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More Canadian MDs head south for training
Canadian Medical Association Journal 1997; 156; 156
Between 1992 and 1995 there was a 34% increase in the number of graduates from Canadian medical schools taking postgraduate training in the US, according to a report in the Association of Canadian Medical Colleges Forum.
The increase was most evident among trainees from Ontario. In 1992 only 89 Ontario medical graduates registered in US training programs; by 1995 that had increased to 165 physicians, an 85% increase. Lesser but significant increases were also reported for medical graduates from BC (71%) and Alberta (63%).
Other highlights of the Forum report, which was prepared by the Canadian Post-MD Education Registry, include:
- The most popular US training program was general internal medicine; in 1995 it attracted 114 Canadian graduates, a 68% increase from 1992.
- The number of Canadian trainees rose in several specialty fields, including family medicine, anesthesia, diagnostic radiology, psychiatry and general surgery.
- There were 580 Canadian graduates enrolled in US training programs in 1995, compared with 431 in 1992.
- The number of graduates seeking the J-1 visa from the US rose from 170 in 1992 to 262 in 1995.
| CMAJ January 15, 1997 (vol 156, no 2) |