Jun. 2, 2006. 03:41 PM
FROM CANADIAN PRESS
Internationally trained doctors who are forced to drive taxi cabs instead of working in hospitals could become a thing of the past in Ontario if proposed legislation becomes law, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Mike Colle said Friday.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1149242556690&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154&t=TS_Home
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My take on the article:
1) Except for mention of an internship program for 70 foreign trained professionals who require years of experience just to apply to the program , there is no specific mention of how the government will expediate and advocate to professional associations about the skills of foreign trained professionals.
2) What are often barriers for people to enter regulated professions including doctors are hefty test fees and licencing requirements. There is no mention of a liason with different professional bodies to ensure that the process to registration for foriegn professionals can become streamlined.
3) Question: Why do people with 3 plus years of experience need to begin with an internship? Will they provide 'internships' for doctors? Also what about those people with 1 year or 2 years of experience? Is there no help for them? What sets the basis for the number of years of experience required? It appears that the government is indicating that they do not recognize the value of the degree/credential itself (due to the need to have the years of experience for an internship). Internships are generally for people with NO experience.
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A better option would be to evaluate and conduct exams in their native countries for the professionals immigrating in regulated professions. But I am not sure with so many provincial regulations how we can do that.
I guess we need to have just one license for practicing regulated professions across canada rather than having provincial licenses.
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it's debatable whether doctors from other countries should be allowed to practice in US/Canada. Not only the standards are high but even the diseases and treatments are different. Ofcourse I don't mean to imply that doctors from other countries are intelectually incompetent.
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Originally posted by premilo
it's debatable whether doctors from other countries should be allowed to practice in US/Canada. Not only the standards are high but even the diseases and treatments are different. Ofcourse I don't mean to imply that doctors from other countries are intelectually incompetent.
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Originally posted by premilo
it's debatable whether doctors from other countries should be allowed to practice in US/Canada. Not only the standards are high but even the diseases and treatments are different. Ofcourse I don't mean to imply that doctors from other countries are intelectually incompetent.
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Originally posted by tamilkuravan
Disease and treatment is universal. The same kind of drugs are used to treat patients universally.
The fact is that Canada does not want to recogonise these foreign credentials for Doctors and just wants to continue the universal health care with the local doctors available.Just a lethargic attitude.
TK A
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