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-Proposal textThe Green Party of Canada will collaborate with Indigenous, provincial and territory-counterparts in advocating for free post secondary education for Canadians pursuing accreditation as-physicians and nurses. Type of ProposalPublic policy that the party would representObjective /-BenefitAddresses the critical shortage of nurses and doctors experienced in communities throughout-Canada. If your proposal replaces an existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?N/AList-any supporting evidence for your proposalN/ADoes this proposal affect any particular group and what-efforts have been made to consult with the group or groups?N/AJurisdiction: Is this proposal under-federal jurisdiction?YesPlease indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.English
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- +Proposal text
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- +The Green Party of Canada will collaborate with Indigenous, provincial and territory counterparts in
- +advocating for free post secondary education for Canadians pursuing accreditation as physicians and
- +nurses.
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- +Additional input and suggestion.
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- +To date, provincial medical associations tell us that they are only interested and focus all their
- +efforts on negotiating fees and benefits for their members. Medicine is a business and the Green
- +Party should work with medical economists willing and capable of working with and provincial and
- +national associations on industry problems.
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- +This would involve annual detailed surveys of willing practitioners that would be anonymized and
- +provide the organized data that associations can use in their negotiations with governments.
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- +RK House and Associates revolutionized the dental practices in Nova Scotia over the past 40 years
- +and is recognized by the majority of practitioners to be essential in running a successful small
- +business. Medicine is a business and can be analyzed and policies developed from organized data.
- +Other provincial dental associations slowly joined in when they slowly realized how useful this
- +approach could be for them as well as individual practices. Ron House is a graduate of the London
- +School of Economics and became a trusted essential advisor to individual dental practitioners and
- +associations. Medical association dues are kept very low as they don't provide information of the
- +type available to dentists and their associations.
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- +Provincial governments have maintained tight control and associations would benefit from being more
- +proactive and effective if they had health economists to work with when dealing with tight-fisted
- +bureaucracies only interested in control of the dollars spent rather than outcomes.
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- +This has spawned another business, that of practice coaches who can help train office administrators
- +and are effective problem solvers.
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- +Medicine has lost its way and this approach might put it back on track and help medical doctors
- +realize that they can overcome their fears and hire competent staff to help manage the business they
- +didn't realize they would be expected to run.
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- +Presently, most MD's hope that they will work in a hospital or clinic where somebody else is
- +expected to attend meetings and make all decisions. This is not feasible, advisable or economically
- +possible. We should help guide the profession so that it can return to managing their own group
- +practices with an informed trained team approach.
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- +Every U.S. medical graduate understands that they are a business person. Many Canadian medical
- +graduates have been led to believe that it is just a matter of pressing the right button and that
- +someone else is responsible for solving their problems. Small business is messy and that is not what
- +they want to hear. Running a small business can be taught and this may have to be accomplished
- +outside of medical schools. The professors are academics and are unwilling and unable to properly
- +prepare students with the additional skills they need to be successful in small business.
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- +Type of Proposal
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- +Enhancement of medical training by helping medical associations find medical economists to analyze
- +practices and propose solutions gained from organized data.
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- +Public policy that the party would represent
- +
- +To date, provincial medical associations tell us that they are only interested and focus all their
- +efforts on negotiating fees and benefits for their members. Medicine is a business and the Green
- +Party should work with medical economists willing and capable of working with and provincial and
- +national associations on industry problems.
- +
- +Objective / Benefit
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- +Addresses the critical shortage of nurses and doctors experienced in communities throughout Canada.
- +
- +This would involve annual detailed surveys of willing practitioners that would be anonymized and
- +provide the organized data that associations can use in their negotiations with governments and
- +potentially help change policies that aren't working for the greater good.
- +
- +If your proposal replaces an existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?
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- +List any supporting evidence for your proposal
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- +N/A
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- +Free medical tuition as a single solution. This can be in addition to free medical tuition to
- +address critical problems and is closer to dealing with the root problem.
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- +Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the
- +group or groups?
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- +I have asked the CEO of the provincial association. They are very unorganized and provide only one
- +main service to members- negotiating fees and benefits.
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- +Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?
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- +No - health is a provincial responsibility
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- +Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.
- +
- +English
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