NS enjoys success recruiting rural docs CMAJ 1997;156:972 © 1997 Canadian Medical Association A decision by the Medical Society of Nova Scotia and the provincial government to cohire a physician recruiter appears to be paying off. Since 1995, when former drug-company sales representative and continuing-medical-education coordinator Frank Peters hung up his shingle at the society, 20 medical positions have been filled in the province, including 9 under a special incentive package designed to attract physicians to rural areas (Robb N. Nova Scotia hopes to solve recruitment problem with joint effort from MDs, government. CMAJ 1996;155:1615-6 [full text / résumé]). Unfortunately, one province's success can be another's bad news. Several of the physicians recruited by communities in Nova Scotia are moving from small communities in other parts of Canada. Send a letter to the editor responding to this article Envoyez une lettre à la rédaction au sujet de cet article | CMAJ April 1, 1997 (vol 156, no 7) / JAMC le 1er avril 1997 (vol 156, no 7) |