Province also celebrating recruitment of 1,001 new family doctors in 2 years

Osborne says the province is changing its licensing rules so U.S.-trained doctors can begin practising in B.C. right away, without any need for further assessment, exams or training.

She said there will be a similar scale-back of the barriers facing U.S.-trained nurses and that a marketing campaign will be unveiled in Washington, Oregon and California within the next few months.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
    9·
    13 hours ago

    Will we actually certify them though? Canada has a bunch of well trained doctors in the country already that are just prevented from working by the certification limits set forth by the medical board.

  • Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca
    6·
    14 hours ago

    Good on BC, we need to protect those talented healthcare professionals from being attacked for following their professional guidelines.