UBC fills all family-medicine training spots, unlike other provinces

While other provinces struggle to fill all their positions, UBC will train 186 medical school graduates to become family physicians, filling all its available residency spots. Among factors that helped UBC attract candidates include the government's agreeing to improve how family doctors are paid. Experts caution the efforts being made in B.C. to mitigate the primary-care crisis won't produce instant results, as it'll take at least two years for these graduates to complete their training. There were 1,629 family medicine positions available in 2023 across Canada, by far the medical discipline with the highest number of training spaces. There are far less doctors interested in this type of medicine, despite the demand for their services. Nearly one million British Columbians don’t have a family doctor and those that do fear they’ll lose their GP to retirement or burnout.
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