Ontario’s doctors warn that family physicians are increasingly considering leaving their practices due to systemic challenges.
OMA President Dr. Andrew Park hosted a panel including two family physicians who shared firsthand accounts about making the difficult decision to leave full-time family medicine practices and are now working in other areas of medicine.
OMA physician leaders also discussed urgently needed solutions and the impact of a lack of family doctors on the health-care system overall.
Panellist include:
• Dr. David Barber, Chair of the OMA’s Section of General and Family Practice and a family doctor in Kingston
• Dr. Natalie Leahy, a family physician, now practicing as a General Practitioner in Oncology with the Durham Regional Cancer Centre
• Dr. Dannica Switzer, a rural generalist in northern Ontario
Ask Ontario’s Doctors: Why Family Physicians Are Leaving Practice And What Needs To Be Done For Country: United States. City: Durham, Gresham, Independence, Los Angeles, Thousand Oaks
