Buffeted by harsh economic winds, medical schools turn a wary eye to the future

Charlotte Gray

Canadian Medical Association Journal 1996; 154: 541-543

Charlotte Gray is a CMAJ contributing editor.

Abstract

All parts of Canada's health care system are facing fiscal pressures these days, but they are particularly great at Canada's medical schools. However, Dr. David Hawkins of the Association of Canadian Medical Colleges is optimistic that all 16 of Canada's medical schools will remain open, mainly because of the huge impact they have on health care in their local communities. "We don't just turn out students -- we raise the standard of health care in a whole community," he says.

| CMAJ February 15, 1996 (vol 154, no 4) |