Doctors say peer programs in B.C. and Ontario are 'critical' for supporting and retaining physicians.
"We have one physician on for 12 hours and the breadth of cases has been quite remarkable," she said.
Howes knows that all too well. He and his colleagues launched a pilot peer-to-peer support program about a decade ago. Doctors and others have said that rural emergency rooms are bearing the brunt of the health care shortages.The B.C. support line, known as the Rural Urgent Doctors in-aid program, has seen that demand on health care providers in rural, remote or First Nations communities through the increase in the number of calls to the service.
Keeping doctors from burning out and leaving the community is a huge part of what the peer support programs in both provinces are striving for. Blacklaws says there has been some criticism of the virtual backfill, as some have said it's best to have a doctor in-person. He emphasizes that the doctor in the community is called in when there's a severe case.
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