doctor shortage

Marmora has 5,000 residents—and only two family doctors

My job as a family physician in small-town British Columbia is a dream come true. It’s also nearly impossible to do.

U of C might have the solution

Today’s Wall Street Journal reports that the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine in Ohio is going tuition-free, the first US med school to do so. As of July, all incoming students will be awarded full scholarships to cover the costs of their tuition, estimated at $43,500 (students will still pay for their living expenses, a cost of about $21,800). As for current students, their tuition will be cut by half.

We hear a lot about Canada’s doctor shortage. But Canada’s also in the grip of a nursing shortage—and a new Statistics Canada study makes the impact of that clear.

Must-reads: Doug Saunders on “Americanizing” the Afghanistan mission; Christie Blatchford on rescuing child abuse victims; James Travers on the food crisis; John Ivison on the doctor shortage; Don Martin on Brenda Martin.