COVID-19 amplifies economic barriers to medical school admissions
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‘Tell me it will be OK:’ Learning to deal with patients’ pain
From DeGroote to Michael Garron: why more medical institutions are selling their names
When John Kelton became dean of McMaster University’s medical school in 2001 he had “grand ambitions.” It took him roughly six months to discover that the school was bankrupt. At the time, provincial funding was down and raising tuition was unappealing. “It was apparent to me, having trained in the US, that the opportunity for …
Why are so many Canadians going abroad to study medicine?
Over the past five years, the number of Canadians studying medicine abroad has more than doubled. Almost all of these medical students want to practice in Canada. Is it good for Canada to rely on foreign medical schools to train our future doctors? David Li, a family doctor in Oshawa, is one of Ross University’s …