A less conventional approach to re-entry training
CMAJ 1998;158:299
From the article "Shortage of re-entry positions tackled on East Coast" (CMAJ 1997;157[10]:1338 [full text]), it seems clear that the number of re-entry positions available through conventional routes to physicians already in practice is not going to meet the demand for additional training. Fortunately there are less conventional ways of doing things, as a growing number of physicians and communities are discovering.
It is now relatively common for community hospitals to provide
financial support to family physicians who wish to upgrade their
skills or even complete specialist training in return for
guarantees of service. I suspect it will not be long before
communities offer to fund residency positions as a means of
attracting physicians with needed skills and appropriate
qualifications. There might even be some competition among
medical schools to attract such additional sources of trainees
and dollars.
James McSherry, MB, ChB
Professor of Family Medicine
University of Western Ontario
London, Ont.
mcsherry@julian.uwo.ca
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