Physician Recruitment and Retention Action Team report

On January 20, 2014, the Honourable Leo Glavine, Minister of Health and Wellness, announced the creation of the Action Team for Physician Recruitment and Retention with Dr. [...] The team was given a clear mandate: To provide advice to the Minister of Health and Wellness on the recruitment and retention of physicians to meet the health needs of Nova Scotians. [...] Specifically, to develop details for a Tuition Relief Program for Medical Graduates and to outline the programs and strategies to recruit and retain physicians in Nova Scotia communities. [...] The objective of this work is to reshape the physician workforce over time to achieve the right mix and distribution of medical practitioners to meet the health care needs of Nova Scotians over the next ten years. [...] Working in partnership with Doctors Nova Scotia, the Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine, District Health Authorities and the IWK Health Centre, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia, working groups were formed to implement the recommendations contained in the report of May 2012.