OPINION | Change health-care education to solve staff shortages
In this opinion piece, former health policy analyst Steven Lewis discusses the current “rigid” system of health science education in Canada. He points to the cost of medical education and the time it takes to graduate, which discourage potential students from pursuing careers in healthcare. Lewis argues that the structure of healthcare education must change in order to address current staffing shortages by becoming more “creative and agile.” One option, he suggests, would be a generic two-year, college-based program that would combine basic and highly practical health science education with rotating work experiences in institutions and in the community.
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