The province is yet to join seven others in instituting a program that gives internationally-trained physicians an alternative route to licensure.
For four years straight, Dr. Makini McGuire-Brown has applied to get one of the limited residency spots in Canada for internationally-trained doctors.
“I’m a PhD student. I got my MBA. That’s great, you know,” said McGuire-Brown, who graduated with distinction from the Schulich School of Business in 2020. “But I’m really a doctor. And they took that away from me.” The former Liberal government in Ontario asked the provincial College of Physicians and Surgeons to facilitate the launch of a practice-ready assessment program for family doctors. The program was in development, but was shelved by the Ford government after it came to power in 2018.
McGuire-Brown, who is chair of Internationally Trained Physicians of Ontario , said that her advocacy organization has more than 1,200 international medical graduates, including some Canadians trained abroad, who haven’t been able to become practising doctors. World Education Services, a non-profit advocacy group, said the recent expansion is a “welcome development,” but Joan Atlin, Wes’s director of strategy, policy and research, said more needs to be done for the hundreds of internationally-trained physicians in Ontario who face “barriers to contributing their valuable training and experience.”
Programs like Witt’s are overseen by an umbrella group called the National Assessment Collaboration on Practice-Ready Assessment, which is co-ordinated and facilitated by the Medical Council of Canada. Entry requirements can vary by province.
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