With wait times for physician specialists lasting months, or years, how is it that there are numerous specialists, unemployed or under-employed? That’s the focus of a new study of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
The two year study, “What’s really behind Canada’s unemployed specialists?”, found 16 per cent of new specialist and subspecialist physicians say they cannot find work. The study found the problem most pronounced in surgical and resource-intensive disciplines.
And part of the problem are budget cuts at hospitals which cut resources, and by extension, access of specialists to resources such as operating rooms.
RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda spoke to Danielle Fréchette the principal investigator of the study. She is the Executive Director of the Office of Health Systems and External Relations at the College.
More information:
Press release – Study shows growing number of new specialist physicians can’t find jobs in Canada – here
Summary/key points (pdf) – What’s really behind Canada’s unemployed specialists? – here
Full Report (pdf) – What’s really behind Canada’s unemployed specialists – here
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