Shortage of re-entry positions tackled on East Coast CMAJ 1997;157:1338 © 1997 Canadian Medical Association See also: Letters: A less conventional approach to re-entry training Nova Scotia has approved a proposal to provide additional postgraduate specialty training for physicians already in practice, with 12 new positions being made available annually at Dalhousie University. The shortage of postgraduate positions has caused numerous complaints across Canada because physicians who want additional training have found themselves locked out of the system because new graduates are taking up all available training slots. Pulse, the newsletter of the Medical Society of Prince Edward Island, says that province is trying to determine if any island physicians wish to apply for the Nova Scotia positions, which will be available at Dalhousie University. Approval of funding for a position, which will cost $38 000 a year, will not be approved by the PEI government until an area of need had been identified. Send a letter to the editor responding to this article Envoyez une lettre à la rédaction au sujet de cet article | CMAJ November 15, 1997 (vol 157, no 10) / JAMC le 15 novembre 1997 (vol 157, no 10) |