2023-07-14 15:04:44
There will be an increase of 404 medical admissions over the next three years, reaching an additional 660 places over four years by 2026-2027. This was announced in a press release this morning by the Minister of Health and Social Services, Christian Dubé, in the company of the Minister of Higher Education, Pascale Déry.
Figured at 969 for 2022-2023, the number of admissions will be reassessed upwards to reach 1043 in 2023-2024 and 1134 for 2024-2025 and 2025-2026. The goal is to respond more quickly to the shortage of doctors ahead of the next three-year policy, which comes into effect in 2026-2027 and will bring the number of enrollments to 1,225.
Fulfilling this election promise of the Coalition avenir Québec, Minister Christian Dubé believes that this announcement is good news for Quebecers, as health needs are increasing due to the aging of the population.
If you take family doctors, each time you add 100 doctors who take on an average of 1,000 patients, that gives 100,000 more Quebecers who will have a family doctor or family medicine care.
He points out that this policy gives the government the ability to adapt to simultaneously improve front-line health services.
Along with training new doctors, we are continuing to work on other solutions to improve access to first line, such as the first line access counter (GAP) and family medicine groups (GMF), added Mr. Dube.
The College of Physicians of Quebec is delighted with the increase in the number of admissions to faculties of medicine.
This is another step in the right direction to improve access to health care. We have also been repeating for several months that the issue of physician retirement is a concern in all regions. We had asked for the implementation of measures to lighten the clinical responsibilities of doctors at the end of their career, in order to encourage them to stay longer in the profession, indicated Dr. Mauril Gaudreault, president of the Collège des médecins du Québec, in a statement sent by email to Radio-Canada.
Additional needs
In addition to the shortage of doctors, one in two medical students is currently in the Montreal region. Mr. Dubé hopes that the newly admitted in the coming years will go and make a living and practice medicine in the regions to meet the needs outside the city.
He also wants a greater proportion of students to choose family medicine rather than specialized medicine, an element considered fundamental by the first vice-president of the board of directors of the Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec (FMOQ), Sylvain Dio.
We currently have a shortage of 1,000 family doctors in Quebec. Several doctors are approaching retirement, so we’re going to need new forces that won’t arrive tomorrow. This is good news, but in the meantime, we must work on the attractiveness of family medicine, he specifies.
Several actors solicited
The number of registrations is determined taking into account, in particular, the training capacity of the faculties of medicine, the reorganization of the health network and the campus projects installed in the various regions.
The number of admissions is established according to a consultation process with the members of the Standing consultation table on the planning of the medical workforce in Quebec. The latter is made up of several organizations and players in the community, including the various professional associations representing physicians, the College of Physicians of Quebec, the faculties of medicine of Quebec and the Ministry of Higher Education.
For those studying outside Quebec, the maximum number of admissions has been set at 62 in undergraduate doctoral programs.
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