A big mistake

With reference to the brouhaha at the Canadian Medical Association
Journal there is nothing I can add to this, in a word, tragedy.

Canada has approximately 60,000 physicians for a population of over
30,000,000. A first world first class ratio. Bravo Canada. However many
individuals do not have access to Family Physicians. This by and large is
a result of poor distribution. It is not too difficult to find a Family
Physician in Toronto or Vancouver but difficult to find one in Moose
Factory and in the Canadian Artic and in remote areas.
International Medical Graduates are not alone in prefering large
metropolitan centres. Once they qualify for full licensure they are off to
the big cities. Mais c'est la vie!! Canada is a first class country with a
first class medical system and new medical schools with fine faculty are
being established from Ontario to British Columbia. We will have an ample
supply of physicians in a decade or less.

The medical system in Canada does need some fine tuning though, very much
like the CMAJ.
We shall overcome all hurdles!

Regards,

Sam Sussman, Phd

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry,
The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

Competing interests:
None declared