| Canada
is currently in need of approximately 3,000 physicians. This
shortage in physicians will persist well into the future given
the large number of physician retirements that will occur over
the next five to ten years. |
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| A physician
works an average of 73 hours per week in Canada. This
includes regular schedule, after-hours and on-call duties. |
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| Physicians
have been working beyond, full capacity in recent
years. |
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| Demands on
rural practice include heavy on-call schedules and physician
"burnout". |
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| In P.E.I.,
doctors work an average of 97 hours per week. That is almost 14
hours each and every day. |
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Physician
Workload