Regional Physician Recruitment Office WindsorEssex

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Regional Physician Recruitment Office
Windsor/Essex

• Presentation to the Annual General Meeting
• Association of International Physicians and
  Surgeons of Ontario
• Saturday, March 12, 2005
• Joan Mavrinac
• Regional Physician Recruitment Officer

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Recruitment Stats

• Attracted 80 physicians in 2 years
• One-half received their medical education outside
  Canada
• Keeping current and utilizing all of the programs
  instituted by the MoHLTC and the CPSO
• APIMG/OIMG
• Repatriation
• Re-entry
• Restricted Certificates of Registration

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Community Stats

• 400,000 population, rapidly growing community
• 400 physicians in active practice (even split
  between GP/Specialists)
• 36 of the total received their medical education
  outside Canada
• 46 of the specialists are IMGs
• Range practicing for a few months to practicing
  for decades

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Work with WE-IMG

• Linked with the local IMG leadership
• Using our network to assist
• medical community (observerships)
• hospitals (medical staff libraries and other
  resources)
• media (keep the community aware of the issues
  facing IMGs)
• Going forward- mentoring program - match IMGs
  with physician mentors who can help them
  navigate the process (provide information, advice
  and access to their own network)

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Educate yourself

• Know what your licensing options are (in and
  outside of Ontario)
• Clearly map your path to a license //understand
  where you are and what exactly you need to do in
  order to achieve licensure
• Clearly map (and document) what may be required
  in your particular situation

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Educate your recruiter

• This includes local physicians, hospital and
  medical administrators, Chiefs of Staff
• Dont assume that they know what the current
  policies and processes are with respect to
  registration or what you are presenting with

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Educate your recruiter

• Avoid being a victim of easy screening - some
  medical staffs will not accept physicians who do
  not have a license for Independent Practice in
  Ontario. They are not familiar with restricted
  registrations and many dont know how to deal
  with applications through the CPSO registration
  committee, supervision guidelines, reporting to
  the College during the term of the restrictions,
  etc.

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Educate your recruiter

• Make it easy for the recruiting organization to
  recruit youprovide them with all of the
  information they will require /anticipate and
  answer all of the questions that they may
  encounter
• Provide information from the CPSO, Royal College,
  CMPA, HRDC, contact names and contact
  information, any documents and samples of letters
  that might be required

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• Help your local recruiter to see you as a
  resource,
• a future solution to their recruitment
  requirements

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Integrate yourself with the local medical
community

• Dont count on these people to be able to help
  you through the registration process thoughmost
  do not keep current with the latest processes and
  policies from the Ministry and the College and
  while they are often liberal in offering advice
  and their opinions, it is often incorrect.

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Integrate yourself with the local medical
community

• Learn the things they can teach you
• -running an office
• dealing with patients
• working within the health system i.e. making
  referrals, working with allied health
  professionals
• maintaining medical records
• OHIP billing procedures

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Find a Mentor

• Try to develop a relationship with a mentor,
  someone who can help you with access to
  information and resources
• Once you have successfully achieved your license,
  dont forget where you came from
• BE A MENTORhelp the next individual along the
  path