Report: More Canadian specialists seek work in U.S., elsewhere

About 16% of newly graduated medical specialists in Canada say they can't find work, according to a new Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada report suggesting that the economy, hospital resources, and personal preferences are driving the unemployment problem. Urologists, critical care specialists, gastroenterologists, ophthalmologists, orthopedic surgeons and general surgeons, and physicians from other subspecialties were among those who said they were unemployed. Just under 20% of recently certified specialists said they’d look for work outside of Canada.