Medical Residence: Immigration

Systematic Discrimination Dept: "Every day is a question of survival," said an Algerian-born doctor who asked that her name not be published because she was finally admitted into a medical residence program after three years, according to Montreal Gazette. Just as quickly, the stakeholders named by the commission -the provincial health minister, Quebec's four faculties of medicine and the Quebec College of Physicians -sidestepped the issue of systemic bias, saying that several measures have already gone into effect to help immigrant doctors integrate and immigrant doctors were quick to claim victory after a landmark investigation reveals they are victims of systematic discrimination that hinders them from practising medicine in Quebec. "These findings have given us back our self-esteem," she said yesterday after a Quebec Human Rights Commission inquiry showed that two-thirds of physicians trained outside of Canada and the United States have difficulty practising medicine because they face obstacles, prejudices and stereotyping. As reported in the news.
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