July 2024
Author: Adam Hambly
DR. MARLEAU JOINS THE PRINCE EDWARD FAMILY HEALTH TEAM!
Dr. Marleau is very happy to be joining our local physician group. After locuming in the area for 4 years, she’s decided to take over the practice of Dr. Elizabeth Christie, who has recently retired.
Dr. Marleau moved to the County in 2020 with her husband. They have since added 2 children and a dog to their growing family.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Marleau likes to stay busy spending time with her family, knitting and taking advantage of the outdoors. She is very excited to start this new chapter in Prince Edward County!
Recruitment news
Highlights:
1. County Docs has received verbal confirmation that another physician has chosen PEC to settle in. This will be the 7th physician we’ve recruited
2. Patient rostering from the Health Care Connect Premium (HCCP) pilot has begun and will continue through 2024
3. Expansion plans for the HCCP program have been approved by PEC Council
In our last newsletter, you likely read about our HCCP program, which aims to support physicians with onboarding large volumes of patients at once. Originally, there were 4 premiums approved by PEC Council, all of which were accessed by local physicians. With this success, we went back to Council and asked for 3 more, which we are happy to report were approved. If all 7 of these premiums are accessed, that supports 1750 patients being rostered from the Health Care Connect list in PEC – that’s over 80% of the current list!
In other news, we’d like to congratulate Dr. Graham Burke on winning the 2024 Dorothy Ley Award of Excellence in Hospice Palliative Care. We’d also like to congratulate Dr. Elizabeth Christie on her retirement and wish her the absolute best in this new adventure. For those looking for the recruitment stats this past quarter, we completed 4 site visits and intersected with 7 new leads. We are currently following 38 leads in total, 6 of which we consider high potential.
Frequently Asked Question
Q: Why is it so difficult for international physicians entering Canada to get their Canadian license to practice medicine?
A: The answer to this question is complicated, partly because the issue involves many organizations and different levels of government. Much of the delay involves ensuring training equivalency from other nations to ours. If equivalency is not clearly established, extra steps need to take place, such as repeating residency, additional exams, supervisory periods, etc. While this is ultimately to ensure the public’s safety, there’s no question the process could be easier.
There are, however, countries in which training is deemed equivalent, and are referred to as “jurisdiction countries” by the College of Family Physicians of Canada. When speaking about Family Medicine training specifically, these countries include Australia, Ireland, the UK and the US. Recruiting physicians from these countries is certainly easier, but still requires a lengthy verification process, followed by registration and, eventually, licensure.
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