Actually to be a GP, you still need to have specialist training (2 years). You can't graduate from med school and practise anymore. Don't forget if you are outside metro areas, the doctors need rural training which is on top of or in conjunction with GP specialty (McMaster).
When it comes to GP, a lot of them work 1/2 time because the other half they do private care... like dermatology because they can charge private rate. You know who are the real gatekeepers to GP? Their office staff, if you really desperate to find a GP, get to know the office staff at their usual hangouts like Starbucks etc. It sucks but that's how it is.
Besides being a specialist you save a huge chunk of office overhead, your training is paid for, free conferences etc etc.
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Originally Posted by Great68
The problem is that everyone wants to be a specialist. No one wants to be a GP anymore. There is a HUGE need for GP's, over here on the island you have to consider yourself lucky if you manage to get one. I've been here 6 years already, and I still don't have one.
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