Human Resources committee  No.

Human Resources committee  I was just going to say that half of the patients I see in a general hematology clinic would not need to come to a general hematology clinic but could be seen in a family physician's office. The reason they don't is either uncertainty on the part of the physician or because our p

Human Resources committee  I think we should fund the observatory or research unit that Dr. Bourgeault has described.

Human Resources committee  Yes, we have. We're members of working groups, particularly the national assessment collaboration, which is headed up by the Medical Council of Canada. It has developed what's called an objective structured clinical examination for international medical graduates to ascertain the

Human Resources committee  That depends on whether you're a patient or a member of the public. But I think there is a physician shortage. Part of it is maldistribution. A lot of it is because physicians are doing things they probably shouldn't do that others could do just as well or perhaps even better.

Human Resources committee  If the stock market improves I think there will be a sudden shortage of physicians, because many of them are still practising beyond normal retirement age. That is a significant current issue. The number of 2,800 is not enough to have national self-sufficiency in our supply of p

Human Resources committee  That's a good question. In fact, the premise is not currently operative. We have a practice eligibility route to certification for people to whom medical regulator authorities have already given licences and who are practising in Canada. Those individuals are able to access the R

Human Resources committee  Thank you. The Royal College represents an educational certifying college for approximately half the medical profession in Canada. The other half is represented by the College of Family Physicians of Canada, who are primarily in primary care. We're in the same situation as our

Human Resources committee  The Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada, FMRAC, as we know it, has already taken considerable action provoked by the Agreement on Internal Trade. It has established that certification by the Royal College or the College of Family Physicians would be accepted as

Human Resources committee  Again, for the physicians, the Medical Council of Canada's evaluating examination is available online at several hundred sites around the country. I believe the language proficiency testing is also available. The Physician Credentials Registry of Canada could be accessed from out

Human Resources committee  That would be extraordinarily difficult, because we're requiring the evaluation, experience, and acumen of Canadian-trained or Canadian-placed individuals. Some might want to be exported to those faraway sites like Australia or New Zealand to conduct such work, but it would be ou

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Members, my name is Andrew Padmos. I'm the CEO of the Royal College and have been that for five years. I'm accompanied by Paul Tomascik, a senior policy analyst with us. I'm a physician by training, a hematologist. I practised mostly outside Canada, in Saud

Finance committee  I'd like to ask Madame Danielle Fréchette to answer that question.

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. It's serious to patients across Canada who can't find access to medical practitioners, to nursing practitioners, to care in a rural environment. It's a very real and palpable concern. The concern that we're underlining today is that we're not even tr

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Andrew Padmos. I'm a physician specialist in hematology and the chief executive of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, an organization created by a special act of Parliament in 1929 to represent the public interest in choosing