Licensing

A national licensure could be part of this legislation, Marjorie Michel told the Globe and Mail.

Dr. Fawzy Girgis said he didn't think he needed to disclose his past disciplinary investigations or the fact that he was once denied registration, but the disciplinary committee found that he ‘failed in his obligation to be candid, forthcoming and honest.’

OMA president Dr. Zainab Abdurrahman says the policy doesn’t seem to fit with all of the other moves the government is making to try to attract internationally educated physicians to the province.

Ontario’s exclusion of Internationally Trained Physicians from the CaRMS R-1 first iteration must be reversed.

The Ontario government has decided that in order for IMGs to be eligible for Ontario-based IMG stream residency positions in the 2026 R-1 Main Residency Match, they need to have gone to high school in Ontario for at least two years.

The college’s investigation found that Dr. Janet Ann D’souza inappropriately billed for more than 18 hours of time-based services to OHIP for 23 service dates between 2014 and 2016, with three of those service dates being over 24 hours.

According to the college’s annual report released Thursday, the province saw a net gain of 164 physicians.

Physician recruiters getting more sophisticated as environment they face getting more complex.