Medical Education in Canada

Canada's problems in medical education result in part from the economic-geographic fact of Canada's small and dispersed population, and the influence of not one but several major schools of scientific thought: American, British, and French.

Abstract

Canada's problems in medical education result in part from the economic-geographic fact of Canada's small and dispersed population. Also pertinent is the influence of not one but several major schools of scientific thought: American, British, and French. A group of distinguished Canadian educators, under the aegis of the Royal Commission on Health Services, prepared this report. The educators are all physicians; one is the dean of a faculty of medicine, three are former deans, and two, professors of medicine. The assessment was carried out between 1961 and 1964, and included visits to all Canadian medical faculties and new schools in other countries. The authors analyze various facets of medical education: medical students, curriculum, medical schools, teaching hospitals, finance, training of teachers, postgraduate and continuing education, research, medical manpower, expansion of educational resources, and paramedical manpower. Medical-manpower problems receive particularly detailed scrutiny. After calculating the probable requirements for the next 30