Survey: GPs in BC
Castanet Staff – July 5, 2022 / 19:30 | History: 374329
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A new two-year contract in the province offering a $ 25,000 bonus has yet to attract any new family medicine residents, 175 of whom graduated from BC University last week, to sign as a family doctor in BC.
Dr. Ana Boskovic, representing UBC medical residents, and Dr. Romina Moradi, representing international residents, said in a telephone interview that doctors do not want to sign contracts just to end up leaving their patients here. two years if they find it. the system in BC is not sustainable, or the clinic, location, or type of contract did not fit well.
“If we take these contracts to provide longitudinal care and attach a panel of patients and then there are no solutions to make family medicine sustainable, what about these patients?” Moradi asked.
“They’ll be back on the waiting list, and that’s completely heartbreaking.”
There are approximately one million, or one in five, people in BC without a GP.
Health Minister Adrian Dix hoped to pick up 175 new graduates by offering a two-year “new for practice” deal valued at $ 295,457, with a $ 25,000 signing bonus that expires Sept. 30 and about $ 130,000 for five years in medical training debt. – forgiveness.
The new doctors are expected to take on about 1,250 patients for two years and share the overhead costs of the clinic where they work.
Boskovic said receiving a three-month limit is “very stressful.” Typically, a newly graduated medical resident can work as a substitute (replacing vacation physicians or assisting in a variety of clinics and communities) to get an idea of where and how they want to practice in the long run and what type of payment scheme adapts better. they.
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