Nova Scotia adds 10 residency spaces for medical students

[la marzocco]

• Nova Scotia has its sights set on the growing pool of unmatched medical students in Canada as the province is finally moving forward on a plan to increase residency spaces.
• Ten more medical residents will be able to receive their family medicine training starting in July 2019.
• The placements will be based in rural parts of the province. Six will be in Truro, two in Inverness, one in the southwest region and one that will rotate depending on need.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/n-s-increasing-residency-spaces-for-medical-students-1.4741484

I just checked CaRMS 2019 and all 10 will be CMG-designated in first iteration of the match.

[indefatigable]

It's a good move by NS, but even there, I seem to recall an urban/rural divide.  Despite the fact Halifax is much close to the regions than GTA to the North, I got the sense many preferred staying in Halifax.  Dal also has a relatively high number of FM positions open after the first round from my recollection, so I suppose many of the spots may end up in the second round.  Still, it's a positive move since outside QC there's a mismatch between supply/demand.

[NLengr]

On 7/12/2018 at 10:29 PM, tere said:

It's a good move by NS, but even there, I seem to recall an urban/rural divide.  Despite the fact Halifax is much close to the regions than GTA to the North, I got the sense many preferred staying in Halifax.  Dal also has a relatively high number of FM positions open after the first round from my recollection, so I suppose many of the spots may end up in the second round.  Still, it's a positive move since outside QC there's a mismatch between supply/demand.

Of course most people would prefer to stay in Halifax. That's the reality of life in Canada. Most young people have no desire to move rurally. This is especially true in Atlantic Canada. 

As someone who works a rural practice, I don't blame them. It's hard live in a rural location, let alone to be a rural physician (or any professional for that matter). Except for a minority of the population, people don't like living in rural areas. I hate it. I have zero interest in staying rural. I am only here because I needed the job (my field has a tight job market). As soon as I get the chance I'm moving to a bigger center. 

[bigboydyo]

On ‎7‎/‎14‎/‎2018 at 7:42 AM, NLengr said:

Of course most people would prefer to stay in Halifax. That's the reality of life in Canada. Most young people have no desire to move rurally. This is especially true in Atlantic Canada. 

As someone who works a rural practice, I don't blame them. It's hard live in a rural location, let alone to be a rural physician (or any professional for that matter). Except for a minority of the population, people don't like living in rural areas. I hate it. I have zero interest in staying rural. I am only here because I needed the job (my field has a tight job market). As soon as I get the chance I'm moving to a bigger center. 

If you don't mind me asking, what would be the (few) advantages/things that you do like about your experience in rural medicine, if any? 

[NLengr]

3 hours ago, bigboydyo said:

If you don't mind me asking, what would be the (few) advantages/things that you do like about your experience in rural medicine, if any? 

Commute to work is pretty short (7 minutes and I live "way out of town" according to most people who live here).

If you are a rural specialist you can probably do more than a non academic urban specialist if you want to. In urban areas that have academic centers, community based specialists may end up referring more cases into the teaching center. The counter to this is if you are rural you have less back up so maybe you don't do some cases the urban guy do for that reason.