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Released on December 13, 2012
Boosts Province's Ongoing Efforts to Stabilize Physician Workforce
The province is a step closer to recruiting family physicians from India. A Saskatchewan delegation recently returned from a first-ever recruitment mission to the country.
Saskdocs (the Physician Recruitment Agency of Saskatchewan), along with a physician and a health region representative, met with 440 physicians from India interested in living and working in Saskatchewan.
"The Physician Recruitment Trip to India was an initiative aimed at increasing the number of physicians working in Saskatchewan," Health Minister Dustin Duncan said. "These professionals are looking to work outside their country and many are willing to practice in our rural and remote settings. I'm very pleased that so many are interested in Saskatchewan and I look forward to these qualified professionals working with our home-grown Saskatchewan physicians to provide medical services to the people of Saskatchewan."
The expansion of the Saskatchewan International Physician Practice Assessment (SIPPA) program in May 2012 opened up opportunities to recruit physicians from a wider range of countries, giving saskdocs this unique opportunity to travel to India and meet with physicians face-to-face. The delegation held educational sessions in Delhi, Chandigarh, Mumbai and Chennai from November 16 to 30.
"We travelled to India expecting that interest would be high among those who were thinking about moving here to practice medicine and we were very happy with the response," saskdocs CEO Ed Mantler said. "We intend to follow up with every doctor that we met in India to discuss their interest and assess their qualifications."
The November trip was the first phase of the India campaign. The second phase, scheduled for June 2013, will see many of the delegation's initial members return to India to offer contracts to those physicians who are eligible for licensure and assessment in Saskatchewan.
"In order to provide first-class medical services to the people of Saskatchewan, we must continue to recruit internationally," Mantler said. "International medical graduates are essential to our medical system and work fluidly in concert with our medical graduates from the University of Saskatchewan and other Canadian institutions. Our physician recruitment efforts will continue to centre on providing a balance of international medical graduates as well as Saskatchewan and Canadian trained physicians."
The recent mission to India has also generated a significant amount of interest from international medical graduates living in Saskatchewan or other provinces in Canada who are interested in practising medicine here. Any physician interested in practising in Saskatchewan is encouraged to visit the saskdocs website at www.saskdocs.ca or send an email to info@saskdocs.ca.
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For more information, contact:
James Winkel
saskdocs
Saskatoon
Phone: 306-933-5094
Email: james.winkel@saskdocs.ca
Tyler McMurchy
Health
Regina
Phone: 306-787-4083
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