Perhaps there can be confusion on how those issues impact students and what components are missing that impact us as learners, so I want to take a few minutes to break this down for the members of the committee.
One thing that is top of mind for all medical learners is the residency matching process. Each year we see trained medical doctors going unmatched to a post-graduate program. Government plays a key role in deciding residency seats at the varying provinces since those seats are often determined by educational funding and resources to build programs across the country. Only a few weeks ago we concluded the first round of the 2022 residency match and it was a landmark year for all of the wrong reasons. This showcases the urgent need for action from the federal and provincial governments, both from the standpoint of medical student burnout, prevention and retention, but also resource allocation in a health care system that is bleeding workers.
There is a significant need to align the current residency system with the needs of the patient population and the desired career prospects of its future physicians to prevent burnout. This includes government investments in human resource projections and adequate program funding.