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There are more than 2.2 million Ontario residents without a family doctor, and that number is expected to more than double in coming years.
Some 100 family medicine residency training spots will be unfilled in Canada when new physicians start the next phase of their education in a few months — the continuation of an alarming trend that is exacerbating the family doctor shortage across the country and prompting a call to fix what some describe as a broken system.
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Number of open spaces reached the highest level of vacancies recorded in at least a decade
A record-breaking number of Canadian residents are turning away from family medicine, as hundreds of spots in the national residency program remain vacant.
A record-breaking number of Canadian residents are turning away from family medicine, as hundreds of spots in the national residency program remain vacant.