grte@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 7 months agoWant more family doctors in Ontario? Pay them better, say physicianswww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoPaying more will attract more. We train plenty now but they all go where doctoring is most lucrative, which is not Ontario.
minus-squareFireRetardant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoExactly. We need to accept that it is a competitive role and after 8+ years of schooling, you would go to where the pay is best too.
minus-squarem0darn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoIt’s not true that doctors go to where the part is the best. Doctors go to where they can have best have the life they want.
minus-squareFireRetardant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoIts often easier to afford the life they want if they take a position with higher pay.
minus-squarenyan@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoIt isn’t the only factor, though. You’re going to have a harder time getting doctors in Kapuskasing or Sioux Lookout than Toronto no matter what you pay them.
minus-squareKichae@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoAnd it would be less lucrative if there were more doctors, because you need there to be a significant demand in order to be paid a lot. The problem is at both ends. We need more doctors, and we need more of them to stay here. It’s not an either/or issue.
Paying more will attract more. We train plenty now but they all go where doctoring is most lucrative, which is not Ontario.
Exactly. We need to accept that it is a competitive role and after 8+ years of schooling, you would go to where the pay is best too.
It’s not true that doctors go to where the part is the best. Doctors go to where they can have best have the life they want.
Its often easier to afford the life they want if they take a position with higher pay.
It isn’t the only factor, though. You’re going to have a harder time getting doctors in Kapuskasing or Sioux Lookout than Toronto no matter what you pay them.
And it would be less lucrative if there were more doctors, because you need there to be a significant demand in order to be paid a lot.
The problem is at both ends. We need more doctors, and we need more of them to stay here. It’s not an either/or issue.