Regulatory policy changes at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario include removal of assessment and supervision requirements for doctors trained and board-certified in the U.S.
The province announced Friday an agreement in principle with the Saskatchewan Medical Association that will see additional funding available to eligible after-hours urgent care and walk-in clinics.
'Covering treatment of minor ailments [would be] a prescription for relief and would divert thousands of patient visits,' said Andrew Drover, president of the New Brunswick Pharmacists’ Association
Nima Hamidi Toussi, a first-year medical student at the University of Saskatchewan, said the bias could be counteracted with info on the diagnostic acumen and challenging skillset required for family medicine.