Ontario medical school leaders promote family medicine

Ontario needs new family physicians so urgently that at least one Ontario university has set up a medical school that is dedicated to accepting new medical students that commit to studying family medicine.

She said students take part in a full medical program designed to deliver all of the medical school training through the lens of a family physician. "The other challenge is that we actually know there has been some recent studies that demonstrate that the most complex medical specialty is family medicine, because of the vast number of patients we see, and our uncanny ability to manage a lot of problems simultaneously as expert generalists," said Risdon.

Modifying the program is something that could be done, but the university would face a lot of regulatory hurdles first, said Dr. Piliotis of Queen's University. OMA president Dr. Andrew Park also commented on the shortage of family doctors in Ontario saying some 2.3 million Ontario residents do not have a family doctor. He said that number is expected to double in the next two years.

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